From the Chair I hope this newsletter finds everyone ready to hit the turkey woods Saturday morning, or to just get out and enjoy the outdoors whatever your pleasure. This past Sunday I was out enjoying a fine spring morning walk with my wife and two dogs on our property. We heard grouse drumming, geese a honking, cows lowin’, bees working, birds singing, and the ever familiar clippity-clop of the horses pulling the Amish buggies to worship service. I just couldn’t help to notice how in sync ...

April 27, 2021   RE: Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Comments on the Montana Elk Management Plan Guiding Principles   Employees of FWP and Members of the Fish & Wildlife Commission:   We appreciate your commitment and leadership to revise the elk management plan. We represent the interests of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Our 3,000 dues-paying members care deeply about elk and how they’re managed. For years, we’ve been actively involved with issues ...

By Don Rank, Chapter Secretary and Policy Chair While many activities have been derailed or delayed over the past year, the Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has continued the work of monitoring and advancing policies that provide access and opportunity for our members. We have identified issues and pieces of legislation that have an impact on our ability to not only partake in our traditions but also grow them and expand our community. Since the new legislative session ...

News for Immediate ReleaseApril 22, 2021Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   House of Representatives advances state and tribal conservation of at-risk species with $1 billion-plus funding bill WASHINGTON – A bipartisan effort to secure funding for state and tribal efforts to conserve at-risk species was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE). The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ...

Hiking three or four miles through mountainous terrain with 30- to 40-pound packs into some of our nation’s great public lands estate isn’t stereotypical “blinds-and-decoys” turkey hunting, but chasing mountain Merriam’s in southwest Colorado’s backcountry can increase your odds of putting meat in the freezer. During the spring 2021 turkey season, I joined Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Habitat Watch Volunteer Rick Hooley for a mountain Merriam’s hunt in the high and wild San Juan ...