In the near future, we will be hearing more about record-book whitetails coming out of Indiana.

MISSOULA, Mont. (May 25, 2022) –May 25, 2022, marked the centennial anniversary of the opening of a building housing the National Collection of Heads and Horns at the Bronx Zoo in 1922. Organized by several Boone and Crockett Club members, the Collection was intended to raise visibility for declining wildlife species and was officially dedicated “In Memory of the Vanishing Big Game of the…

The years of planning, maneuvering, collaboration, and fundraising finally culminated in a historic event for wild bighorn sheep in Montana; the reintroduction of the nucleus of a new herd in the Tendoy Mountains. Wild bighorns in the Tendoys have had a rocky past, but through the persistence of many stakeholders, their next chapter is being written with new hope.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the Senate’s confirmation of Sam D. Hamilton as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Sam is a veteran manager, innovative leader, and strong advocate for sound science,” Salazar said. “His three decades of experience with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s mission, responsibilities and programs will enable him to firmly…

Hunting usually isn’t top-of-mind conversation in America’s literary circles, but that may be changing as a book published by Boone and Crockett Club continues to garner national honors and awards.

Native to California, tule elk are the beach bums of the elk world. In 2021, one North Dakota hunter was able to break a nearly 20-year old record and fill his tag with the largest hunter-killed tule ever recorded.

As one of the original members of the Boone and Crockett Club, Albert Bierstadt documented the disappearing landscape of the American West—people and wildlife included. For that reason, he was recruited to help save it. 

In 1864, the United States had already endured three gruesome years of the Civil War. In July, Confederate Lt. Gen.

Yellowstone’s Rock Star  – As a founding member of the Boone and Crockett Club, this quiet geologist wasn’t a hunter, but he was a force for conservation, especially when it came to Yellowstone. 

A collection of articles from Fair Chase magazine covering the happenings within the Club's University Programs. 

This subspecies of whitetail deer make a living in the arid, mountainous regions of the America’s Desert Southwest and south into Mexico. What they lack in size, they more than make up for in sheer toughness and adaptability.