Not a season goes by that word doesn't circulate on yet another tremendous big game animal having been taken in fair chase by a hunter. Some years we're talking about more than one record-breaker, and this year is no exception.

Thus far, two such animals stand out; a typical American elk taken with a bow in Montana that has been verified to be the largest of its kind recorded in the…

Boone and Crockett Club recently matched a $2,000 grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) awarded to the Montana Council of Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The $4,000 total will be used to help support the shooting sports program at Montana High Adventure Base (MOHAB) and throughout the Montana Council BSA by providing safe and up-to-date equipment. 

A deer taken in Tennessee this past season has been accepted by the Boone and Crockett Club with an entry score surpassing the current record taken by a hunter.

"All deer are unique in some form or another," said Justin Spring, the Club's director of big game records. "This particular deer is unique on so many levels."

A new online hunter ethics course from the Boone and Crockett Club and the National Rifle Association teaches the foundations of fair chase.

Rachel and Jake are new to hunting. Luckily, they have a mentor to take them into the field.

A new tool featured in Big Game Records Live analyzes over 50,000 record-book entries and combines the kill dates with the lunar cycle days.

For more than four years, one trail camera was aimed at the same tree 24/7. That camera caught just about every awesome thing that wanders along northwest Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. There are wolves and hares, rutting elk and skunks. There are skittish coyotes, and perhaps the craziest of all, there are bears, lots of bears that love one particular tree.

Every state wildlife agency is committed to increasing participation, getting more of their citizens in the field with a fishing rod or hunting rifle in their hands.

Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation (OSCF) has identified the need to form a coalition of state wildlife agencies, NGO’s, media, industry manufacturers and retailers to work together to develop and communicate messages that promote the positive contributions of Hunters, Anglers, Trappers and Shooters (HATS).