Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Orvis teamed up in 2018 to give public land owners a chance to showcase their public lands experience and win one of four great prize packages by entering our 8th annual Public Lands and Waters Photo Contest. We received nearly 1000 images from all across North America. The BHA staff narrowed the submissions down to the top 10 and voted to select our final winners. Here, we’re happy to present you with the winning images of 2018 and the stories behind each ...

From images of members fishing for Northwest steelhead, to Boundary Waters northern pike to High Rockies cutthroat trout, we received many great submissions to BHA’s 2nd annual Backcountry Angling Photo Contest, which wrapped up August 1st. With so many good backcountry angling submissions, choosing winners was not an easy task, yet after much deliberation a panel arrived at the following finalists: -1st Place: Brett Edward Larabee - Evening break while hiking the Teton Crest Trail ...