The following is a joint press release highlighting New Mexican sportsmen's support of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act.  Washington D.C. – New Mexican hunters and anglers continue to lead by example in the world of conservation with the introduction of the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Act.The bill, introduced today by Senator Tom Udall, would designate the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Taos as a wilderness area. The designation would cover ...

Located just Northeast of Sante Fe, New Mexico’s Pecos Wilderness Area provides 350 square miles of high quality roadless backcountry habitat. The Pecos is known by hunters primarily for its high-quality elk and mule deer hunting (GMU 45), as well as good opportunities for Big Horn Sheep, Black Bear, Blue Grouse and Turkey; and by anglers for excellent trout fishing on the Pecos River, as well as the area’s many high-country lakes. Surrounding the officially designated Pecos Wilderness Area, ...

By Ben LongBackcountry enthusiasts need to cut things, big and small. Get a log out of the way, shorten a guy line or snip a leader on a fly line. Part of being a competent backcountry traveler is gaining basic skills with things that are sharp.Fundamentally, this comes down to the knife, the axe and the saw. All three are wedges — a knife is a wedge with a handle; an axe is a wedge with a lever and a saw is a series of small wedges on a long blade.Beyond that, each tool has a list of pluses ...

The following is a guest post from BHA member Tovar Cerulli, author of The Mindful Carnivore.  CO BHA will be hosting a discussion of his book in Boulder on May 30 and in Denver on June 3 (details below). During my decade as a vegan, I found hunting nearly incomprehensible. Why on earth would someone voluntarily participate in such a pursuit, heading to woods or fields armed with the intent to kill a wild animal? After a decade as a hunter, my understandings have shifted. Hunting calls me to ...

To the Nevada State Senate Committee on Natural Resources:Senate members Ford, Manendo, Segerblom, Goicoechea and SettelmeyerRe: AB 345 (re: management of wildlife)From: Karen BoegerBoard member, NV Chapter Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA)May 14, 2013Dear Chairman Ford and committee members,I urge you to support AB 345 as amended. Nevada's valuable wildlife resource, and the public to which it belongs, will benefit by the proposed revisions and addtions to NRS 501.100.  The current $3 ...