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September 2010
Paul T. Deuling of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, has received the Sagamore Hill Award, the highest honor given a hunter by the Boone and Crockett Club. Deuling received the award, named for the New York home of Theodore Roosevelt, for taking a World's Record mountain caribou in a hunt that exemplifies the sporting values that Roosevelt championed -- fair chase, self-reliance, perseverance, selective hunting, and mastery of challenges.
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July 2010
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack have named Bob Model, long-standing member and chairman of Government Affairs for the Boone and Crockett Club, and seven other Club members to serve on a new Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council. The council is an official advisory group under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that will help to promote and preserve America's hunting heritage for future generations.
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Theodore Roosevelt Hunter-Conservationist, published by Boone and Crockett Club and hailed by followers of TR's legendary sporting and stewardship ethos, is receiving national honors for literary and design excellence. The book is the first illustrated biography to offer a sweeping view of the outdoorsman, rancher, adventurer, soldier, statesman and 26th President of the United States.
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The Boone and Crockett Club is now receiving four times more trophy entries than 30 years ago, and Theodore Roosevelt's great, great grandson says hunters who reach this apex are notable beneficiaries of historic conservation successes. Further, the TR descendant says trophy record holders are perfectly positioned to help keep hunters at the forefront of America's resurging conservation movement.
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June 2010
Boone and Crockett Country is a weekly hunting documentary celebrating the best in big game hunting and conservation in North America, where celebrity is the game animals we hunt. Produced by the most widely respected name in big game records keeping, fair chase, and conservation, and presented by America's Optics Authority, B&CC explores all aspects of big game hunting from species biology, favored habitats, and today's best trophy destinations, to the science of big game management, and the time-honored, ethical traditions of recreational hunting.
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May 2010
MISSOULA, Mont.--Conservation groups and the hunting industry are rallying for unprecedented support of an upcoming public exhibit of big game trophies. Hosted by Boone and Crockett Club, the triennial event is a free showing of world-class antlers, horns and mounted specimens from across North America. The exhibit is set for June 24-26, 2010, at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev.
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Registration extended to June 3 for Boone and Crockett Club's 27th Big Game Awards Program Banquet and related activities that will take place at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, June 22-26, 2010. You don't want to miss this history-making event. Nearly 100 of the top big game trophies will be on display, as well as a special presentation of B&C trophies taken by youth hunters.
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April 2010
MISSOULA, Mont. -- More and more prominent big game conservation groups are formally endorsing Boone and Crockett scoring as their standard system for measuring North American big game trophies. Boone and Crockett scoring originally was developed as a means of recording data on species thought to be going extinct from habitat loss and unregulated harvest. Today, Boone and Crockett Club records remain a classic gauge of successful conservation and management programs.
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March 2010
MISSOULA, Mont. -- Young hunters age 16 and under have taken 67 Boone and Crockett qualifying trophies over the past three years. Each will be listed in the triennial Boone and Crockett Club 27th Big Game Awards book due out later this year. Included among the youth trophies are a massive Alaska brown bear and the largest non-typical mule deer recorded in 36 years, both of which are Top 5 specimens in their respective categories for the awards period.
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February 2010
We're pleased to announce that registration is now open for Boone and Crockett Club's 27th Big Game Awards Program Banquet and related activities that will take place at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, June 22-26, 2010. Visit our official web site to register on-line or download the registration forms.
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It's the West Point of conservation leadership, an academy built on a foundation of Harvard University academics and Boone and Crockett Club practicality. Now in its fourth year, the National Conservation Leadership Institute in Washington D.C. offers unique advanced-training opportunities for gifted professionals envisioning and shaping the future of America's outdoors. More than 100 selectees have attended so far, representing conservation agencies and organizations nationwide.
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Conservation and Management of Mule and Black-tailed Deer -- Throughout the geographic range of mule deer and their black-tailed subspecies, we see a lot of variation in body size, coat color, antler shape, behavior, and other attributes. The large degree of physical variation observed in mule deer led early naturalists to collect mule deer from a few geographically distant locations and designate them as different subspecies because they differed slightly from one another.
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January 2010
Outdoor Life and its 5.5 million readers have selected Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier of Bethesda, Md., as the top conservationist in the third-annual "OL 25" list of people who've had the greatest positive impact on hunting, fishing and conservation. "OL 25" honors conservationists, leaders, innovators and unsung heroes. Along with other nominees, Baier's photo and bio appeared in the December/January 2010 edition of Outdoor Life. Online voting helped decide Reader's Choice winners in each category.
