A Brief History of the Public Land Concept
Since 1788, Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution has given Congress the authority to acquire and manage federal property. Today, that includes roughly 640 million acres of land, nearly 28 percent of the 2.3 billion acres in 50 states and the District of Columbia.
PJ DelHomme2025 Conservation Policy Update
By James Cummins and Simon Roosevelt, Conservation Policy Committee Co-Chairs
For the last several months, all eyes in our community have been trained on efforts to sell public lands. Two distinct proposals were considered.
The Chronic Incompletion of Bighorn Sheep Restoration
Squeezed by disease events, water scarcity, and agency commitment, wild sheep recovery remains a work in progress.
Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Summer 2025
By Andrew McKean, B&C Professional Member
From Prairie Weeds to Policy
A Boone and Crockett Fellow Shapes Invasive Species Management in the West
By Kasey RahnZachary Nowak’s journey from Texas A&M research to Western Governors Association advisor highlights the power of interdisciplinary conservation careers
Famous Hunters in the Record Books: Part Two
We’ve got country music stars, inventors, entrepreneurs, race car drivers, and international dignitaries in the second installment of famous hunters in the Boone and Crockett records.
By PJ DelHomme
Celebrate Freedom
A picture-perfect hunt for a record-book bull turns out to be a young hunter’s last.
Excerpt from Winter 2024 Fair Chase Magazine32nd Big Game Awards Auction
Here is a preview of just a few of the fantastic items we will have available for bidding at the 32nd Big Game Awards Auction to be held on July 26 in Springfield, Missouri.
The auction will also be online if you can’t attend. Hope to see you there!
The B&C Brand
The Boone and Crockett brand pierces straight to the heart of informed hunter-conservationists. The job of the communications committee is to protect, promote, and propagate that brand.
By Michael L.Wildlife Caught on Camera—Volume 17
Night Moves on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch
The Club’s very own
American Warrior Forge & Designs: Quality Hand-Forged Tools by a Veteran Craftsman
American Warrior Forge & Designs is a veteran-owned one-man blacksmith and bladesmith shop run by Chris Hendry, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and Idaho Falls police officer. After returning from deployment, he began blacksmithing in 2020 as a way to relax.