The following was written by BHA's Washington Coordinator, Matt Scott, a logger, outfitter and small business owner whose family's traditions and inspirations depend on the wilderness escape. Is Wilderness a bad thing? I’ve spent my professional life working my tail off to get the time and money needed to spend as much time in the wilderness as I could. Wilderness has given me much more than the opportunity to hunt and fish, it has given me and my family a place to reflect and get away from ...

The following blog post was submitted by Oriana Turley , on behalf of the Trailer Superstore. Oriana is a freelance writer, poet and outdoor enthusiast and spends most of her days on her homestead in Stevensville, Montana. There she plants food forests, raises Organic hogs and works as a child advocate throughout the greater Bitterroot Valley. "The best thing people can do is stay on a trail," says Lori McCullough, the CEO/Executive Director of Tread Lightly! Campaign Inc. "The worst thing ...

MN BHA Friends, For those of you who don’t get the Outdoor News, the 12/7/12 issue (p. 5) included an update on MN BHA vice-chair Matt Norton (see attached: “MEP Names Matt Norton As New Campaign Director”).  Then, in the 12/14/12 issue, Outdoor News editor Rob Drieslein had this to say about Matt: “Glad to see, as reported in last week’s Outdoor News, that the Minnesota Environmental Partnership [MEP] has selected conservation and legal expert Matt Norton as the group’s new campaign ...

Do you process your own game? If not, there’s plenty of reasons to start: It saves money; There's no waiting to get your meat from the processor You know where your meat came from and how it's been handled; You know that the meat you eat is from the animal you shot You can learn about the anatomy of the animals you hunt. Every hunter should at least be familiar with what it takes to process an animal. And while it may seem like a daunting task at first, if you gutted the animal, and packed ...

  Do you process your own game? If not, there’s plenty of reasons to start: It saves money; There's no waiting to get your meat from the processor You know where your meat came from and how it's been handled; You know that the meat you eat is from the animal you shot You can learn about the anatomy of the animals you hunt. Every hunter should at least be familiar with what it takes to process an animal. And while it may seem like a daunting task at first, if you gutted the animal, and ...