The Boone and Crockett Club celebrates young hunters who have embraced the outdoor way of life and embody the spirit of fair chase hunting.

Big game trophies accepted into Boone and Crockett Club’s 32nd Big Game Awards Program (2022-2024), that have been taken by a youth hunter (16 years or younger) will receive an invitation to our Jack Steele Parker Generation Next banquet, which will be held in Springfield, Missouri, the summer of 2025.

Whats in a Name

A resolution passed by the Boone and Crockett Club board of directors in 2013 renamed the Club's triennial youth awards event in honor of former Club president Jack Steele Parker. Parker was an active Member in Boone and Crockett for 44 years and was honored with Boone and Crockett Club's cherished Sagamore Hill Award in 2007.

At the 27th Big Game Awards in 2010, the Club launched its Generation Next Awards to honor youths who recently entered a trophy into Boone and Crockett Club's Awards Programs. Over the next three years, young hunters age 16 and under entered 152 Boone and Crockett-qualifying trophies.

At the 28th Big Game Awards Program, the Generation Next Awards proved to be one of the event's most popular and inspirational highlights. "We literally had tears in the room. Parents were proud, of course, but everyone was moved by the words and sentiments and foresight of these kids. It's obvious to all who attended that we're leaving conservation in very good hands," said former Boone and Crockett President Bill Demmer. "The power of that event is a fitting way to honor the memory and name of one of our most devoted, wise and inspirational leaders."

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