The Montana Armed Forces Initiative hosted five BHA AFI members in an archery elk camp designed to teach Elk biology and management strategy in Montana as well as Elk hunting basics like, habitat, calling, scouting, and identification.   We invited FWP Public Access manager for the region to present on BMA selection and management, how Montana plans for and manages Elk hunting opportunities, navigating the BMA process as a hunter, and how to find elk opportunities through Montana FWPs ...

I received word in 2019 that the military was sending me to Fort Huachuca, Arizona. To save time among ourselves, my wife and I named the move “Operation Javelina.” Javelina - more properly “collared peccaries” - quickly became a symbol of the state of Arizona to my family. To ease them into moving from our Midwest Michigan home, we gave our children stuffed javelina for Christmas that year. We filled their heads with visions of these stinky, hairy critters and how lucky we were to move to ...

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Bouncing down a barren stretch of the Dalton Highway, known to Alaskans as the Haul Road, a bang and a thud emanating from the engine compartment of our van signaled that our hunting adventure was far from over. Our expedition started nine days prior when our group of ten, all members of BHA’s Armed Forces Initiative (AFI) and comprised mostly of veterans and active-duty service members, assembled for the first time in Fairbanks. Following introductory greetings we piled into a rented van, ...

On Saturday, September 23rd, 16 volunteers gathered in the Pahsimeroi Valley to complete a phase of the Sawmill Canyon project for National Public Lands Day. The volunteers represented Idaho BHA, Idaho Parks and Recreation, Idaho Single Track Alliance, Idaho Falls Trail Machine Association, Challis Community Trails, TreadLightly!, BRP and Can-Am.The Sawmill Canyon project was initiated in 2018 and has included a variety of NGO’s including Idaho BHA, state agencies, recreation groups and the ...