The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently instituted a new program to stiffen the penalties for the poaching of deer, elk and other big game species, one that the Boo

The Dallas Safari Club last week announced their board's decision to no longer support the practice of captive bred lion shooting in Africa. The Boone and Crockett Club fully supports this decision.

The Boone and Crockett Club sets the rules for entering a trophy into its records books, which are based primarily on principles of wildlife conservation and fair chase.

The Boone and Crockett Club fully supports a new House bill that seeks to advance hunter recruitment and retention. The Modernizing Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act of 2017 (H.R. 2591) will provide technical and financial assistance to states for promoting hunting and recreational shooting.

A special Boone and Crockett Club judges panel today declared a ram from Montana as the new World's Record bighorn sheep.

The Department of the Interior and Secretary Zinke yesterday announced the distribution of $1.1 billion to state fish and wildlife agencies for fish, wildlife and habitat conservation projects. Sportsmen, through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts, provided the money.

The Boone and Crockett Club applauds the signing in to law of an Omnibus Appropriations Bill that had bipartisan inclusions of forest management reforms and a fix to the wildfire-funding shortfall that has been plaguing the U.S. Forest Service. Although the provisions have been labeled as a Sportsmen's Package, the Boone and Crockett Club points out these provisions benefit all citizens.

The Wildlife Management Institute (WMI) is the recipient of the Boone and Crockett Club's fourth Conservation and Stewardship Award.