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Start Them Young: Tips on How to Get Kids Hunting

How do you raise a lifelong hunter? From squirrel woods to duck blinds, learn why low-pressure, high-action hunts are the secret to starting kids hunting.

By Chad Carman, photos courtesy of the author 

I still remember the first time I was allowed to go hunting. I was eight years old—just old enough to have passed hunter safety.

Boone and Crockett Club Reaffirms Standards for Wild, Free-Ranging Game

The Boone and Crockett Club wishes to remind the hunting community of the foundational principles that govern its records program. For over a century, the Club’s records have served as a benchmark of conservation success and habitat health.

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When Lead Meets Red Meat

Is using lead ammunition a human health hazard?

By Jim Heffelfinger, B&C Professional Member, photos courtesy of author
Illustration by Wyatt Heffelfinger 
Published in Fair Chase magazine, Winter 2024

Boone and Crockett Club University Programs

The Boone and Crockett Club University Programs is designed to provide science-based knowledge from seasoned wildlife professionals and educators to college graduates in the wildlife field to better prepare them for the responsible and wise management of wildlife in the future. 

Download B&C Score Chart PDFs

All 17 score charts are available as PDF files you can download directly to your desktop. Not sure how to take all the measurements? Good news, each score chart includes complete measuring instructions.

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Donate to the B&C Records Program

The Boone and Crockett Club has been measuring antlers, horns, skulls, and tusks of North American big game since 1895, with the original vision of creating a record of what was thought to be the vanishing wildlife in the country.

Significant Donation Will Cover Entry Fees for Boone and Crockett Club Records Program

A long-time Lifetime Associate and benefactor to conservation has provided the Boone and Crockett Club the opportunity to waive entry processing fees into the organization’s Records program. Thanks to the generous donation, the Boone and Crockett Club announced today that the usual $40 entry fee will not be charged this year for entries received after January 1, 2026.