Every year at BHA’s North American Rendezvous, our chapters bring their best dishes to BHA’s Wild Game Cookoff, where members present a suite of locally harvested, regionally significant dishes to a panel of celebrity judges. Competition is fierce in this wildly entertaining event. Field to Table is honored to feature this recipe from Rendezvous 2019. We’re from the great state of Michigan, and those who live here love a little savory hand pie called the pastie so much that it might as well ...

This recipe was prepared by Montana BHA member and chapter Vice Chair, Tom Healy. The dessert features elk bacon, made from a cow Tom had harvested last fall. The fat came from a beatiful color phase black bear shot by Montana Chapter Coordinator, Kevin Farron. Though Tom presented this dish at the 2019 Montana Campout, it was clearly a community effort as all good wild game dishes tend to be. Elk Bacon, Almond & Bear Fat Brittle Ingredients: 2 oz. ek shoulder bacon – chopped into 1/4” ...

By Kathryn QannaYahu - June 26, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian In 2015, a hunter experiencing attempted obstruction in the Crazies wrote to U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, who then wrote to CGNF Supervisor Mary Erickson. She replied, repeating Salwasser's position. Instead of supporting the Yellowstone District Ranger's adherence to FS policy of defending and maintaining our public access in the Crazies, the CGNF removed the ranger in June 2017; after public outcry reinstated him ...

News for Immediate ReleaseJune 25, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Increased funding for LWCF, CWD, sage grouse conservation anchor FY 20 Interior-related appropriations minibus WASHINGTON – Backcountry Hunters & Anglers commended U.S. House of Representatives members for voting to advance a $383 billion funding bill for fiscal year 2020 that boosts spending for key conservation programs. The House appropriations minibus (H.R. 3055) increases funding ...

The 54th session of the Arizona legislature concluded this May, and, thanks to the engagement and perseverance of hunters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts across the state, our voices were heard, and our longstanding public lands heritage remains intact. There were ups and downs throughout the session, but ultimately, we came out ahead. The Arizona BHA board and policy chairs kept close tabs on HB2557, which was amended to include bad public land policy language from a previous bill, ...