By Christian Appel - February 9, 2019 - Originally published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle You have the chance to help determine the future of our wild backyard for the next 30 years. We are lucky to call the Gallatin and Madison mountains home. They provide abundant wildlife, clean drinking water, and wild trails – but for how much longer? Between skyrocketing populations and a changing landscape, these constants of mountain living are starting to look a lot less certain. Now the Custer ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed three Habitat Watch Volunteers: John Duke (Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest), Matt Bourget (San Isabel National Forest) and Grant Whittey (Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest). John was born and raised in southeast Michigan, where he grew up hunting small game and whitetails. “My earliest memories are of catching bluegill and other panfish on Northern Michigan lakes and jumping brush piles hunting for cottontail with ...

By Jock Conyngham - February 5th, 2019 - Originally published in the Montana Standard. Like other Montanans, I earn my food through hard work. I spend each fall and winter in pursuit of big game, waterfowl, and upland birds to fill my freezer and sustain my family through the year. Game is well over 95% of our meat. This is not an easy task, nor should it be; that’s what fair chase ethics tell us. The best hunter isn’t the one with the best spot, and certainly not the one with the best gear. ...

News for Immediate ReleaseFeb. 4, 2019Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org   MISSOULA, Mont. – Following today’s announcement by President Trump that he has nominated acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt as head of the Interior Department, BHA President and CEO Land Tawney offered this response: "David Bernhardt has been part of the Trump administration and consequently has played a key role in actions undertaken by the Interior Department over the ...

By Greg Munther - February 3, 2019 - Originally published in the Montana Standard. When I began bowhunting six decades ago, I could not have predicted the colossal advances in the technology we use to harvest game, particularly the changes in archery equipment. Yet bowhunters today face challenges that I did, then and now: the need to close the distance on an animal and make an ethical kill with an arrow. This challenge and low odds of success allows archers to hunt during the elk rut, when ...