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Ninety years after his death, Theodore Roosevelt remains an American outdoor icon. His hunting adventures are among the best known. His ethics are among the most championed. And he remains among the most often quoted visionaries in all of conservation. But no illustrated biography of Roosevelt as the consummate hunter, outdoorsman and arms enthusiast has existed until now. Theodore Roosevelt Hunter-Conservationist is a sweeping view of the outdoor life of the rancher, explorer, soldier, U.S. president, and hero to hunters and conservationists worldwide.
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Although the venerable .30-06 and .270 remain among the favorites, Boone and Crockett Club big-game records show that hunters with a .300 Magnum are taking more North American trophies than any other caliber. Surprisingly, the second-most-popular trophy-taker isn't a firearm -- it's a bow.
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December 2009
Earlier this month, the Club launched its presence on the social networking site Facebook and gained nearly 400 fans in the first 24 hours. Hunters, conservationists, and outdoor enthusiasts can become fans of the Boone and Crockett Club and join thousands of other sportsmen who believe in our mission and vision for hunting and wildlife.
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Don't miss out on your chance to become a part of the nation's oldest hunter-conservation organization. Join the Boone and Crockett Club as a Lifetime Associate by December 31st and receive a Boyt scoped gun case and Buck Portable Butcher Shop knife with your paid membership. The Club is a very special group of people who care about conservation, education and ethical hunting. As a Lifetime Associate you'll experience the satisfaction of knowing your dues help finance our efforts to keep you out in the field and enjoying the great outdoors!
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DON'T DELAY! VOTING DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31, 2009. Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier of Bethesda, Md., is among several stalwart big-game conservationists named to Outdoor Life's list of 25 people who've had the greatest positive impact on hunting, fishing and conservation. As a way to thank Lowell for his outstanding work in conservation, please cast a vote for Lowell Baier as "Readers' Choice."
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Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier of Bethesda, Md., is among several stalwart big-game conservationists named to Outdoor Life's list of 25 people who've had the greatest positive impact on hunting, fishing and conservation. Today the Club congratulated all of the selectees, especially those who've had a hand in North America's unprecedented success in restoring and managing big game populations.
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November 2009
What's the scariest thing imaginable for those of us impassioned about wildlife and hunting and the outdoors? For many, it's the idea that our natural resource legacy will not be left in safe hands. Sportsmen and wildlife professionals recognize that we are in a new era -- a time in which the organizational guardians of our natural resource legacy find themselves facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly changing landscape. These challenges are exacerbated by the immense leadership void created from vast numbers of retiring baby boomers.
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Courts in a growing number of states are using the Boone and Crockett scoring system to slap poachers with more felony charges, stiffer fines and longer revocations of hunting privileges. Game animals with large antlers and horns aren't just trophies, but valuable conservation resources that warrant harsher penalties for abuse, say Boone and Crockett Club officials. "I can't think of a better use for Boone and Crockett's scoring system than assessing trophy-class fines for poaching trophy-class animals....
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October 2009
In just the past 13 years, modern conservation efforts have produced an amazing 62 new state and provincial records--plus over 3,500 other Boone and Crockett-class trophies--for mule deer and elk alone. These special efforts and animals are profiled in two new books from the Boone and Crockett Club. Records of North American Mule Deer and Records of North American Elk are the first records books dedicated solely to these two species. Previously, mule deer and elk were combined into a single Boone and Crockett volume last printed in 1996.
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MISSOULA, Mont.--The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) has formally endorsed the Boone and Crockett scoring system for measuring North American sheep taken by WSF members. The move follows a unanimous vote by the WSF board of directors.
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MISSOULA, Mont.--The Boone and Crockett Club is pleased to announce the availability of the 6-DVD set of the widely acclaimed television series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea." The Boone and Crockett Club applauds the series' treatment of early conservationists and especially Club members who committed their lives unselfishly for the betterment of future generations. The six-episode series directed by Ken Burns is currently airing on PBS.
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September 2009
Hunters can now learn to score North American big-game species for $5 per trophy type. For the first time, individual chapters of the official Boone and Crockett Club scoring manual are being offered as electronic PDF files. Previously, only complete published copies of "Measuring and Scoring North American Big Game Trophies" were available.
