Media Chapter News RECAP: Southeast Chapter Small Game Hunt 3/4/2025 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... Tags: Southeast Chapter, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues CONSERVATION GROUPS CALL TO SAVE PINE LOG WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 1/31/2023 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... Tags: the campfire, Southeast Chapter, Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 139: Kyle Lybarger, Native Habitat Project 8/30/2022 Kyle Lybarger, a 29-year-old consulting forester, father, deer-hunter, small creek addict and self-proclaimed “native plant nerd” of Hartselle, Alabama, is a major part of a new and wonderful... Tags: the campfire, Podcast, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 138: Mississippi Forester Alex Harvey 8/16/2022 Come with Hal to southern Mississippi to talk with Alex Harvey, a registered professional forester in Mississippi and Alabama and a land management consultant, wildlife biologist and... Tags: the campfire, Podcast, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 129: Joseph Jenkins, biologist, herpetologist, Alabama wanderer 4/12/2022 The Bankhead National Forest in Alabama is a place of shadowed canyons and rushing coldwater creeks, crystalline waterfalls and bluff shelters blackened by the smoke from campfires over thousands... Tags: the campfire, Podcast, public lands, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Help Legalize Sunday Hunting on Public Lands in South Carolina 4/5/2022 Ask your South Carolina State Legislators to support HB 4614; Sunday Hunting on Wildlife Management Areas. While Sunday hunting is legal on private land, hunters are still prohibited from hunting... Tags: public lands, South Carolina issues, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 128: Alabama Herpetologist Jimmy Stiles 3/29/2022 The Conecuh National Forest in south Alabama is known as the Heart of the Longleaf, a landscape of tall pine and wiregrass, restoration and recovery, humming with life and comprising a wild... Tags: Podcast, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Podcasts BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 127: Florida Gulf Coast Writer, Naturalist and Advocate Jack Rudloe 3/15/2022 Jack Rudloe is one of the orneriest watermen on the Florida Gulf Coast, a time- and sun-honed fighter for clean water, intact forests and wetlands, and the myriad salt and freshwater life that... Tags: Fair Chase, the campfire, Podcast, Public Waters Access, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Support 'No Net Loss' in Georgia 3/11/2022 The Georgia Chapter supports the No Net Loss Bill currently working its way through the Georgia legislature. House Bill 1349 would amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated to prevent any net... Tags: Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Support HB 1147 and Year-round Hunting and Trapping of Raccoons and Possums 2/17/2022 The Georgia Chapter board supports Georgia House Bill 1147. This bill will allow for year-round hunting and trapping of raccoons and possums. These animals are notorious nest predators and... Tags: Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Southeast Wins on Hunting Buffer 1/18/2022 In November of 2021 the Southeast Chapter was made aware of a proposed hunting buffer zone in Mississippi’s Malmaison WMA. This proposed rule was intended to limit access to the public hunting... Tags: Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News USFWS Proposal — Good For The Southeast 5/24/2021 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand public hunting and fishing opportunities within the National Wildlife Refuge System within the Southeast. We encourage hunters and anglers... Tags: North Carolina News, Florida news, Arkansas News, Southeast News, Tennessee News, Georgia Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Gobblers and Garbage 2021 3/2/2021 Turkey season is right around the corner. Following the success from the last few years, the Southeast Chapter is hosting our Gobblers and Garbage trash cleanup contest again this year. During the... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Student Leaders Step Up and Help Pass the Great American Outdoors Act 7/27/2020 Today, the House passed the Great American Outdoors Act with a 310-107 vote. It now makes its way to the President's desk for a final signature. BHA members across the U.S. made their voices... Tags: Montana Chapter, North Carolina News, Idaho Chapter, New England news, Utah Chapter, Utah News, Michigan Chapter, Southeast News, Wisconsin news, Collegiate Program Download
Media Chapter News Spring 2020 Southeast Chapter News 3/1/2020 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... Tags: Southeast Chapter, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Florida BHA Members Celebrating Public Small Game Hunting 2/10/2020 On Saturday, January 18th over thirty sportsmen and women gathered at the Seminole Forest Wildlife Management Area for a small game hunt in celebration of public land and public water. ... Tags: Florida news, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Southeast Chapter Hosts Third Small Game Hunt in Florida 2/10/2020 On Saturday, February 1st, thirteen sportsmen and women ventured forth into the Walk-in-the-Water Wildlife Management Area near Lake Wales Florida. Undeterred by rain and dismal prospects for a... Tags: Florida news, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Mississippi State University Recognized as Club of the Month for November 12/12/2019 Tags: Southeast Chapter, Southeast News, Collegiate Program Download
Media Chapter News A Two Mile Blood Trail to a Buck named Redemption 9/27/2019 Hunting whitetail deer in remote high mountain backcountry has always been my pinnacle of hunting. Growing up, my Pepere’s (word used for grandfather in Quebec) basement always had a warm wood... Tags: Southeast News, Georgia Chapter Download
