Welcome back to the Wisconsin BHA Report! Alec & Paul highlight the Wisconsin chapter priorities for 2024, including: accessing landlocked public land, Sturgeon & the ESA, Sandhill crane hunting, doe harvest up north, and solar farm development in Wisconsin. Have feedback or want to get involved? Email: [email protected]

May brings turkey hunting, fishing, and a little known conservation activity called woodcock banding. Woodcock banding involves federally inspected handlers and their dogs finding and safely netting woodcock hens and their chicks in order to band them and study their population. This episode is all about the woodcock and how much we love them. Your hosts Kelly and Bill are joined by Kyle Daly of the Minnesota Woodcock banding program to talk all things timber doodle, dogs, and...

We believe R3 is an important piece of conservation and we are excited to bring you the 2023 episode! Hosts Bill and Kelly are joined by WI BHA R3 Coordinator Brock Rosencranz and hunters Elizabeth Baker and Erika Gonzalez to talk R3, learn to hunts, and the effect of social media on hunting culture. WI DNR Learn to Hunt info - Learn to Hunt | FOR NEW HUNTERS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS | Wisconsin DNR WI BHA info - Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Save the date for our...

We are excited to be back for the 2023 podcast season! Your co-hosts for this episode are Kelly Vanbeek, Paul Schecklman, and Bill Koepke. In this first episode of the year we chat with state wildlife biologist Alaina Gerrits about how hound hunting, species management with hounds, and public perception of hound hunting. Join us at the upcoming trivia night  March 08, 2023 at 6:00pm - 9pm WHERE Iron Hop Taphouse 10 Brodhead St Mazomanie, WI 53560 United States email...

Podcast hosts Kelly, Trevor, and Bill are joined by WI BHA policy board member Mike Amman. Mike is a forester in Northern Wisconsin for Bayfield County. Mike joins the group to talk with Rebekah Luedtke the Executive Director of the WCFA.  Rebekah shares her early experiences outside and her love of the outdoors with us. We dive into the history of logging in Wisconsin to modern day, the history of the WCFA, how Knowles Nelson fits into county land, and how we can all support it by talking...

WI BHA report hosts Kelly and Bill are joined by WI BHA board chairs and R3 leaders Joe and Brock to chat with Chris Kilgour of the Wisconsin organization Color in the Outdoors (CITO.) We talk about R3, what it means for each of us, our organizations, and how Chris started CITO. More on Chris. Founder of Color in the Outdoors (CITO), Christopher has spent his entire life exploring and enjoying the outdoors in one capacity or another. His main motivation for starting CITO was to be able to...

Kelly and Bill are joined by Kylie the BHA Collegiate coordinator to talk with Harrison, Adam, and Jeffrey of the UWSP BHA chapter about their upcoming pint night in Stevens Point. Join the University of Wisconsin Stevens Backcountry Hunters & Anglers club for a night out for conservation at their inaugural Beer & Gear Bash, a banquet-inspired-Pint Night that's an event all of its own! As the name implies, you can expect killer beer from District 1 and the chance to win TONS of...

We know the Wisconsin deer season is over so we had to get Dean Muthig on the podcast to get us fired up for next season. Dean joins us to talk all this big game recovery with dogs. We focus on primarily deer recovery. What questions hunters should be asking to find an experienced tracker, how deer react to different shot placements, how to get started with training your own recovery dog, and much more. Special thank you to Dean for sharing his passion and knowledge on this episode of the...

In this episode your hosts Bill Koepke and Kelly VanBeek are joined by Wisconsin Western Upland Pheasants Forever chapter members Randy and Steve to talk their new chapter and inaugural banquet in February. The four of them interview PF Farm bill biologist Britta Peterson on the role local chapters play in supporting the mission of Pheasants Forever as "the habitat organization." Banquet Info and ways to donate to the Western Upland Chapter -...

Co-Host and Wisconsin BHA Board Chair Joe Steffen and Bill talk with Trevor Hubbs about the Great Lakes Armed Forces Initiative What it is, why it exists, how it is helping veterans enjoy the outdoors through hunting, fishing, trapping, and community. Find out more about Trevor Find out more about AFI here  Want to get more involved with Wisconsin BHA!? Visit this link to complete the survey. Subscribe, share, and enjoy our public lands. Enjoy the episode. Good luck this gun season.

In this Episode of the Podcast Bill, Noah Wishau (WI BHA co-chair) and Sarah Topp (MI BHA board member & Artemis Great Lakes Leader) talk non-lead ammo and tackle with Chris Parish and Leland Brown of the North American Non-Lead Partnership. We cover why their group exists, sportsperson education, and what we can all do to help their mission. We cover many of the common challenges and myths out there when it come to non-toxic and non-lead ammo and tackle. Share and Subscribe. Don't...

In today's Episode of the report Bill, Kelly, and Trevor talk with Britta Peterson a Farm Bill Biologist with Pheasants Forever.  We dive into what Farm Bill biologists do for Wisconsin habitat, mentored pheasant hunting, individual R3 efforts, and Habitat Hikes as part of their Women on the Wing series.   Also get caught up on WI policy, hike to hunt, and more outdoor talk.   WI BHA Rendezvous - https://www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin_bha_chapter_rendezvous  Spring Green -...

On this episode of the WI BHA report we sit down with Skye Goode to talk WI public land traps and what gun dog owners should look for and know about.   This is part 1 of a multiple part series where we talk public lands, trapping, and hunting with dogs.     Subscribe, review, and reach out with feedback! Help grow the network of public land users.   Reminder for our July 17th 2021 Castle Rock Flowage clean up day.  State Rendezvous is July 31st at Racine Instinctive Bowman Club.

In this episode Kelly VanBeek and Bill Koepke chat with Dr. Elizabeth Baker and retired DNR biologist Mike Foy talk about the state of Chronic Wasting disease in Wisconsin.  Great information for public land hunters, private land hunters, land owners, and anyone that benefits from Wisconsin's whitetail deer population. CWD dashboard - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/AHDServices/diseases/Chronic%20Wasting%20Disease%20Program/Pages/CWD-Dashboard.aspx

WI BHA Board Chair Noah Wishau and state member Kelly VanBeek interview Mike Carlson of Gathering Waters to talk about the WI Knowles Nelson Stewardship fund and what we all can do to help get it reauthorized.