The Boone and Crockett Club has had a history of working closely with the Secretary of the Interior dating back to Secretary, and Club member, John W. Noble (1889-1893) who set aside the first forest reserves, which birthed the national forest system.

The Department of the Interior and newly appointed Secretary David Bernhardt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnam to work more closely to combat the illegal trade in wildlife. The Boone and Crockett Club is in full support of this historic and badly needed escalation in anti-poaching efforts.

he U.S. House of Representatives has passed The Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act. The Senate passed the identical bill earlier in April and will be sent to President Trump for his expected signature to become law.

Big-game records keeping for both Boone and Crockett and the Pope and Young Club deals only with certain native North American big game animals. For such purposes, the southern boundary is defined as the south boundary of Mexico. Only cougar, jaguar, and whitetail deer of the recognized trophy categories range south of this boundary, and only the first two reach recordable size south of Mexico…

According to the Boone and Crockett Club, more states are being forced to take a closer look at how information gained from GPS technology is being used to hunt big game species. The issue is making its way onto the dockets for some state legislators and governors to decide.

The recently released short film titled Rain Deer - A Sitka Blacktail Story by Randy Newberg and Tyler Johnerson - in partnership with the Boone and Crockett Club, Leupold & Stevens, and SITKA Gear - is a must-see according to B&C.