Media Chapter News Fall 2019 Southeast Chapter News 9/16/2019 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... Tags: Southeast Chapter, Southeast News, fall 2019 Download
Media Chapter News What Public Lands Month Means To Me 9/16/2019 Many Americans are not aware of the true wealth they possess through their shared ownership of our Public Lands and Waters. These wild places provide us untold benefits even if we do not ever... Tags: Arkansas Chapter, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Proposed mining operation near Okefenokee NWR 8/5/2019 Recently, Twin Pines Minerals LLC of Birmingham, Alabama filed a permit to mine titanium dioxide near The Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. The Okefenokee Swamp (which is the largest... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Summer 2019 Southeast Chapter News 7/31/2019 The Southeast chapter recently held a public land cleanup initiative during spring turkey season. Our Gobblers and Garbage contest combined our love for turkey hunting with our passion for public... Tags: Southeast Chapter, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News The Pearl in Peril 7/25/2019 Mississippi is an outdoorsman's paradise. Our state offers almost limitless, publicly accessible, opportunities for hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, and anything else outdoor related. These... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Catch and Feast: Fly Fishing for Trout in the Chattahoochee National Forest 6/21/2019 "let me rephrase that, I really like to eat the trout that I catch." I have always had a conflicting relationship with fishing. I love to fly fish for trout in the mountains; something to do with... Tags: Southeast News, Georgia Chapter Download
Media Chapter News A story about friendship in the Backcountry 6/6/2019 Imagine a small drift boat crossing a large glacial lake. Five men ride silently while a tiny outboard engine struggles to push them forward. Small white caps break as a headwind begins to blow... Tags: Arkansas Chapter, Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Gobblers & Garbage, An Exercise In Competition, Conservation & Fun 5/22/2019 Turkey Season recently wrapped up in the Southeast, and with it closed the first ever Gobblers and Garbage competition. The Southeast Chapter wanted to incentivize folks to get out and chase... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Get Ready! Hike to Hunt Is Almost Here! 5/14/2019 Hike to Hunt is just around the corner. For those of you not familiar with it, BHA puts on a Hike to Hunt contest yearly to promote people getting out and hiking on our public lands, all the while... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News First Public Land Deer 5/13/2019 I have been a private land hunter my whole life growing up on a farm in middle Tennessee. It wasn’t until I became involved with BHA that I wanted to take my hunting to another level by spending... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News One Sportsman’s Obsession with Georgia’s Public Lands 5/10/2019 By Chris Jenkins Chris is a Board Member and Director of Conservation for the Southeast Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and lucky to call the beautiful North Georgia Mountains... Tags: Southeast News, Georgia Chapter Download
Media Chapter News SE Chapter Advisory Board To Advance Influence In The Region 4/29/2019 Southeast Chapter BHA Advisory Council The Southeast Chapter would like to engage a greater number of influencers from the general membership of the chapter. These members generally have a... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Public access on the Louisiana coast and where we go from here. 3/14/2019 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Involvement Due to a rapidly changing landscape, old laws, confused record keeping and difficult politics, sportsmen and women are losing access to Louisiana’s... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News Alabama Pint Night Tour Review 2/13/2019 The Alabama Pint Night Tour was one of the more inspiring things I have been involved in with the Southeast Chapter. Last August we did a similar tour across the state, averaging 4 attendees for... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Press Releases Sportsmen and Women Unite in Court Case Challenging State Ownership of Louisiana Lake 2/1/2019 News for Immediate Release Feb. 1, 2019 Contact: Katie McKalip, BHA, 406-240-9262, mckalip@backcountryhunters.org Rebecca Triche, LWF, 225-362-9007, rebecca@lawildlifefed.org John Devney, Delta,... Tags: press releases, Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Press Releases Public Waters Access Bill Fails in the State Legislature 4/20/2018 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... Tags: press releases, Southeast Chapter, Southeast News, Southeast issues Download
Media Chapter News State Issues BHA Supports GA Outdoor Stewardship Act 3/23/2018 On March 22nd BHA officially endorsed Georgia's Outdoor Stewardship Act. Southeast Board Member, Chris Jenkins said "the Act positions the state of Georgia as a true leader in conservation, and... Tags: Southeast News, Georgia Chapter, Georgia Issues Download
Media Chapter News Conservation and Public Lands win in Alabama! 3/2/2018 Earlier in the month of February, Representative Tuggle brought back to life HB 362, a bill introduced in 2012 that aimed to defund Forever Wild by taxing the principle fund. Forever Wild is an... Tags: Southeast News Download
Media Chapter News State Issues Support Public Water and Access in Louisiana 12/21/2017 Tags: Southeast News, stream access, Southeast issues Download