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BIG GAME RECORDS ELIGIBILITY - updated November 2022

In the early 1900s, national parks were under constant threat from private industry, which hoped to capitalize on those unique landscapes. Two charismatic members of the Boone and Crockett Club worked the halls of Congress to ensure management of those wonders fell to a new agency that would prioritize their protection.    

To stimulate private sector leadership on wildlife research, education, and management, B&C purchased a working cattle ranch in prime wildlife habitat on the East Front of the Montana Rockies in the 1980s. The mission of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch is research, teaching, and demonstration of integrated livestock/wildlife conservation that is integral to the economic…

General Policies for the Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club Record Programs

From How to Score North American Big Game, 5th Edition (2021)

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In 1995, the Club created a nature trail in the heart of the TRM Ranch in conjunction with a project known as Watchable Wildlife. The trail project was accomplished with the help of many people of all ages who shared a common vision and share the sense of uniqueness of this piece of Montana. Because of the efforts of these people, others will be able to appreciate this vast landscape.

Sportsmen of the late 1800s were witness to the “Era of Extermination” of the nation’s wildlife and were the first to demand change. Most citizens were largely unaware that after unregulated and relentless killing, the nation’s wildlife was in grave condition.