MISSOULA, Mont. (May 9, 2022) – The Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund recently provided a $70,000 grant to the Boone and Crockett Club to support policy development and outreach efforts, the Club’s Poach & Pay project to address wildlife crime, and for expanding conservation education programs. The renewal of funding from the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund helps serve two…

By unanimous vote of its board of directors, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) has officially adopted the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system for measuring North American trophies taken by DSC members.

Mature whitetail deer learn to play hide and seek with hunters when they’re alive. This buck mastered the game for decades—even after it died. 

Today, the the Kyress buck is part of the King of Bucks collection at Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri.
 

Members of the Boone and Crockett Club were key players in laying the groundwork for both conservation of game species and generating the funds to pay for it—a system that we still use today. 

Summer 2022 Edition

With the 31st Big Game Awards right around the corner, the anticipation of seeing so many conservation success stories under one roof is electric. What follows is just a sample of some of the great trophies the Boone and Crockett Club will celebrate in Springfield Missouri, July 21-23, 2022.

Presented by Eldon “Buck” Buckner, Vice President Records Division, Boone and Crockett Club

To Western Association Game and Fish Agencies, Newport Beach, CA July 12, 2009

In the near future, we will be hearing more about record-book whitetails coming out of Indiana.

MISSOULA, Mont. (May 25, 2022) –May 25, 2022, marked the centennial anniversary of the opening of a building housing the National Collection of Heads and Horns at the Bronx Zoo in 1922. Organized by several Boone and Crockett Club members, the Collection was intended to raise visibility for declining wildlife species and was officially dedicated “In Memory of the Vanishing Big Game of the…

The years of planning, maneuvering, collaboration, and fundraising finally culminated in a historic event for wild bighorn sheep in Montana; the reintroduction of the nucleus of a new herd in the Tendoy Mountains. Wild bighorns in the Tendoys have had a rocky past, but through the persistence of many stakeholders, their next chapter is being written with new hope.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the Senate’s confirmation of Sam D. Hamilton as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Sam is a veteran manager, innovative leader, and strong advocate for sound science,” Salazar said. “His three decades of experience with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s mission, responsibilities and programs will enable him to firmly…