Right now, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is taking comments on a proposal to create a conservation area in parts of five counties in SW Montana. If enacted, private landowners would be eligible for voluntary, LWCF-funded conservation easements. Read why Montana BHA is fully supporting the Missouri Headwaters Conservation Area.If helpful, here are some of our bulleted reasonings. Please use these to craft your own comments, but please use your own words. The deadline to comment is November ...

Situated between Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Dixie National Forest, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, the Paunsaugunt Plateau is home to one of the West’s greatest mule deer herds. Named by the Southern Paiute, the “home of the beavers” rises to an elevation of 9,300 feet and extends 25 miles southward into the stunning Pink Cliffs. The Paunsaugunt mule deer herd numbers around 5,200. This prized herd starts their 78-mile winter migration from the Plateau ...

ILBHA continues to work on the first ever BHA affiliated 3D archery trail at Lake Shelbyville, IL.  After a successful conservation shoot was held in September, the chapter is now focusing on parking lot improvements and gaining support to help fund targets.  With progress on the parking and handicap accessibility improvements, the chapter is still aiming for a 2024 grand opening.  To hear more about the park and it’s inception, take some time and listen to the podcast from Ridge Hunter ...

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) mission is to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife. Although our organization is formed around hunting and fishing, our members are also avid hikers, backpackers, trail runners, mountain bikers, off-roaders, and so-on. Most importantly we seek to conserve our natural resources so that all pursuits can be enjoyed responsibly for ...

Last Friday, Montana BHA board member Jake Schwaller had the privilege of joining fellow Montana hunters in thanking Senator Tester for his leadership and efforts in returning funding for hunters education programs in our schools.   "If we’re going to preserve not only the Second Amendment but hunting and the ability to have people know what a gun is and how to use a gun safely and not hurt people or themselves with it, this hunter safety stuff is critically important," said Sen. ...