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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...

Gone Hunting! Gone Fishing!

Reflections on Wildlife and the 2nd AmendmentExcerpt from Fair Chase Magazine, Summer 2013By Valerius GeistHunting and the right to bear arms has always been a part of North American heritage. In Hunt...

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 MagazineBy Luke Coccoli, B&C Conservation Program ManagerPhotos Courtesy ...

Do-It-Yourself 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.The Jack O’Connor Center in Lewiston, Idaho, commissioned a limited run of Winchester 70s patte...

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.