Today, Montana’s Environmental Quality Council held a hearing to discuss I-193, the proposed ballot initiative that would prevent landowners from being prohibited from hunting black bears, deer or elk on their property. Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) and the Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen (R) have both already signed off on this initiative, so today’s hearing was to give members of the EQC a chance to review and vote to - or not to - support this. No one from Montana Fish ...

AFI has Open Board Positions and we need you to apply! BHA’s Armed Forces Initiative is currently looking to fill open Board positions! All applicants must be a current member in good standing with BHA, a current or former member of the United States military (including active duty, reservists, national Guard and/or a member of a Gold Star family), willing to serve a three-year term, and attend monthly Board meetings when able. Questions about the Board and open positions can be directed to ...

“If there was any sage advice to offer Minnesota deer hunters these days it would be simple: Go south,” Duluth News Tribune outdoors reporter John Myers said in the Oct. 27 issue.[1] After fifteen years or so of hunting whitetails in northern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest (in the Grand Marais area), during 2023 I opted to follow John’s advice and hunted the Chippewa National Forest instead, not far from Grand Rapids, where I grew up hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing, and ...

Shining headlamps over the lake, the beams are refracted in a million different directions in the dense fog. The marsh bottom isn't as boot sucking mud as it has been in the past years, so decoy setup goes fairly quickly. Shooting time starts as I am getting to know my hunting partner better.  This is the first time we have shared a blind. Jacob Young and I met about a month previous, when he, as the president of the University of Idaho BHA collegiate chapter, had arranged a duck call ...

Wyoming, a state renowned for its vast landscapes, pristine wilderness, and rich biodiversity, faces another critical threat – the proposed Columbus Peak Ranch Land Exchange. This controversial initiative, currently under consideration by the Office of State Lands and Investments (OSLI), jeopardizes the very essence of our public lands. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rallying the community to oppose this exchange, and here's why you should join the cause. Outdated Appraisal Raises ...