Boone and Crockett Club Fellow Wesley Sarmento has spent two decades sleeping on the ground—from Montana’s backcountry to the Gobi Desert and back again. Today, he’s working with the Blackfeet Tribe on the edge of Glacier National Park to study bison reintroduction on their ancestral lands.

Wesley Sarmento isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty.

First Adopted December 6, 2014 - Revised: November 30, 2022

The Boone and Crockett Club thanks the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture for the bipartisan vote last week that moves the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) out of committee and to the full House for consideration.

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a highly contagious, always-fatal disease that affects cervids such as deer, elk, and moose. It is difficult to detect CWD in live animals because it can take more than two years after infection for an animal to exhibit observable behavioral or physical signs of illness. Additionally, the diagnostic tests currently available are not as accurate when samples…

First Adopted May 7, 2015 – Revised and Approved October 15, 2021

Effective Date: December 3, 2016

Situational Overview

Baiting is a broad term that generally refers to the use of natural or unnatural food attractants placed in a specific location by hunters to attract and draw in a targeted game species for harvest. Though considered a longstanding and traditional hunting method in many states and provinces, baiting has become increasingly misunderstood and controversial.

Effective Date: November 29, 2017

First Adopted August 19, 2014