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Hunter, Landowner, and Conservation Officer Attitudes on the Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Crime

By Jon Gassett, B&C Professional MemberIn 2020, the Boone and Crockett Club, in partnership with the Wildlife Management Institute, initiated a comprehensive study of the illegal take of big game ...

Adventures from the Archives - Hill Gould’s Whitetail Buck

Maine 1910 No, that’s not a moose. But at first glance, that’s likely what Maine Guide Hill Gould thought when this buck came crashing out of the alders one fall evening in 1910. When he killed it, Go...

Roots of Conservation Groups – B&C Impact Series

Conservation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Achieving grand conservation milestones takes networking, collaboration, patience, and partnerships. Boone and Crockett Club members know that. For this reason, many Club members have been on the ground floor in the formative days of numerous conservation and environmental organizations that still exist today. While this isn’t an exhaustive list of the groups that the Club has helped to get off the ground, it does provide some insight into the far-reaching influence that past and current members have on the community dedicated to the wildlife and wild places we cherish.

When Bighorns Broke Colorado’s State Record—Twice

By PJ DelHomme Colorado hadn’t seen a state-record ram in more than two decades, and the state has never seen a 200-point ram enter the records. But then, the state saw two number-one rams in two ...

The Fenceline

For five months in 2022, a trail camera posted on a fence next to a riparian area caught the intimate travels of both predator and prey. Grizzlies, lions, elk, bobcats, mule deer—everything took a turn walking along, scooting under, hopping over, and plowing through this fence near Dupuyer Creek that runs along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front.

New State Record: Youth Hunter Takes Massive Elk in Virginia’s First Elk Hunt

A raffle ticket earns a young hunter (and his dad) the chance to chase elk in Virginia. A historic hunt ensues, ending with a big bull and bigger memories. By PJ DelHomme Bo Prieskorn was hunting pron...

More to the Score – A Dozen Eye-popping Entries – Volume 8

Sheep, Bears, Caribou, Whitetails—There’s a Giant for Every Hunter Could you pick only one species to hunt for the rest of your life? We can’t either, so we waded through our recent big game entrie...

Adventures from the Archives – Theodore Roosevelt’s World’s Record Cougar

Colorado 1901By PJ DelHomme Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president with his name in the Boone and Crockett records. And as far as we know, he’s the only hunter to kill a World’s Record with a h...

Poach & Pay: Understanding the “Dark Figure” of Illegal Wildlife Crime

By Jon Gassett, B&C Professional Member The Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute’s Poach & Pay Program recently completed analysis of early data from surveys of landowner...

Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act Enacted by Congress

Congressional action prior to the holidays enacted the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act as part of the final omnibus spending bill for 2023. The legislation formalizes a 3-year-old ...