Boone and Crockett Club Annual Reports
Message from the President for Fiscal Year 2025
I am pleased to report that the Boone and Crockett Club continues to stand at the pinnacle of North American conservation organizations.
This annual accounting of the Club’s activities offers a broad perspective on our core tenets: conservation and conservation policy, education, fair chase and ethical hunting, wildlife health, and science-based record keeping.
Our vision draws upon the 138-year history of North America’s oldest conservation organization—serving the hunting community, scientific researchers, state and federal game managers, and policy decision-makers at every level of government. While our foundation was built by the visionaries who came before us, the future of that vision rests in the capable hands of our leadership, staff, members, donors, and all who support our mission through their generous gifts of time, talent, and treasure.
I want to recognize our hard-working staff in Missoula, who not only kept the Club’s day-to-day operations running smoothly this past year, but also planned and flawlessly executed the 32nd Big Game Awards in Springfield, Missouri, at Bass Pro Shops’ Wonders of Wildlife Museum in July.
The Club’s officers, board members, executive vice presidents, committee chairs and vice chairs, committee members, and volunteers—on both the Club and Foundation sides—contribute thousands of hours annually to fundraise, support, and advance the objectives and goals of our mission.
I would especially like to thank the management committee, Mary Webster, Steve Leath, Terrell McCombs and Ben Strickling for their unwavering support during my tenure as president. I am confident that the future of the Club is secure in their capable hands. My wife, Ginny, has also been an invaluable partner this past year—organizing and planning spouse activities and assisting with critical aspects of our upcoming annual meeting in Scottsdale. For this, I am deeply grateful.
This past fiscal year has brought challenges as we navigate a new administration and the changes that come with it in Washington, D.C. Yet with those challenges come new opportunities, and we find hope and inspiration in many of these
developments. Under the capable leadership of James Cummins and Simon Roosevelt, our policy team continues to make great strides in the conservation policy arena. Their work was instrumental in getting forestry provisions included in the EXPLORE Act that was signed into law at the end of the 118th Congress, as well as completing and distributing the seventh volume of AWCP’s Wildlife for the 21st Century report.
Our institutional strength also supports excellence across other initiatives, most notably our University Programs. Through the generosity of dedicated supporters, professorships at major universities have been established to ensure that the North American Model of Conservation is instilled in future generations. Under Steve Leath’s leadership, these programs continue to expand.
In addition to our University Programs, the Demmer Scholars initiative continues to grow and was recognized with the Club’s Conservation and Stewardship Award. Likewise, our Outdoor Adventure Camp at the ranch continues to see record-setting participation each summer.
The Boone and Crockett Foundation, under the leadership of Terrell McCombs, remains in tremendous shape. Through careful and thoughtful stewardship of our physical and financial resources, the Foundation ensures our endurance for many years to come. As a testament to this success, the Wilderness Warriors Society now stands at 62 members.
Big Game Records continues to reach new milestones, both in the number of entries during the past three-year awards period and in record-breaking attendance at the Springfield banquets. These achievements serve as a testament to sound wildlife management and habitat conservation—proof that world records can still be broken, something our founders could scarcely have imagined.
Yet even with these successes, wildlife health remains one of our greatest ongoing challenges. The Club will continue to dedicate resources toward research with our many partners in this critical area. While many species are thriving, our wild sheep and deer face localized disease challenges that continue to spread at unprecedented rates. Additionally, the New World screwworm poses a serious emerging threat—one that must be quickly contained and eradicated before it reaches our borders.
The work ahead demands much from all of us. As you will see in this annual report, the Boone and Crockett Club is supported by a generous community united by a passion for wildlife and wild places—people whose ambitions are limited only by imagination. We will always be tested: by anti-hunters, by nature, and even by those within our own ranks. But we will emerge stronger—not in spite of criticism, but because of it.
Boone and Crockett will always take the high road. We will always make the chase fair. We will always celebrate the animals and our passion for hunting them. And in doing so, we will continue to make the world of hunting a better place.
Sincerely,
Tony Caligiuri
President
Boone and Crockett Club
Past Boone and Crockett Club Annual Reports available for download in PDF format.
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