The following Op-Ed by Minnesota BHA Board Member, David Lien was recently published by the Duluth Tribune, here.Anyone who has heard a bugling bull elk likely remembers the first time. In North America, only the haunting chorus of a wolf pack or ethereal evening calls of loons can come close to matching the mystical qualities of a bull elk’s bugle. Unfortunately, Minnesota’s native elk, although originally distributed over most of the state, were extirpated by the early l900s.But this year ...

September 3, 2014RE: McArthur Gulch SLTDear State Trust Land Commissioners:A matter has been brought to our attention which we respectfully wish to provide comment on. At the present time, a proposal is under consideration that jeopardizes hunter access and sound habitat stewardship on Colorado’s state lands.On August 8, 2014, the State Land Board approved a recommendation that the staff be directed to complete negotiations with an entity known as Human Movement Management ("HMM") for a ...

he following post was written by BHA's Conservation Director, Holly Endersby, following an interesting hunt in the Idaho backcountry. Clawing my way awake after a death-like sleep in hunting camp last week, the rain sounded really strange. Kinda a pitter, patter, stop. Pitter, patter, stop. Laying there listening to the sound, I figured it was because the rain was being dispersed by the fir tree looming over the tent. My eye lids begin to sag downwards again as my mind convinced me nothing ...

By Tim Brass   1. Steven Rinella – "Meateater" //www.youtube.com/embed/ukqzPNckrbg?rel=0&wmode=opaque A true backcountry bad ass, Steven Rinella has gone from chasing squirrels around suburban Michigan woodlots, to running long beaver and muskrat trap lines for cash in high school, to hosting one of the premiere hunting shows on television today.  As host of the Sportsman Channel’s Meateater, Rinella is putting the meat back in hunting.  Rinella is also one of the few TV personalities who is ...

TO: Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) Big-Game Program Coordinator, Leslie McInenlySeptember 10, 2014Dear Leslie:Minnesota Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) are a grassroots group of sportsmen and women who are united by a passion to protect and conserve the public lands, forests, mountains, prairies, streams, lakes and game that support our hunting and angling traditions. BHA was founded around an Oregon campfire in 2004 by seven sportsmen and women and now has members in all 50 states, ...