31st Awards

Mature whitetail deer learn to play hide and seek with hunters when they’re alive. This buck mastered the game for decades—even after it died. The Kyress buck is on display from May 1 - July 23 as part of the Boone and Crockett Club's 31st Big Game Awards Exhibit. Once the public display closes, it...

31st Big Game Awards Banquet and Related Activities — July 21-23, 2022 May 1 – July 23, 2022 31st Big Game Awards Trophy Display Part of the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium (Museum Tickets Required) Thursday, July 21 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception – $80 Wonders of...

The bison featured in the logo for the 31st Big Game Awards lived more than a century ago in the Peace River Country of northern Alberta. And you will find the story behind how the bison head became part of the National Collection of Heads and Horns is as wild as the country it called home.

In 2022, both the Boone and Crockett Club’s National Collection of Heads and Horns and one of B&C’s great partners, Federal Premium Ammunition, are celebrating their centennial anniversaries. The building that housed the National Collection was dedicated in May 1922 and marked a critical time in turning the tide toward wildlife conservation. Federal Cartridge Company was incorporated in April 1922, and when the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act passed in 1937, Federal became one of the primary companies paying the excise tax that helped restore our native wildlife populations. Conservation became a success story over the next 100 years, and the Club and our members and partners were at the center of the discussion.