Letter from a participant at our Learn to Pheasant hunt event in South Dakota. Dec 2022 "Hope your drive to Oklahoma is going well. I wanted to reach out and thank you and the other mentors for this experience. I was in a really Dark Place before coming out here, but after visiting with you, Darren, and Ken I can see the light at the tunnel.  Thank you for everything you do for me and all the other folks like me. Your right I just feel better out here."      

On March 23 BHA volunteers partnered up with the BLM, NM Public Lands Interpretive Association, NWF, NM Wild, NM Crag, and NM Mountain Club to clean up 7 miles of Old Buckman Road down to the Rio Grande west of Santa Fe. Two dumpsters were filled with trash diverted from the river, and we cleaned around the old shooting range. Fortunately, there are BLM plans to build and maintain two new and improved public land shooting ranges around the Santa Fe area. BHA values opportunities to work with ...

Ben Long is a founding board member of BHA, the author of the Hunter and Angler’s Guide to Raising Hell, and a lifelong hunter-conservationist of the old breed. Ben came to Rendezvous this year to meet with new BHA CEO Patrick Berry of Vermont and help chart a course for the future of the most dynamic hunter and angler conservation organization in history.  Join us as Hal, Patrick and Ben look back at the origins of BHA, the people, the fire, and the issues, and revel in the memories of ...

Illinois stream access is widely misunderstood, a result of the state not mirroring federal law. A stream that would be considered public by federal law is not public under Illinois state law, as private ownership of an Illinois stream includes both the stream bed and the water flowing through that area.  The map depicted shows just how much flowing water in Illinois is considered private. Blue streams are considered public under Illinois law, while red streams are legally private (although ...

Update from Chapter Chair Taking a break from the turkey woods to put together this newsletter. My season is off to a great start with a nice public land gobbler taken on opening morning hunting a local state forest.  Hope everyone else is seeing luck out there whether your pursuits roost in a tree or swim under water. We have some great upcoming events and a new podcast to announce in this month's newsletter.  We have also started work on a statewide gathering for all NY BHA members for ...