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Sep

2023

West Virginia BHA Chapter Leads Habitat Stewardship Work

  Like-minded people working toward a goal is an amazing thing to witness!  To see individuals take ownership of their public lands and genuinely care about solid conservation work is awesome!  Led by members of the West Virginia Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, on August 12th WVBHA was joined by Justin Phillips of the West Virginia DNR and members of the West Virginia Chapter of Turkeys for Tomorrow to improve turkey brood and deer habitat on ~12 acres of Stonewall Jackson ...
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Sep

2023

WDFW and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers encourage CWD testing on harvested deer and elk

WDFW, Staci Lehman, 509-710-4511Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Washington Chapter, Josh Wilund, 360-410-0054 SPOKANE- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is teaming up with the Washington Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA), for a special drawing for multi-season deer tags.BHA helped pay for 100 multi-season deer tags for an incentive program to encourage hunters to submit samples from harvested animals to be tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD). ...
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Sep

2023

Hermosa Creek

Hermosa Creek   Wind howled through the canyon like a locomotive, snapping fire-blackened aspens and leaving a graveyard of widow-makers and deadfall in its wake. When we set camp, I had been excited to use my new tipi tent, the kind with the “three hands required for assembly” wood stove. Now I was going to die in it. I looked over at Ronan, a friend with whom I had deployed twice overseas, for some solidarity in our last moments before being pulverized by whatever angry mountain god was ...
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31

Aug

2023

KY BHA & US Army Corp of Engineers partner for Fish Habitat in Buckhorn Lake

Author: Kentucky BHA
On June 3, 2023, several Kentucky BHA members joined up with some professional Buckhorn Lake Park Rangers from the US Army Corps of Engineers at Buckhorn Lake to create some much-needed fish habitat structures. In June of 2022, historic floods devastated this area of Kentucky destroying or severely altering much of the habitat. The USACE welcomed the assistance of the KY BHA Chapter to help recreate some of that lost habitat. Through sweat, smiles, and laughter, the volunteers along with ...
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31

Aug

2023

Are hunters satisfied with Montana's elk management? A 5,800-person survey offers answers

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently released the results of two hunter surveys. One was sent to 5,000 residents and another to 800 nonresidents. The surveys asked questions about the state’s management of elk and mule deer, two iconic species in the state. Brett French, outdoor editor at the Billings Gazette, recently wrote about the results of the survey. Since the story on the FWP survey came out, Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers examined the methodology the ...
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Aug

2023

Montana BHA Supports Falls Creek LWCF Project

Author: Aaron Agosto
August 30, 2023 Chad BensonKootenai National Forest Supervisor31374 US Hwy. 2Libby, Montana 59923-3022 RE: LWCF Falls Creek Project   Dear Mr. Benson, My name is Aaron Agosto, I am writing on behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Our organization represents over 3,000 active members in the state of Montana, who are engaged and passionate about our public lands, and the conservation of our wild places. We are a grassroots organization with a diverse membership, and ...
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Aug

2023

Montana BHA Supports Crevice Mountain Acquisition

August 30, 2023 Mary EricksonForest Supervisor USDA Forest Service – Custer Gallatin National Forest10 E. Babcock Bozeman, MT 59771 RE: Crevice Mountain Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Acquisition Ms. Erickson On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and our roughly 3,000 dues-paying members, please consider the below comments outlining our support for the Crevice Mountain Land and Water Conservation Fund Acquisition project (Crevice LWCF). Our members value ...
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30

Aug

2023

OPINION: Are Montanans really satisfied with elk management?

Sharing the results of their Resident Elk Hunter Survey, FWP’s press release and summary tout that 73% of respondents "are satisfied with elk management." Given the contention around elk management, this surprised us. So, we looked closer. FWP employs the commonly accepted 5-point numerical Likert scale to gauge hunter satisfaction, which provides the following five choices: 1 and 2 to measure dissatisfaction, a neutral option (3, signaling neither satisfied nor dissatisfied), and 4 and 5 to ...
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29

Aug

2023

Colorado Over-The-Counter (OTC) Unit Elk Hunting: Hope Is Not A Strategy

Author: David Lien
During my sixteen years or so of over-the-counter (OTC) unit elk hunting in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains a few telltale observations come to mind: 1.) Be prepared to see more hunters than elk; 2.) Be prepared to see no elk; 3.) Be physically and mentally prepared to hike higher and farther than most other hunters, and still see no elk.[1] Such are the long odds in Colorado’s generally over-hunted OTC units. “It’s a zoo. You show up at the trailhead and you’re gonna count every ...
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29

Aug

2023

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 163: The Southeastern Grasslands Institute

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