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Oct

2021

Managing Montana's elk wealth is causing heartburn for landowners, FWP and hunters

Author: Montana BHA
Elk have become a political animal in Montana. For decades, predators like grizzly bears and wolves were the ones to incite political passion. Yet slowly, as elk populations have grown and herds have re-established a presence where they weren’t seen for a century, elk have entered Montana’s political crosshairs. It’s a turn of events unimaginable 100 years ago, when sportsmen’s groups worked with the state’s wildlife agency to capture and transfer Yellowstone elk to rebuild ...
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Oct

2021

MT BHA Auctions 3-Day Llama Packout Package

The weight has been lifted! Experience hunting in Montana like never before! Thanks to a generous donation by Access WILD, the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is offering a backcountry llama package to make your hunt - and your packout - a bit more enjoyable. "Renting llamas from Access WILD was the best choice I could have made for my 2021 backcountry elk hunt. The workshop was quick, informative and I felt confident to take these animals with me on my hunt. Turns out they ...
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Oct

2021

NC State Partners with Opportunity Outdoors for a Public Lands Pack-Out

In celebration of Public Lands Month, North Carolina State University BHA in collaboration with Opportunity Outdoors hosted a combination Deer Hunting Workshop/Public Land Packout.  The event took place on Jordan Game Lands in Chatham County, North Carolina.  In total there were 12 participants attend, including members from the North Carolina chapter.  The event started out with four local mentors, two of which were from Opportunity Outdoors, demonstrating various methods of tree stand ...
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Oct

2021

BHA Responds to Administration Decision to Reestablish National Monuments, Restore Integrity to Antiquities Act

News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 8, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today commended a decision by the Biden administration to reinstate protections to three national monuments whose boundaries were reduced by the previous administration, restoring the integrity of the federal Antiquities Act and heeding the calls of hunters and anglers, conservationists, Tribal Nations and others. BHA, together with a ...
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Oct

2021

Forest Service: Prescriptive easements on Crazy Mountain trails ‘likely non-viable’

Author: Montana BHA
A 2019 lawsuit brought by public land access advocates over the Forest Service’s handling of four disputed trails in the Crazy Mountains is nearing resolution, and the result could have national implications. The plaintiffs and defendants have filed their last round of major briefs and the U.S. District Court in Billings is expected to schedule an oral argument or issue a decision based on the parties’ filings in the coming months. The court’s decision is expected to set the tone for how the ...
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5

Oct

2021

Inside the Fall Issue of BHA’s Backcountry Journal

Author: Thomas Plank
News for Immediate ReleaseOct. 5, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is landing in mailboxes across North America. Here are some of the highlights of this action-packed celebration of our favorite season: Into the Mystic: Ben Matthews takes us into Alaska’s Tongass National Forest on a blacktail hunt in this feature story filled with jaw-dropping ...
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Oct

2021

Colorado BHA Q4 2021 Update

Author: David Lien
Chapter News Chapter Leadership Team Updates Central West Slope Assistant Regional Director Leslie Kaminski was one of the top BHA Hike To Hunt fundraisers![1] Well done, Leslie! The chapter also appointed Amber Leach to serve as a Southeast Colorado Assistant Regional Director. In addition, we appointed four Northern Colorado Assistant Regional Directors, including Zack Scott, Jon Lang, Graham Geary and Trenton Budish. Thank you Amber, Zack, Jon, Graham and Trenton! For additional ...
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Oct

2021

Utah BHA Supports CWD Testing Program

As the voice for public lands, public waters, and wildlife, the Utah BHA Chapter has launched a Fall 2021 program that particularly focuses on the health of our mule deer herds in Utah. Chronic Wasting Disease is a disease that affects the neurological system of the infected ungulate that leads to fatality of the animal. It is spread among deer populations through contact with bodily fluid such as saliva, urine, feces, blood, etc. In the last several years, CWD has become a significant ...
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Sep

2021

BHA Responds to Appointment of Stone-Manning as BLM Director

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 30, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Responding to this evening’s Senate vote confirming Tracy Stone-Manning as director of the Bureau of Land Management, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers President and CEO Land Tawney offered the following statement: “Hunters and anglers that rely on our public lands and waters will have a strong and smart advocate for our values, wildlife and treasured landscapes in BLM ...
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30

Sep

2021

MT BHA 2021 Q3 Newsletter

Author: Montana BHA
"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall." - Oscar Wilde September - Public Lands Month - flew by this year! We hope you had ample opportunity to get out in the field to chase elk with your bow, get your dogs on some points and maybe even enjoy a few fall floats! BHA members from across the country and right here in Montana participated in the Public Land Packout campaign, a self-driven group effort to remove some 10,000 bags of rubbish from our lands and waters. We participated in two ...
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