This week we’re sitting down at the vise with guest tier Garrison Doctor, co-founder of Rep Your Water, to tie a pattern he calls the “Jigged CDC Quails Nest”. The pattern is a simple tungsten bead soft hackle tied on a jig hook, though the pattern can absolutely be tied on a conventional straight-shanked hook too. The fly is great for making use of upland bird feathers. Garrison is using bobwhite quail from last fall’s hunt, but ruffed grouse and dusky grouse feathers will also work ...

  This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists    In Bloodties, Kerasote brings the reader along with him on three journeys, and each involves hunting but from vastly different viewpoints, motivations and outcomes. His time is spent with natives on the ice edge in Greenland, Westerners in pursuit of rams in Siberia and on a journey home to hunt elk in Wyoming. Each is a story about people and how they interact with one another, the critters ...

Jeffrey Edwards – President Q: What is your hunting/fishing/outdoor background? A: I've grown up surrounded by hunting and fishing. My earliest memories are panfishing in northern Wisconsin with a Scooby-Doo rod and sitting on the platform of a homemade ladder stand, pockets filled with candy, picking apart the woods in search of the elusive whitetail - not much has changed! Q: What are you majoring in? A: Wildlife ecology and management. Q: How/why did you get involved with BHA/UWSP ...

Each year in Nevada herds of bighorn sheep, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, and elk migrate between their summer and winter ranges. This movement is critical to their survival as it allows wildlife to find food and suitable habitat. Unfortunately, in order to get where they need to go, these herds have to cross our state's busy highways. The result is a dangerous mix for both wildlife and people driving. Every year, there are approximately 500 wildlife-vehicle collisions on Nevada’s highways/ ...