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MISSOULA, Mont. -- Free activities, exhibits and attractions for the whole family will highlight a public celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, Sept. 26, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's Elk Country Visitor Center on Grant Creek Rd. in Missoula, Montana. The Elk Foundation, Boone and Crockett Club and KYSS-FM are hosting the event.
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By unanimous vote of its board of directors, the Dallas Safari Club (DSC) has officially adopted the Boone and Crockett Club scoring system for measuring North American trophies taken by DSC members. DSC will use the system for its trophy competition held annually since the 1980s. The formal adoption of Boone and Crockett scoring represents a major switch for the club, which has always used the Safari Club International system.
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August 2009
Consequences of maternal effects on body and antler size of white-tailed deer -- Although only one subspecies of white-tailed deer (O. v. dacotensis) inhabits South Dakota, deer occupying the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota are smaller than those in the eastern portion of the state. What would be the effect of improving nutrition of deer from the Black Hills? Would they increase in size and how long would it take for a change in nutrition to have a positive effect on growth?
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Boone and Crockett Club Vice President of Big Game Records, Eldon "Buck" Buckner, presented the following speech to Western Association Game and Fish Agencies, in Newport Beach, California on July 12, 2009. "I'd like to complement the game departments and commissions for maintaining and administering the world's most successful system of wildlife management for the past 75 years or so, that being the North American Model. But, as I'm sure you all are aware, great challenges lie ahead if that model is to survive. A major challenge is obtaining adequate funding for state agencies responsible for fish, wildlife, and parks, and that's why I'm here today.
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The Boone and Crockett Club has dropped the prices on some of our most popular merchandise items in our End of the Summer Blow Out Clearance Sale. Hats as low as $5, 40% off dress shirts, 50% off fleece, and more.
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar praised the Senate's confirmation of Sam D. Hamilton as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Sam is a veteran manager, innovative leader, and strong advocate for sound science," Salazar said.
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July 2009
Implications of Fire History for Conserving Bighorn Sheep -- Steep, rocky terrain is widely recognized as an important component of bighorn sheep habitat. Visual openness, however, also is important because it enhances the probability that bighorn sheep can detect and evade predators...
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June 2009
Hunting usually isn't top-of-mind conversation in America's literary circles, but that may be changing as a book published by Boone and Crockett Club continues to garner national honors and awards. Authored by Richard C. Rattenbury of Edmond, Okla., Hunting the American West draws extensively on vivid accounts from participants and observers along with abundant historical photos and illustrations. The book affords rare insight to the methods, motives and character of big-game hunters in the Old West.
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May 2009
In most instances, a confrontation between a white-tailed deer and a black bear would be decided in favor of the bear. Dr. Steve Cote, a scientist with the University Laval in Quebec, has indentified a situation which defies this conventional wisdom. Dr. Cote and his colleagues have been studying white-tailed deer on Anticosti Island, a 3,000 square-mile island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec.
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Boy Scouts across the U.S. have a new destination for trekking, mountain climbing, shooting, wildlife watching and other adventures--the Boone and Crockett Club's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch near Choteau, Montana. The Club is partnering with the Montana Council of Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to create a "Montana High Adventure Base" at the Club's 6,040-acre ranch. The property adjoins the rugged Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. The camp will meet national certification requirements of the BSA for high adventure camps and Scout-trained leaders....
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April 2009
Most knowledgeable hunters can readily define the Grand Slam -- as far as wild sheep are concerned, that is -- as bagging one each of the four different North American wild sheep, "all having been taken in fair chase by an individual hunter." The four species are the Dall's, Stone's, Rocky Mountain Bighorn, and Desert Bighorn, and once again, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center can lay claim to the fact that a Grand Slam is on view in the Cody Firearms Museum.
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Boone and Crockett Club's Conservation Across Boundaries (CAB) courses are hands-on field courses designed for science teachers interested in integrating fish, wildlife, and natural resource conservation into their classroom curricula. The deadline for 2009 Applications has been extended to May 1, 2009.
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Modern wildlife management through regulated hunting has never pushed any species to threatened or endangered levels, and there's no science to suggest it would happen with wolves, either. The Boone and Crockett Club is offering this simple, historical fact to activist groups threatening new lawsuits designed to forestall state management of gray wolves. "We're calling upon activists to look at the impeccable track record of modern wildlife management, end litigation and join hunter-conservation groups in celebrating the completion of wolf recovery," said Lowell E. Baier, president of the Club.
