The Honorable Thad Cochran
Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski
Ranking Member
Senate Committee on Appropriations
503 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Kimber Mfg., Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of 1911-style pistols and manufacturer of fine American sporting rifles, is partnering with the Boone and Crockett Club on an initiative to help the hunting community rise to the challenges of a changing world.

The initiative is called "Trailblazers in Conservation."

The National Collection of Heads and Horns, an exhibit dedicated in 1922 to "the vanishing big-game animals of the world" and helped spark America's conservation movement, is relocating to a new home in Springfield, Mo.

The collection, owned by the Boone and Crockett Club, will reside at America's Wildlife Museum and Aquarium.

Sitka Gear, the hunting apparel and gear company that launched in 2005 and quickly became a household name among sportsmen, is partnering with the Boone and Crockett Club on an initiative to help the hunting community rise to the challenges of a changing world.

A big-game research program in northeast Oregon is the recipient of the Boone and Crockett Club's inaugural Conservation and Stewardship Award.

By John Organ — 

Nearly 100 years ago Aldo Leopold, the father of game management, coined the term “harvestable surplus.” The intended meaning of the term is that some wildlife species and populations may produce more young in a given year than can survive to the following year. Those individuals doomed to die over the winter, for example, represent the “surplus” in the population…

By Craig Boddington — 

Under certain conditions, I enjoy hunting with iron sights, which parallels using archery tackle, handguns, and muzzleloaders: You’re consciously surrendering range and losing critical first- and last-light capability. If you can’t see, you definitely can’t shoot.