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Position Statements of the Boone and Crockett Club

The Boone and Crockett Club publishes position statements to inform and educate people about conservation and hunting issues. Thus, there is no charge for personal and non-commercial use of its position statements, but reprinting or re-use of any portions of a position statement shall credit the Boone and Crockett Club as the source. Any such use shall remain subject to all rights of the Boone and Crockett Club.

About Boone and Crockett Club - Timeline

Nearly devoid of wild game, North America’s landscape in the late-1800s was a very different place. Bison, elk, and even deer were nearly wiped from the continent to supply a growing demand for meat, hides, and heads. To provide feathers for fashionable hats of high-society ladies, migratory birds were annihilated—sometimes by the hundreds with one shot from a massive “punt” gun. Only a handful of bison remained, and even whitetail deer were hard to find. Wildlife populations were spiraling toward extinction until a handful of influential hunters decided to end the slaughter.

About Boone and Crockett Club - Hunting and Ethics

Surveys indicate that only about five percent of America’s population hunts. Those same surveys indicate that another five percent are against any kind of hunting. The 90 percent in the middle? They’...

About Boone and Crockett Club - Research

Chronic Wasting Disease. Migration corridors. Predation. These are hardly topics of typical household banter, but they are what keep us up at night at the Boone and Crockett Club. These issues, al...

About Boone and Crockett Club - Conservation Education

At times, it seems the world is changing faster than we can make sense of it. When it comes to conservation, though, the Boone and Crockett Club is working to help our future leaders keep up with ...

About Boone and Crockett Club - Advocacy

Boone and Crockett Club members and staff can sometimes be found on Capitol Hill where they work for permanent solutions to conservation problems. It all started with Boone and Crockett Club f...

About Boone and Crockett Club - Big Game Records Keeping

Accountants keep track of money. Jails keep rosters of inmates. And the Boone and Crockett Club keeps records of the largest specimens of North American big game. Why? Because if you’re going ...

About Boone and Crockett Club - Hunting and Conservation

The Boone and Crockett Club may be best known for keeping track of the biggest horns, heads and antlers, but the true lifeblood of the organization is built firmly on a bedrock of conservation princip...

About the Boone and Crockett Club

Established in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell, the Boone and Crockett Club was founded by hunters who dedicated their lives to the conservation of wildlife. As the turn of the 20th century approached our nation, these men had to make a choice: stand by and watch our cherished wildlife disappear or work for the protection and propagation of our wildlife resource. Thankfully, they rose to the challenge and chose the latter.

Boone and Crockett Club National Headquarters

The George C. "Tim" Hixon North American Conservation Summit CenterThe nation's oldest and most influential conservation group continues its second century of service in the heart of the Rockies in M...