Assessing the Science Behind Opposition to Mountain Lion Hunting
Grant Advances Federal and State Wildlife Policy, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch Education Programs, and Implementation of Landmark Poach and Pay Research
The Boone and Crockett Club recently launched Big Game Records Live 2.0, a major evolution of its digital platform that transforms the world’s oldest big game records database into an interactive analytics tool for hunters.
By Ben Mulligan*
Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, Chair
Boone and Crockett Club, Professional Member
Much debate has occurred through the years over the value and purpose of maintaining records of “trophy” big game animals killed by hunters. This has become magnified in recent years with a focus on trophy hunting in general, spawned in part by the Cecil the Lion episode, and in conflicting reports on the genetic impacts of trophy hunting to big game populations in particular.