The Bootheel region of New Mexico is normally viewed from inside a car speeding down I-10.  From the interstate it appears desolate and dry.  Large wide expanses of creosote bush and mesquite fade off into distant rocky peaks.  If you have ever hunted or hiked in this landscape, you know that it is full of life to be discovered.   Javelina scattered along the hillsides searching for barrel cactus fruit, mule deer browsing the mesquite bushes, Gambel's quail in the washes, pronghorn in the ...

Legislative Update Our efforts in Harrisburg on behalf of our members continues. With the legislature moving into summer recess, here is an update on the bills we are following.   Support SB 67 (Laughlin) Sunday Hunting – Removes the prohibition on Sunday Hunting. This is our top legislative priority. This bill awaits action in the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee.   SB 344 (Gebhard) aims to include full-time, out-of-state college students in Pennsylvania’s great hunting and fur taking ...

BHA's third Muster in the Mountains is coming up July 22 to 24, 2022 In this iteration of the traveling eastern U.S. event, we head to a valley in the Blue Ridge just south of Shenandoah National Park, home to hosting sponsor Devils Backbone Brewing Company's Basecamp Brewpub and Meadows. The crew at Capital Region BHA has been hard at work on this event for months and will be looking forward to seeing members, friends, staff and sponsors from across the region and the nation! As is our ...

Win a Guided RI Duck Hunt with Big Game Waterfowl We’re excited to be teaming up with our friends at Big Game Waterfowl to send one lucky hunter (and up to three hunting buddies) on a one-day guided waterfowl hunt. Valued at $1250, the hunt will be guided by Captain Jarad Luchka – who leverages 20+ years of experience hunting and guiding around Narragansett Bay and the surrounding waters to provide opportunities at sea ducks, divers, geese, and puddle ducks. The hunt is fully outfitted, ...

While the pandemic is currently occupying many people's minds, including BHA members, New England BHA and its conservation partners are keeping the focus on land conservation opportunities that would protect and expand public access.   The Bangor Daily News recently published an Op-Ed  by Rob Bryan of Harpswell, a board member of New England Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and Jeff McEvoy, owner of Weatherby’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream and a Master Maine Guide, in support of a new Land for ...