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March 2009
Boone and Crockett Club's latest publication receives a 2009 Spur Award for Nonfiction-Historical book. Since 1953, the nonprofit Western Writers of America (www.westernwriters.org) has promoted and honored the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges. Awards, for material published last year, are given for works whose inspirations, image and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of the American West.
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The Boone and Crockett Club has donated its historic files, letters and photographs to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana. UM archivist Donna McCrea said the University library has sought the prestigious collection since the Boone and Crockett Club moved its headquarters from Virginia to Missoula in 1993.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar affirmed on March 6, 2009, the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove gray wolves from the list of threatened and endangered species in the western Great Lakes and the northern Rocky Mountain states of Idaho and Montana and parts of Washington, Oregon and Utah. Wolves will remain a protected species in Wyoming.
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February 2009
MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Boone and Crockett Club's recent announcement of a new World's Record elk has generated unprecedented news coverage as well as public craving for details about the giant bull. Taken in 2008 by a hunter on public land in Utah, it is the only elk on record with a gross antler score approaching the 500-inch mark, at 499-3/8. Official data dates back to 1830.
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January 2009
Have you experienced a clear night sky full of stars or the wind rustling through the pine trees? Western history books describe wide-open prairies and big skies of Montana that in years past invited pioneers and conservationists out West. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch is such a place where in the summer youth come to experience a safe getaway full of outdoor adventure and new challenges along the scenic and beautiful Rocky Mountain Front.
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A knife represents a hunter's commitment to utilize the harvest. This timeless truth is the foundation of a new partnership between Buck Knives and the Boone and Crockett Club. Together the two partners have introduced a new Boone and Crockett Classics Series of seven knives honoring heroes of conservation, and Buck is donating a portion of each sale to support the Club's work advancing fair-chase hunting ethics, big-game management and wildlife conservation.
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free, new, online game titled “The Hunter” artfully combines realistic hunting action with the community and functionality of a social networking site. The game, located at www.theHunter.com, is being continually developed by Emote Games with charter partnership from the Boone and Crockett Club. Emote Games is a London-based publisher of dynamic online games. The Club is one of North America’s oldest and most recognized conservation organizations.
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Greater appreciation through increased knowledge -- Theodore Roosevelt was a hunter and a naturalist. Knowledge gained from his time afield fueled TR's zeal for conservation and elevated his appreciation for nature. One of the missions of the Boone and Crockett Club is to disseminate knowledge to ensure that many are passionate about wildlife conservation. Throughout the year, we will be posting Trophy Points articles. The first in this series is "White-tailed Deer Buck Movements During the Rut."
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Montana High Adventure Base - MOHAB is the destination! The Boone and Crockett Club's MOHAB (Montana High Adventure Base) provides an experience for older scouts (13 years plus) like none other in Scouting. The program is built with a Boy Scouts of America participant who has had backpacking experience in mind.
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MISSOULA, Mont. -- Perhaps the largest elk ever produced in the wild -- a Utah bull taken in 2008 by a hunter on public land -- has been confirmed as a new World's Record. The official declaration was made today by the Boone and Crockett Club.
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December 2008
Voice Talent for Leupold Big Game Profiles Nominated -- One of the nation's leading outdoor magazines has for the second straight year identified 25 exceptional individuals for their prestigious Conservationist of the Year Award.
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Following presentations by some of the nation's leading wolf authorities, the Boone and Crockett Club today reaffirmed its position that gray wolves should be delisted and managed as a game species by the states. Experts, including the biologist directing wolf recovery efforts in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, spoke at the Club's annual meeting, which concluded Saturday in Houston.
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The Boone and Crockett Club, along with its television partners, are asking for you take a moment and cast your votes for the television series "Leupold Big Game Profiles presented by the Boone and Crockett Club" to be recognized for excellence in programming during the upcoming Outdoor Channel Golden Moose Awards. Voting closes on December 31, 2008.
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November 2008
The Boone and Crockett Club's Publications Committee is proud to present Hunting the American West -- a thoroughly illustrated, narrative history of big-game hunting in the nineteenth-century American West. For every hunter, conservationist, gun and sporting art collector, or history buff who has dreamed of the epic grandeur and adventure of hunting on the western frontier, this new book from the Boone and Crockett Club is a must read.
