For such a massive state, Texas boasts very little public land. Hopefully you know a buddy with a big ranch. If not, plenty of guides and outfitters will be happy to lead you to find some decent whitetail bucks and some even better (scoring) pronghorn. There’s even an elk entry from 1934, but because they are not considered a game animal today, elk can’t be entered into the records. There’s…

The animal then grabbed Cynthia’s arm and pulled her into the brush, periodically licking blood from her wounds. After “almost a half-hour,” the bear paused. Cynthia got her left hand to the torn pack pocket and keyed the radio. “Ed! Come quick! I’m being eaten by a bear!” Then the beast pounced again.

As a tax lawyer turned conservation warrior, Russell Train had the ear of numerous U.S. presidents in the 1960s and ‘70s. As a result, his legacy lives on in the legislation he helped drive to the finish line. 

By PJ DelHomme 

As a writer, war correspondent, journalist, explorer, and sports fanatic, Caspar Whitney combined his love of writing and sport to bring Club members and their words into homes across America.  

By PJ DelHomme 

Yellowstone’s Rock Star  – As a founding member of the Boone and Crockett Club, this quiet geologist wasn’t a hunter, but he was a force for conservation, especially when it came to Yellowstone. 

Inspired by DIY legends, I dragged my teenage son into the gale-force reality of Alaska's remote ridges to chase the ghost of a Sitka blacktail.

In 1887, Theodore Roosevelt returned from his Elkhorn Ranch in the Dakota Territory with an idea. He would assemble a group of like-minded, influential men to turn the tide in favor of conserving our nation’s resources, which, at the time, were vanishing quickly. This is how he did it. 

By PJ DelHomme