The New England Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is dedicated to ensuring that fair chase ethics that guide hunters from coast to coast persist and continue to influence both new and experienced sportsmen and women. Consequently, we wholeheartedly oppose a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature, H5849, that would legalize the importation of big game animals like elk, wild hogs, and deer for canned hunts in shooting preserves.  In addition to contradicting generations worth of fair ...

By Shelby Stier - March 19, 2019 - Originally published in the Missoulian.    The beautiful and vast landscapes of Montana are hard to describe with words. Although, if you look out your window in this beautiful state you are likely to see the noble mountains, the big sky or the dark grey twisting branches of sagebrush. There is no greater feeling than walking to a mountain trail, feeling the wind on your face and smelling the scent of sagebrush. A deeply bitter spice, sharp like a winter ...

The Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) for introducing the Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act.  This bill would provide wildlife management agencies across the country with desperately needed resources to manage and control the spread of CWD.  We would like to thank Reps. Kind and Sensenbrenner for working together on this bipartisan effort and for choosing to lead in the fight against CWD. Sen. ...

By Justin Schaaf - March 18, 2019 - Originally Published in the Billings Gazette   Montana’s 30-year-old conservation program, Habitat Montana, is currently under attack – again.Last year, landowners and sportsmen saw the dark side of politics with a disappointing show of power from State Auditor Matt Rosendale, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen and Secretary of State Corey Stapleton when they voted to delay a conservation easement indefinitely. In response, the Montana ...