Happy Spring! Cabin fever is setting in and turkey season is right around the corner. The days are getting longer and we're starting to stir - here's what we've been up to:   Policy We expressed our opposition to the Golden Crest Exploration Drilling Project. A win from the 2024 legislation session is the passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 605, which recognizes the value of grassland ecosystems and the importance of farmers and ranchers as managers. This is an exciting recognition of ...

FRANKFORT, KY -- The Kentucky Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers helped defeat a dangerous bill in the statehouse that would have made conservation more difficult in the state. Senate Bill 3 would have placed the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission under the Commissioner of Agriculture and attached the Department of Fish and Wildlife to the Department of Agriculture, two moves that would have reduced the independence of the DFW and complicated the ability of its commissioners to ...

For the boatless angler, or even the boated angler for that matter, there is no better time to catch a meal of fresh fish than spring. Whether casting off rocky points for walleyes, probing back bays for panfish or pike, or propping up a chair on a windswept shoreline for hungry channel cats, the arrival of spring means opportunities aplenty. Now while I’m all for keeping a well-stocked freezer, fresh fish is the best fish. For many, spring’s bountiful harvests are a great opportunity to ...

For Immediate Release                    Mar. 27, 2024 Contact: Thomas Plank, 303-720-0111 plank@backcountryhunters.org Legislation to Extend, Increase Funding for Wetland Conservation WASHINGTON, D.C. –  As the leading voice for the conservation of public lands, waters, and wildlife, today Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) applauded the bipartisan introduction of the North American Wetland Conservation Extension Act (S. 4048) in the United States Senate. Introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich ...

Thank you all for attending the Learn to Western Hunt event series hosted by the Armed Forces Initiative. This Armed Forces initiative lunch and learn event is focused on western hunting part III. Introduction to western hunting is a three-part series and you can find the other two parts on our channel. In part three we are discussing western big animal biology, hunting tactics, and habitat best suited to pursue numerous species in order to give you the best chance of experiencing hunting ...