Spend enough time outdoors, and you are bound to find something interesting. For some, those interesting things happen to be world record heads, horns, and antlers. Here are the stories behind the biggest “pick ups” ever found.

Members of the Boone and Crockett Club were key players in laying the groundwork for both conservation of game species and generating the funds to pay for it—a system that we still use today. 

Those who cherish hunting—for themselves and for future generations—understand that hunting is a privilege to be recognized, cherished, and maintained by today's hunters through deeds to benefit wildlife and through establishment and adherence to standards of fair chase.

Published in 2010.

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This big game records book includes over 4,900 trophies accepted between 2007 and 2009, plus dozens of stories about the top trophies.

Chronicles of Sheep Hunting and Legendary Sheep Hunters
 

By Robert M. Anderson

By PJ DelHomme 

Bioengineers are making lab-grown elk meat. It’s molecularly identical to wild meat—but are you really eating the same thing?

Elk steaks sizzle over a crackling fire. For 10,000 years, this primal cookout required three things: an elk, the skills of a hunter, and a skosh of luck.

It’s fun to brag about how far a rifle can shoot. But things get really quiet when someone asks how far we can shoot—and still hit where we aim. They are two different numbers, and the gap between them can be the difference between filling a freezer and wounding an animal.