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Boone and Crockett Club Announces Decision to Create New Big Game Records Category for Javelina

The Boone and Crockett Club announced today that it will be creating a new category in its big game records for javelina (collared peccary, Pecari tajacu), the first new category created since 2001. T...

Vintage Hunting Gallery-Volume 14

Vintage BowhuntingWe scoured the archives for old-school bowhunting field photos and discovered most were of whitetail hunters. But we found a few other species, too. We hope this handful of die-hard,...

Vintage Hunting Gallery - Volume 12

Mule deer are just cool. With their big ears, big country they call home, and their unique stotting, there’s a lot to love about mule deer. And we’ve been appreciating mule deer for a long time as you can see from this gallery. Enjoy this trip down memory lane, and if you like vintage hunting photos, check out a special offer at the bottom.

Lost For 30 Years: New Potential #3 Whitetail and Illinois State Record Entered

A typical whitetail scoring 207-7/8 was stashed in an Illinois basement for 32 years until some electrical work needed to be done. When the electrician saw it, he “went bonkers.” After a long day of hunting pheasants in Lasalle County, Illinois, Sam Aiuppa put the dog away and climbed into a stand along the timber. He replaced birdshot with a slug in his Remington 870 shotgun and waited for evening. It was late November and the peak of the whitetail rut—the perfect time to find a buck with its guard down. After 40 minutes or so, a buck sauntered under his stand. Aippua shot it in the face.

More to the Score – Volume 14

Motivation to Plan Your Hunting Season Starts Today Presented by Fiocchi You like walrus? How about big whitetails? We hope you like big, state-record black bears because we have those...

Boone and Crockett Club Announces Antler Analytica

Research Antlers in DetailAntler Analytica is an antler geek's dream, and the newest addition to our suite of tools in Big Game Records Live. Is it just trivia? Maybe. Or perhaps it may reveal clues ...

It’s Official: New World’s Record Musk Ox Entered into Boone and Crockett Club Big Game Records

The records department of the Boone and Crockett Club recently convened a Special Judges Panel to verify the entry score of a musk ox entry received earlier this year. Two separate teams of judges remeasured the musk ox entry and confirmed its score of 131 4/8 points. The massive set of horns weighed 46 pounds.

New Category Coming to Big Game Records

At the end of the two-day determination meeting, Club officials finally voted on scoring criteria along with book and awards minimums. It was also confirmed that all existing Fair Chase rules and ethics are appropriate for this category.

Grizzlies Scratchin’ the Itch on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch

For more than four years, one trail camera was aimed at the same tree 24/7. That camera caught just about every awesome thing that wanders along northwest Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. There are wolves and hares, rutting elk and skunks. There are skittish coyotes, and perhaps the craziest of all, there are bears, lots of bears that love one particular tree.

Boone and Crockett Club Announces Hunter's Moon™

A new tool featured in Big Game Records Live analyzes over 50,000 record-book entries and combines the kill dates with the lunar cycle days. The intriguing results could be used to plan your next hunt...