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Sep

2014

Hunters Don't Need Exceptions to the Rules

Research clearly shows that off-trail motorized use can have significant impacts on fish and wildlife habitat.  Thus I am struck by the fact that the Arizona Game & Fish continue to advocate for use of motorized vehicles off trail to retrieve downed game, through the Tonto National Forest Travel Management Planning process.  In particular, the need for exception which allows hunters to use motorized vehicles to be used up to one mile off a designate route has been unsubstantiated.  Further ...
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Sep

2014

Colorado Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Hosts Hunting Film Tour Showings in Montrose and Gunnison

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Kicks-off the Hunting Season with Fair Chase Adventure Films, Beverages and RafflesMONTROSE, CO – The sportsmen conservation organization, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is hosting two showings of the popular Hunting Film Tour at the Ruby Cinema in Gunnison on October 1st and Two Rascals Brewing in Montrose on October 2nd.  Doors for both shows open at 6:00 PM, with the show starting at 7:00 PM.  The Hunting Film Tour attracts outdoor enthusiasts of all ages with ...
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4

Sep

2014

Wilderness, Thoreau, and Me

Author: Tim Mead
By Tim Mead, Author of Quetico Adventures.   Wilderness. The word conjures up different things, depending on each individual’s perspective.   For some, wilderness is the trackless desert of the southwest. For some, wilderness is the urban jungle. For me, wilderness is the boreal forest stretching across North America from ocean to ocean. In my version of wilderness, there are no roads, no conveniences, few people.   Wilderness, despite a widespread assumption, is not hostile. A number of ...
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Sep

2014

Arizona BHA Comments on Tonto Travel Management Plan

Author: Arizona BHA
September 4, 2014   RE: Comments from Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers on Tonto National Forest Travel Management Plan   Neil Bosworth, Forest Supervisor,   Please consider the following comments on behalf of the Arizona Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers regarding the proposed Tonto National Forest Travel Management Plan.   Arizona Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a member-driven sportsmen conservation organization dedicated to speaking-up for the solitude, challenge, and ...
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Sep

2014

Wilderness: Hunting & Fishing’s Greatest Hits

A pack string loaded with elk antlers in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana or the Gila in New Mexico. A bighorn ram in the Absaroka of Wyoming. Reeling in pike in the quiet lakes of the Boundary Waters of Minnesota.   Wilderness areas provide, bar none, some of greatest, most adventuresome hunting and fishing in North America. Today we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act. Hunters and anglers were a major force behind the law then, and are a major force ...
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Sep

2014

Collaboration is coming to a forest near you

Author: Derek Farr
By Idaho BHA Member, Derek Farr.   Whether you’re hunting elk north of Albuquerque or hunting moose north of Anchorage, “collaboration” is the new catchword in federal land management. There’s a good chance your favorite public lands will be administered through a collaborative process in the near future. Here’s what I learned during a collaborative at the Nez-Perce/Clearwater National Forest (NCNF) in central Idaho. It was one of the first forests to adopt the process.     What is ...
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Sep

2014

Colorado BHA Comments on San Carlos Travel Management Plan

San Carlos Ranger District -Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the San Carlos Ranger District’s Draft Travel Analysis. Please consider my comments to be part of the public record.First, I will address certain roads that are mis-categorized in terms of benefit and risk.1. Road 173B (North Taylor Creek above the Rainbow Trail). Whereas lower portions of 173 allow Rainbow Trail motorized and non-motorized users to enter and exit the trail, the upper portion dead ends at the wilderness ...
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Aug

2014

Episode #10 of the Backcountry College: Knots and Such

Learn how to tie a bowline knot, truckers hitch, sheet bend, clove hitch, and taut line hitch by setting up making a hammock out of a canvas tarp. The Backcountry College is produced by Twisted Stave Media.
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Aug

2014

50 Reasons Why We Hunt Wilderness

Author: Tim Brass
Solitude, spirituality, wild food, challenge and escape were the themes of responses our Facebook Fans gave when we asked "I hunt Wilderness because ____."  In recognition of 50 years of the Wilderness Act, we've compiled 50 reasons why BHA fans choose to hunt the Wilderness...   1. I hate hunting in crowds!!!!!!!!! -Robert Benavidez    2. It's therapeutic. -Patrick Smith   3. I seek solitude. -Luke Johnson   4. For the beauty of nature. Its the closest you can come to how the world in its ...
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Aug

2014

Minnesota BHA Rendezvous: Whitewater State Park & Wildlife Management Area (Aug. 15–17, 2014)

Minnesota BHA held its second annual Rendezvous during August 15-17. A group from around the state set camp in southeastern Minnesota’s Whitewater State Park & Wildlife Management Area. And in the words of one attendee, BHA Life Member Melinda Miller: “What a terrific weekend!! … Great location, great company, great food, great activities.”[1]Some of our activities included trout fishing the Whitewater River, encountering multiple groups of wild turkeys in the state park and adjacent ...
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