In the Field

B&C Newsletter Articles

National Wildlife Refuges Victim of Budget Shortfalls

By Charlie BooherHavens for fish, wildlife, hunters and anglers, national wildlife refuges suffer from chronic underfunding. How do we fix it?The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) is crumbling un...

Why Should I Bother to Enter My Trophy?

The reasons why hunters don’t list their trophy in the records are many. Yet there are perhaps just as many reasons why a hunter should enter their animal.

B&C Member Spotlight — Roy Chapman Andrews

Roy Chapman Andrews was a hunter but not necessarily for big game. He hunted the past for bones and adventure. Hollywood rumors claim that he was the inspiration for Harrison Ford’s character in the Indiana Jones saga. Both men were archaeologists, fought bandits, hated snakes, and explored far-off lands. The parallels are uncanny, but there was one big difference. Indiana Jones was never a member of the Boone and Crockett Club.

A HUNT ETHIC

Those who cherish hunting—for themselves and for future generations—understand that hunting is a privilege to be recognized, cherished, and maintained by today’s hunters through deeds to benefit wildl...

More to the Score - Outstanding Entries – Volume 7

From the Desert to the Tundra, We’ve Got It All If you need some last-minute motivation to get out in the woods and fill your tag, we’ve got it right here. There’s a record-breaking Pennsylvania b...

Tales of the Biggest Mountain Caribou

As you read these tales of hunting mountain caribou, you soon realize these animals don’t come easy. Most hunts require backcountry camps reached only by foot or horseback. According to the B&C scoring manual, their range extends north into southern Yukon Territory, south into British Columbia, and east into Alberta. Find mountain caribou, and you will find adventure.

Is the 6.5 the New 7?

Long ignored, 6.5mm cartridges now rock! Why? The 7mm clan, dear for decades, holds its breath!Autumn used a Howa rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor to take her first Dakota mule deer. A tide of new bullets is fu...

Babe Ruth’s Record-book Buck

Every October, baseball fans and hunters have reason to rejoice. Between hunting season and the playoffs, what’s not to be excited about? Babe Ruth, the Yankee slugger and Hall of Famer from the 1920s...

The Stories Behind the Biggest Elk

These stories of the biggest elk in the Boone and Crockett records are not what most hunters consider typical hunts. They are, after all, non-typical elk. Terrible puns aside, these are tales of near death, unsolved killings, mistaken identity, lethal mud holes—and one typical story about a lady from Canada.

Sculpting the American Museum of Natural History - B&C Impact Series

By PJ DelHomme A list of those involved in the early years of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) reads like a who’s who of the Boone and Crockett Club. Even though the AMNH opened its doors...