The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is inviting the public to participate in shaping the future of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) harvest regulations along the Texas coast. In response to the freeze event that struck in February 2021, affecting a substantial spotted seatrout population, emergency measures were implemented to aid the recovery of this beloved game fish. These temporary regulations were in effect until August 31, when the former statewide bag and size limits ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 25, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Chuckwalla National Monument would span 660,000 acres of desert habitat with movement pathways for desert bighorn sheep, mule deer and other species COACHELLA, Calif. – Vast, intact public land expanses of Southeast California revered both by hunters and the region’s Tribes could be permanently conserved if a national monument is established, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers stated ...

I spend a lot of time standing in rivers. Cast, catch, release, repeat. Meanwhile, my friends and fellow BHA members disappear every season into the backcountry, reemerging with epic stories, stronger quads, and motivation for the next hunt. I started to feel like I was missing out, and wanted to learn more -- even if it meant starting from the beginning. Luckily for me, I was accepted into the 2023 Hunting for Sustainability Course: a series taught by BHA board members, wildlife ...

  By Benjamin Thomas   I grew up as a hunting kid in south-central Pennsylvania. Our small family farm felt like paradise some days, covered in wildlife from corner to corner. But it was like a walled-desert other days – no deer to be found and turkeys gobbling beyond the property line. It was home, however, and hunting and kid adventures were right beyond my backyard. Now, in my late twenties, life and work has moved me one-and-a-half hours from my old family property.  For four years I’ve ...

News for Immediate ReleaseSept. 21, 2023Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org  The newest edition of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ magazine is available today MISSOULA, Mont. – The fall 2023 issue of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ quarterly magazine, Backcountry Journal, is arriving in mailboxes across North America as hunters head into the woods for our favorite time of year. Here are some of the highlights of an issue that pays tribute to the work BHA ...