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Backcountry Bucket List
10 Wilderness hunting and fishing trips you must do
before you die. (c) BHA 2014www.backcountryhunters.org
Gila Wilderness
State: New MexicoArea: 558,000 acresQuarry: Famous for trophy elk, but also Coeus whitetail, wild turkey, mule deer and native trout
Photo by: NM BHA member Oscar Simpson
Eagle Cap Wilderness
State: OregonArea: 360,000 acresQuarry: Mule deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion and high lakes trout fishing.
Photo by: OR BHA member Mike Beagle
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
State: IdahoArea: 2.3 million acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, black bear, bighorn, mountain goat, wolf, mountain lion, native trout as well as chinook salmon and steelhead.
Photo: ID BHA member Scott Stouder
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
State: MontanaArea: 1.5 million acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, moose, black bear, mountain lion, wolf, native trout including westslope cutthroat and bull trout
Photo by: MT BHA member Ryan Busse
Ruby Mountains Wilderness
State: NevadaArea: 93,000Quarry: Famous for trophy mule deer
Wilderness.net
Jim Bridger Wilderness
State: Wind River Range, WyomingArea: 428,000 acresQuary: High alpine lake fishing above timber line; bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
State: MinnesotaArea: 812,000 acresQuary: Backcountry whitetail, moose, black bear along with lake fishing for pike, walleye
Photo by Mark Johnson, MN Deer Hunters Association
Key West Wilderness
State: FloridaArea: 6,197 acresQuarry: Made famous for bonefish, permit and other saltwater species, as written about by Zane Grey and Tom McGuane.
Wilderness.net
Mollie Beattie Wilderness/ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
State: AlaskaArea: 8 million acresQuarry: Caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly as well as native fish and furbearers.
Photo: ID BHA member Holly Endersby
Flat Tops Wilderness
State: ColoradoArea: 235,000 acresQuarry: Elk, mule deer, black bear, moose, amid the aspen.
Wilderness.net
Happy 50th Birthday to the Wilderness Act, protecting America’s finest hunting and
fishing habitats. www.backcountryhunters.org