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May

2020

R3: Revelations, Relationships, and Reciprocity

"Make no mistake, you cannot do nothing. Hunting participation rates are falling, and hunters are a long way from representing the changing demographics of the U.S. population." The southern Wisconsin air was bitter and cold. Turkey season began, but winter refused to end. As I sat perched on the ground, shotgun in one hand and hot black coffee in the other, my turkey hunting instructor and I could hear gobbles as the turkeys left their roost before sunrise. We set up in tall grass on the ...
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May

2020

Grinnell: America’s Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro

This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists   I’ve read a handful of books in the past couple years that I think should belong in the Backcountry Hunters library, but the one that stands out most and should be required reading for all conservationists and hunters is John Taliaferro’s recent biography, Grinnell: America’s Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West. I really wasn’t too familiar with George Bird Grinnell ...
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May

2020

California Big Game Drawing Overview - Deer

I can still remember the first time I tried to understand the process of applying for deer tags in California’s Big Game Drawing. Not coming from a hunting family I had no idea what preference points were, and realizing that California has a “modified” preference point system only confused me further. I had to read the California Big Game Hunting Digest three times before it began to crystalize into something resembling the English language. So if you’re unfamiliar with the system and find ...
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May

2020

Expanding Public Land Hunting Access in the Hoosier State

Author: Indiana BHA
Expanding Public Land Hunting Access in the Hoosier State By Rob Seilheimer Photo by Adam Perrry   The Department of the Interior looks to keep its promise to expand hunting and fishing access on our public lands. According to a Department of the Interior press release, “U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced … a historic proposal for new and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges and 9 national fish ...
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May

2020

Idaho BHA comments on expansion of access to National Wildlife Refuges

Author: Idaho BHA
The Idaho Chapter recently sent a letter (included below) to the US Fish and Wildlife Service applauding the expansion of access to wildlife refuges in Idaho as per Secretarial Order 3347 and the 2019 John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. This April, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt proposed the largest expansion in history of hunting and fishing access on national wildlife refuge lands across 2.3 million acres at 97 national wildlife refuges and 9 ...
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May

2020

Kestrel Glassing Systems Becomes Official Chapter Sponsor of Idaho BHA

Author: Ace Hess
The Idaho Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers officially welcomes Kestrel Glassing Systems as an official chapter sponsor!  The Kestrel® monopod was born of the desire to outperform tripods, shed weight and shrink pack volume on backcountry hunting trips. While planning an archery elk hunt in the summer of 2018, we budgeted pack weight and made hard decisions about what gear stays and what stays in the garage. When wedging our tripods into loaded packs, we realized there had to be a ...
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May

2020

Caribou Pizza Pockets

Author: Jenny Ly
Believe it or not, two years later, I still have caribou meat leftover from my first backpack hunt. Down to the last few packages of grind, and a craving for healthy comfort food (is there such a thing?), I created an easy pizza pocket recipe. The McCain pizza pockets were a childhood favorite of mine. I have fond memories of my father slightly burning them in the oven and having to remake a second batch. Thinking back on things, I think he purposely burnt them so he could have the extra ...
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May

2020

Senate to Vote on Great American Outdoors Act

News for Immediate ReleaseMay 21, 2020Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Bipartisan legislation would provide full, dedicated funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address public lands maintenance backlogs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate is moving forward to vote on the Great American Outdoors Act, bipartisan legislation that would ensure full, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address maintenance backlogs on public ...
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May

2020

E-Bikes & Elk: A Bad Combination

Author: David Lien
A recent story in The Aspen Times (“Traditional cyclists, e-bikers clash over new trail rules across Colorado,” 5/17/20) included some observations from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) State Policy Director, Tim Brass, about his elk hunt last fall. Tim borrowed a friend’s e-bike during the hunt and, not surprisingly, increased the amount of terrain he was able to cover.[1] However, later he reflected on the hunt (in “E-Bikes And The Backcountry,” Spring 2020 Backcountry Journal).  “A ...
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May

2020

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

  This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists   When I think of Desert Solitaire I remember a little riverside camp I scraped out of the grass and brush by the Colorado, not far from Moab, Utah, near the mouth of a canyon that’s since been re-named Grandstaff. I was a year out of college and living on public lands: national forests in South Dakota and Wyoming, national monuments in Arizona, BLM lands in Utah, for seasons at a time. Edward ...
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