The following post was written by Wyoming BHA Co-Chair Scott Reekers. The young cow lay quietly breathing her last as the temperature dropped in the cold December evening air. Minutes before I had made the decision to end her life to provide food for my family. I struggled to celebrate, or to jump up and down yelling because life was ending. With labored effort from broken lungs she exhaled her final breath. Immediately after the shot my hunting partner had gone back up the hill to call home ...

The following fact sheet, developed by Sportsmen for Brown's Canyon illustrates why permenantly protecting Brown's Canyon makes sense for Coloradan sportsmen.  Colorado BHA members continue to adovate for permenant protection of this high value hunting and fishing destination and we invite you to join this effort as well. To get more involved with Colorado BHA's ongoing effort to protect Brown Canyon, please contact us.  To express support to your elected officials, click here.Click on the ...

The following was written by BHA's Conservation Director Holly Endersby, after a recent fishing trip to Kelly Creek (Idaho). Utter the words Kelly Creek to a real backcountry trout bum and she will immediately know you’re talking about an icy cold stream sparkling through a big chunk of central Idaho beginning near the Montana border. A blue ribbon, catch and release trout stream, Kelly Creek eventually mingles its water with the North Fork of the Clearwater River. A recent University of ...

The Idaho Chapter of BHA is pleased to announce the Conservation Officer's Youth Camp Scholarship to 10 year-old Remington, of Wilder, ID!In his scholarship essay, Remington indicated he is excited at the prospect of learning new skills, is considering a career as a Conservation Officer, and is looking forward to becoming "an avid and passionate outdoorsman." Sounds like he is well on his way. Remington was nominated by BHA member Steve Gale. The Idaho Chapter of BHA is proud to be able to ...

The following was written by BHA's Conservation Director, Holly Endersby of Pollock, ID.It may be 100 degrees out today but my thoughts are beginning to turn to the cooler days of autumn. At 7,000 feet, our hunting camp on the edge of the Hells Canyon Wilderness is a paradise of cold, clear water gushing from a fissure in the ground, remnants of stately white pine forests interspersed with subalpine fir, and rimrock from which to glass for mule deer. There’s nothing I like better than ...