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The Follow-Up Shot

Because basketball stars making millions of dollars still miss free throwsExcerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Summer 2015By Wayne Van Zwoll, regular contributor, photos courtesy of authorApproach ready t...

The Difference Makers on Conservation Policy

Current efforts to conserve big game migration corridors and seasonal ranges is emblematic of the critical role that Boone and Crockett Club members play in conservation action.Excerpt from Winter 202...

Gone Hunting! Gone Fishing!

Reflections on Wildlife and the 2nd AmendmentExcerpt from Fair Chase Magazine, Summer 2013By Valerius GeistGone hunting! Gone fishing! That's something we North Americans take for granted. Those befor...

MOHAB - Montana High Adventure Base at B&C's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch

Adding packrafting has catapulted MOHAB into the highest category of BSA high adventure programs.Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Winter 2018By Luke Coccoli, B&C Conservation Program Manager, Phot...

DIY - Black Bear

There really isn’t a better way, in my opinion, to learn some new country than on a bear hunt. Load up your backpack as you would for a fall hunt, and head into the mountains. Early spring can reward you with morels, shed antlers, and a freshly emerging bear from hibernation whose coat and meat is second to none. A fall trip can serve as a scouting trip for an upcoming hunt, and without the common spring thunderstorm, it is really a great time to be out in the woods as well.

The .270: America’s Cartridge

Its slim bullets killed all out of proportion to their weight, charming hunters and changing an industry.Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Spring 2018By Wayne Van Zwoll, regular contributor, photos cou...

Glassing is a Mind Game

It’s More Faith Than Equipment—It really isn’t about the equipment, you do the best you can with what you have. Rather, it’s knowing where and how to look, and believing that if you look long enough and hard enough you will see the game you seek.

A Bison Tale

https://www.boone-crockett.org/31st-big-game-awards-merchandise-clearanceThe 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.

Deer Rifle!

Uniquely American, it's otherwise enigmatic, with no brand name. Millions of hunters own one.Excerpt from Fair Chase Magazine Winter 2013By Wayne Van Zwoll, regular contributor, photos courtesy of aut...

Chasing the World’s Largest Sheep—Altai Argali—In the Russia-Mongolia Transboundary Zone

By James P. Gibbs, Professor in the State University of New York's Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, and former Director of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station. Photos courtesy of AuthorThis...