The Boone and Crockett Club commends today’s action by the Senate Agriculture Committee to pass the Fix Our Forests Act (S.1462), introduced by Sens. John Curtis (R-UT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), by a bipartisan vote of 18-5. The following is a statement by Boone and Crockett Club chief executive officer Tony A. Schoonen.

At a press conference held in Washington, DC, the Boone and Crockett Club announced the findings of the most comprehensive research project on poaching in this country. Using a Bayesian statistical framework, the Poach and Pay research determined that only about 4% of poaching incidents are detected.

The Boone and Crockett Club recently announced that they are seeking a conservation professional and experienced manager to join their senior leadership team as a Chief Operating Officer. The Boone and Crockett Club, based in Missoula, Montana, is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation and Fair Chase hunting in North America.

“As the nation’s oldest wildlife conservation organization, the Boone and Crockett Club extends its sincere thanks to the U.S.

Organizations worked together to create scoring procedures and minimum entry requirements for the new category in their records programs.

The Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club announced today that they have completed scoring procedures and are now accepting entries for javelina (collared peccary, Pecari tajacu) in their record books.

Position: Chief Operating Officer

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The Boone and Crockett Club, based in Missoula, Montana, is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation and Fair Chase hunting in North America.

The Boone and Crockett Club hosted over 550 people at the Buck Buckner 32nd Big Game Awards events in Springfield, Missouri, in late July. The triennial Big Game Awards celebrate the most impressive heads, horns, antlers, and tusks accepted into the Club’s Record Book in all 38 categories.

The Boone and Crockett Club announced today that it has launched a podcast to provide a new look at the organization’s history and shine a spotlight on fair chase hunting, conservation policy, outdoor education, and much more.

Acclaimed filmmaker, conservationist, and hunter Jason Matzinger will be the keynote speaker at the Boone and Crockett Club’s Jack Steele Parker Generation Next banquet presented by Buck Knives.