A groundbreaking peer-reviewed study from Elkhorn University’s Department of Statistics has found a statistically significant correlation between pre-hunt rituals and harvest success rates.

For decades, hunters have sworn by their lucky hats, pre-dawn routines, and odd superstitions, only to be dismissed by skeptics as victims of confirmation bias.

Pictured left to right: Tom Price, co-chair of the Boone and Crockett Club's Land Conservation and Stewardship Committee; Amy Anderson, habitat biologist with Wyoming Game & Fish Department; Paul Fontaine, secretary/treasurer of the Water for Wildlife Foundation; Travis Sweeney president of the Water for Wildlife Foundation; and Mary Webster, president of the Boone and Crockett Club.…

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When he caught wealthy tourists defacing Yellowstone National Park with their initials, he tossed them in jail. When he caught poachers killing Yellowstone’s bison, he kicked the poachers out—and likely conspired to pressure Congress for stricter protections. That was Boone and Crockett Club member George Anderson. 

By PJ DelHomme 

Explorer, legislator, public servant, duck lover, and businessman, Frederic C. Walcott was an early member of the Boone and Crockett Club who served as Club president. His conservation achievements still resonate today, especially when it comes to waterfowl and wildlife refuges. 

For such a massive state, Texas boasts very little public land. Hopefully you know a buddy with a big ranch. If not, plenty of guides and outfitters will be happy to lead you to find some decent whitetail bucks and some even better (scoring) pronghorn. There’s even an elk entry from 1934, but because they are not considered a game animal today, elk can’t be entered into the records. There’s…