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What’s the Most Popular Big Game Caliber in the Book?

With the Method Visualizer tool, you can search the records for the most popular calibers and draw weights on 29 species of North American Big Game. The Boone and Crockett Club has plenty of records. ...

B&C Member Spotlight - George Bird Grinnell

More than anyone, George Bird Grinnell influenced, directed, and solidified the conservation movement during its early years. He also orchestrated the activity of many other conservation leaders, some of whom will be topics of future biographies. His avoidance of self-promotion, and his desire to often work “behind the scenes,” has left him largely unheralded today.

Net Score Vs. Gross Score

Why doesn’t the Boone and Crockett scoring system count all those points?A great way to get into an argument around the campfire is to tell a hunter their animal’s antlers or horns aren’t going to sco...

Meet Pennsylvania's State Record Elk

With an official score of 455, this is the biggest elk ever recorded in Pennsylvania. Duane Kramer lives in Bellingham, Washington, and he bought a few raffle tickets last year (okay, a lot of raffle tickets) for the 2020 Keystone Elk Country Alliance (KECA) Raffle. The lucky winner would get the chance to hunt one of Pennsylvania’s monster bulls. And you guessed it, his name was drawn.

Does Boone and Crockett Only Accept Game Taken with a Rifle?

If They Qualify, the Boone and Crockett Club Accepts Archery, Crossbow, Shotgun, Handgun—and the Randomly Deceased Entry. Recent non-typical whitetail deer entries highlight the Boone and Crockett Club’s 100-year record-keeping history

Waste Not - Hunt Fair Chase

The old saying, “waste not, want not” means if you don’t waste anything you will always have enough. In the context of hunting ethics and public perception, it means far too many people have the wrong impression of hunters and hunting. There is a growing belief that hunters waste the game they harvest.

Big Game Records Live

Big Game Records LIVE is the next generation of Boone and Crockett Club's Trophy Search, a hunting research tool. With Big Game Records LIVE, we give you access to the Club’s massive trophy database of North American big game. Our founders devised the records-keeping system more than a century ago to measure the success of conservation efforts across the country. Now, these records are available to you by subscribing to Big Game Records LIVE.

B&C World's Record - Stone's Sheep

L.S. Chadwick's World's Record Stone's sheep is considered to be the greatest North American big-game trophy ever taken. It has stood at the top spot of its respective category for over 80 years....

Minimum Entry Scores for North American Big Game

See the complete list of the minimum entry scores for all native North American big game animals recognized by the Boone and Crockett Club.

Field Judging - Whitetail Deer

The first thing you will notice about a large whitetail buck’s rack is the overall height and width, followed by the number of points, and mass. When assessing a potential trophy’s score, we need to look at the lengths of the main beams, lengths of the points, the inside spread of the main beams, and the mass or circumference of the main beams at four locations. Learn more about the different components that contribute to the overall score for a whitetail and other big game animals recognized by B&C.