Minnesota BHA held its first annual Rendezvous during September 6-8. A group of a dozen attendees from around the state set camp in northern Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest. About half of the 1.6 million acres within the boundaries of the Chippewa are water, including 1,300 lakes, almost a thousand miles of streams, and many wetlands. Camp was located at Darrell Spencer’s cabin on Third River just south of Dixon Lake, not far from the 7,000-acre North Winnie Semi Primitive Non-Motorized ...

Hunters looking to venture into the backcountry by backpack are sometimes lost when it comes to knowing what to pack, and what to leave at home.  Thankfully there are plenty of BHA members with experience hunting by backpack - members like Chris McCotter of Arizona, who prepared the backpack packing list below for his 2013 archery mule deer hunt in Colorado's Wimenuche Wilderness.    This packing list is good guide for eight days of hard-core big game wilderness hunting.  We hope this will ...

Book Cliffs leasing blindsides sportsmen, threatens to derail protection efforts Sportsmen expressed dismay Monday after learning that the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands (SITLA) Board secretly voted to lease a large portion of the Book Cliffs, a prized hunting and fishing area in eastern Utah, for oil and gas development last week. The Book Cliffs is a critical area for conservation in the state of Utah. The announcement threatens to derail a broad collaborative effort led by ...

The following article was recently posted in the Duluth News Tribune.  A Washington, D.C.-based mining lobbyist wrote in the News Tribune this month that, “America’s lengthy and uncertain permitting process” is swaying investors to “seek out foreign mineral projects that can be swiftly approved.” The lobbyist, Hal Quinn, president and CEO of the National Mining Association, also weighed in with some questionable jobs numbers forecast for a northern Minnesota sulfide mining project being ...

The following is the first in a series of posts which highlight the lives of the boots-on-the-ground members that make-up Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.Brad Brooks, Age 30, Boise, IDWhat’s your favorite style of hunting or fishing?Style to me is a question of how you approach hunting, not necessarily the type of weapon one chooses, which is typically how hunters define themselves. My style of hunting combines my passion for climbing, adventure and exploration. I seek out the places where ...