From the Chair: What a year this has been! I hope this finds everyone in good health. Like most the New York chapter has been figuring out how to navigate in the new climate we now live in. The last in-person event was the Public Grouse film showing in Syracuse. The event was well attended, and we had a lot more planned until Covid 19 hit. Since then we have added two teams: Our Regional Events Coordinator Team, who recently hosted a Virtual Learn to Hunt series and plans to host more in the ...

Throughout the Public Lands Month of September, a few of the members of the New York Chapter of BHA put together a series of Virtual Learn to Hunt Zoom meetings. The series were targeted towards the many new hunters that had taken their Hunters Education in the spring and summer. The increase in people taking the education and safety course, as well as the dramatic increase in license sales this year in New York, indicates that more and more of us are taking to the woods and outdoors to ...

BHA, Benchmade, Filson and Weston present a 4-night LIVE small game processing series featuring seasoned BHA meat experts. Each night, we will be giving away a door prize LIVE. One attendee will walk away with a Benchmade Meatcrafter! We will cover basic hunting tips, processing strategies, and cooking tricks with time for Q&A! All events are FREE and open to the public! Click on the link below to register!    October 21 - Squirrel with Adam Steele October 28 - Jackrabbit with Spencer ...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently called for an end to all bear hunting in New Jersey after the 2020 season. Murphy has already used his executive power to end bear hunting on all public land in the Garden State. Governor Murphy’s bold statement, “This means, that the 2020 bear hunt… will be the last bear hunt under my administration” is politically motivated, emotionally charged and scientifically flawed. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers believes in science-based wildlife management ...

Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & AnglersPO Box 9257Missoula, MT 59807U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAttention: Vanessa Fields, Project PlannerEmail: LTRCA_comments@fws.govRE: Draft Environmental Assessment and Land Protection Plan, Lost Trail Conservation Area The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers submits this comment in support of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“USFWS”) establishment of the Lost Trail Conservation Area. The Montana Chapter’s roughly ...