The following is a response from Minnesota DNR Commissioner Landwehr in regards to Minnesota BHA's letter requesting that regulations be developed to ban the use of drones for hunting and scouting. Dear Mr. Jensen and Mr. Lien: Thank you for sharing your concerns with the Department of Natural Resources regarding the use of drones in hunting and fishing activities.  We certainly appreciate the fair chase issues and share similar concerns to protect our heritage of responsible sportsmanship ...

The BLM has consistently determined that exchanging the Durfee Hills from the public domain is, "not in the best interest of the American people." Yet, the relentless push by the Wilks brothers to privatize this valuable public land continues. On April 16th, 2014, BLM State Director Jamie Connell accepted a 1600+ signature petition from Central Montana Outdoors objecting to trading away accessible lands within the Durfee Hills, from the public domain. April 28th, 2014, the Billings Gazette ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A donation by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s popular “Access Yes” program will expand the acreage open to access for sportsmen who hunt and fish in the Cowboy State. Access Yes is a funding mechanism that helps pay for Wyoming’s walk-in, hunter management areas and easements. Part of the Private Lands Public Wildlife program, the walk-in and hunter management areas are partnerships between landowners and hunters and anglers. Building ...

SALEM, Ore. – Proponents of fair chase hunting are celebrating a success in the Beaver State as the Oregon Senate advances legislation that would ban the use of drones for hunting and scouting. “The sportsman’s voice is ringing loud and clear in the Oregon legislature,” said Ed Putnam, co-chair of the Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. “This bill speaks to the core of who we are as sportsmen, and we commend the legislature’s willingness to consider it.” BHA’s Oregon chapter ...

By BHA's Utah Coordinator, Ken Theis. One of the main things required of graduate students, regardless of the field of study, is to read. Exposed to a vast amount of information, you are expected to notice when various thoughts, ideas, and information begin to mesh. Once-held beliefs may be discarded, others reinforced, emerging ideas adopted. Sorted, sifted, and mulled over, somehow it all converges into what you take to be true. Certain authors may be particularly influential and you learn ...