In 2017, I was fat, frustrated and looking for my next excuse for a failed season. I’d hunted 20 archery seasons without killing a bull and it was never my fault. It was too hot, or too crowded or the ODFW had set the season dates too early. As long as I didn't have to take accountability for my personal shortcomings I was able to accept another season without killing a bull. Over the years the pressure of coming up short and whatever excuse I’d hung my hat on, the previous year began to ...

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists   Approximately 10 years ago I picked up this book after a reading a magazine interview with the author, David Petersen, in which he nobly described hunters as the type of hunter we all strive to be – thoughtful, hardworking and conservation-minded.  This book includes a carefully selected ensemble of personal essays that dive deep into the motivations and ethics of hunters from different walks of ...

    From his most recent book Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization, back to his rough-and-tumble newspaper days covering the scorched-earth timber industry of the 1980s, Richard Manning is the go-to investigative journalist for pivotal books about everything from the American prairie to the future of global agriculture. He's a lifelong hunter, a fisherman, the author of nine books and dozens of powerful magazine stories, and one of America's most innovative ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 29, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Administration announces plan to formally nominate Pendley, anti-public lands zealot BLM director nominee William Perry Pendley MISSOULA, Mont. – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers responded today to the Trump administration’s announcement of its intention to nomination William Perry Pendley, a well-known advocate of the sale of public lands, as director of the Bureau of Land Management and ...