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From Idaho’s Wilds to Big Game Science

Boone and Crockett University Programs Fellow Mark Bell is redefining how we balance ecosystems and work with wildlife managers to solve problems facing everything from rising deer populations in Michigan to invasive aoudad in Texas.

By PJ DelHomme 

Mark Bell has always felt at home in the wild.

More to the Score—Volume 19

Record-book caribou? We got ‘em. Musk ox, desert sheep, and elk? Check, check, and check.

2025 Conservation Policy Update

By James Cummins and Simon Roosevelt, Conservation Policy Committee Co-Chairs

For the last several months, all eyes in our community have been trained on efforts to sell public lands. Two distinct proposals were considered.

A Brief History of the Public Land Concept

Since 1788, Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution has given Congress the authority to acquire and manage federal property. Today, that includes roughly 640 million acres of land, nearly 28 percent of the 2.3 billion acres in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

PJ DelHomme

The Chronic Incompletion of Bighorn Sheep Restoration

Squeezed by disease events, water scarcity, and agency commitment, wild sheep recovery remains a work in progress. 

Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Summer 2025

As Seen on TV (and Social Media) - Hunt Fair Chase

An endless stream of hunting content floods our screens, reshaping (or affirming) the non-hunter's perception of hunting. Are hunters losing control of their own narrative to algorithms that reward sensationalism over the ethics and traditions that define us? Is there a bright side to this content revolution?

From Prairie Weeds to Policy

A Boone and Crockett Fellow Shapes Invasive Species Management in the West

By Kasey Rahn

Zachary Nowak’s journey from Texas A&M research to Western Governors Association advisor highlights the power of interdisciplinary conservation careers

Famous Hunters in the Record Books: Part Two

We’ve got country music stars, inventors, entrepreneurs, race car drivers, and international dignitaries in the second installment of famous hunters in the Boone and Crockett records.

By PJ DelHomme

American Warrior Forge & Designs: Quality Hand-Forged Tools by a Veteran Craftsman

American Warrior Forge & Designs is a veteran-owned one-man blacksmith and bladesmith shop run by Chris Hendry, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Idaho Falls police officer. After returning from deployment, he began blacksmithing in 2020 as a way to relax.