Discovering Ungulate Migrations
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F. Organ, B&C Professional MemberHow the World’s Greatest Ram Nearly Ended Up in the Landfill
Published in Summer 2026 Fair Chase
In a forgotten, dilapidated building at the Bronx Zoo, the world’s greatest ram sat behind a pile of garbage. It was January 20, 1977, and Lowell Baier was in New York, working to save specimens of the greatest North American heads and horns.
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund Continues Support of Boone and Crockett Club Mission Activities
Grant Advances Federal and State Wildlife Policy, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch Education Programs, and Implementation of Landmark Poach and Pay Research
Communicating the Hunt
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F.Boone and Crockett Club Launches AI-Powered Big Game Records Live 2.0
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.
R3 is Key to Addressing Hunting’s Toughest Challenges - Building Public Support
By Ben Mulligan*
Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, Chair
Boone and Crockett Club, Professional Member
Fair Chase Hunting Equals Happiness
SCIENCE BLASTS
By John F.Are Big Game Records Meaningful?
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.