On February 22, 2025, the Southeast Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers organized a small game hunt at Sherburne Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Lottie, Louisiana. This event combined hunting with conservation efforts, reflecting BHA's commitment to preserving public lands. There was some hunting, some trash pick up, and some camping.  Overall, a great time!   Thank you Jacob Thompson for organizing this event! Cannot wait until next year! BHA continues to organize events that align ...

The Georgia Board of BHA would like to keep you updated on the efforts to save Pine Log WMA. If you are able to attend the Bartow County zoning meetings on Feb. 7th or Feb. 9th please do in order to voice your support for public lands and keeping Pine Log WMA open. The following press release was just sent out to all major media outlets in the State of Georgia. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL TO SAVE PINE LOG WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA Proposed ...

Above: SE chapter squirrel hunt With big game season wrapping up in the South, several states within the Southeast chapter have begun hosting small game hunts. These hunts took place in Florida and Mississippi to engage members, recruit new hunters and encourage public land stewardship through trash cleanups. It was also used as a team building exercise for the chapter leadership within those states. Florida members of the Southeast chapter spearheaded an initiative to encourage FWC to ...

In the midst of our usual summer heat and humidity, the Southeast chapter has had a busy few months enjoying our public lands and waters. We followed up our successful Gobblers and Garbage initiative by issuing a chapter-wide challenge during Hike to Hunt to collect trash while folks were out trekking the trails. Members responded to this by gathering over 300 lbs. of trash during their travels. In July chapter leaders in Mississippi organized the Pearl River event to educate the public ...

News for Immediate Release April 18, 2018 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Legislation would have guaranteed public access to some tidal waters located above private water bottoms; sportsmen vow to press on  BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana House of Representatives has rejected a bill that would have codified the public’s ability to access certain waters in the state for fishing, hunting and other recreational uses. Overall the bill, which failed to ...