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With vibrant photos of North American big game animals, insightful scoring tips and vintage images of award-winning trophies, a new 2009 wall calendar from Boone and Crockett Club makes a great gift for hunters and conservationists.
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October 2008
The Boone and Crockett Club is celebrating the October 25th dedication of the new Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge near Rolling Fork, Mississippi. The 6,600-acre refuge named for the Club's iconic founder is the birthplace of fair-chase hunting ethics--and the Teddy bear.
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America's oldest and most prestigious North American conservation organization, the Boone and Crockett Club, which was founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt, will be recognized during the January 8th Saturday Night Gala of the Dallas Safari Club 2009 convention as the recipient of the Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award (PHCHHA).
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When Theodore Roosevelt called the first White House conference on conservation in 1908, America craved wild game but many species were dwindling. A century later, wild game is abundant but now the craving is beginning to subside. In his address to over 500 conservation leaders at last week's White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy, Baier warned, "Diminishing participation in hunting and waning interest and demand for wild game will continue to create complex challenges--including financial, political and judicial setbacks--for all wildlife."
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September 2008
What would America's greatest conservation hero, Theodore Roosevelt, think of the upcoming White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy?

Would Roosevelt be proud of conservation today?

"I'm certain that he'd be beaming," says Lowell E. Baier, president of Boone and Crockett Club, the organization that Roosevelt founded in 1887 to guide wildlife restoration and management.


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For every hunter, conservationist, gun and sporting art collector, or history buff who has dreamed of the epic grandeur and adventure of hunting on the western frontier, a new book from the Boone and Crockett Club is a must read. Hunting the American West explores the pursuit of big game for life, profit, and sport from 1800 to 1900. Backed by years of research, Hunting the American West is among the few scholarly works focused on hunting in the 19th-century, from aboriginal hunters to adventurers to market hunters.
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Washington, DC: The date and location for potentially the most important meeting for the future of wildlife conservation and hunting has been set. The White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy will be held October 1 through 3 in Reno, Nevada. Mandated by the Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation executive order signed by President Bush in August 2007, the goal of the conference is to establish a 10-year plan to improve wildlife conservation and boost hunting opportunity on public lands.
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August 2008
On August 16, 2007, driven by the concerns of the sportsmen and conservation communities, President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order that called for federal agencies to facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting opportunities and the management of game species and their habitat. The Order also calls for a Wildlife Policy conference to lay the foundation for a ten-year Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource Conservation Plan. This conference is scheduled for October 2 -3, 2008 in Reno, Nevada.
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Hunters can have their trophies scored by Boone and Crockett Club Official Measurers during special August events at Cabela's retail stores around the country. Official scoring will be offered Aug. 23-24 at all 28 Cabela's locations: AZ - Glendale; CT - East Hartford; ID - Boise, Post Falls; IL - Hoffman Estates; IN - Hammond; KS - Kansas City; LA - Gonzales; ME - Scarborough; MI - Dundee; MN - East Grand Forks, Owatonna, Rogers; MO - Hazelwood; NE - Kearney, La Vista, Sidney; NV - Reno; PA - Hamburg; SD - Mitchell, Rapid City; TX - Buda, Fort Worth; UT - Lehi; WA - Lacey; WV - Wheeling; WI - Prairie du Chien, Richfield.
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MISSOULA, Mont. (Aug. 1, 2008) -- Beginning in August, all 50 Bass Pro Shops stores will have a Boone and Crockett Club Associate Measurer on staff. Scoring on whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, bear and cougar will be offered as a free customer service. To find the store nearest you, go to www.basspro.com and click on Store Locations.
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July 2008
A hunting and shooting sports summit was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado this past June 23-25 hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The Summit gathered leaders from throughout the shooting, hunting, and outdoor industry as well as key leaders from fish and wildlife agencies and conservation organizations to address key challenges that face the future of hunting and the shooting sports.
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June 2008
The third season of the Boone and Crockett Club's television series, Leupold Big Game Profiles, will hit the airwaves beginning in July 3 at 8 a.m. EST on The Outdoor Channel. Thirteen new episodes will be on display airing three times a week through the end of the season.
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May 2008
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources recently announced the establishment of an endowment to create the Charles C. Gates Boone and Crockett Chair for Wildlife Conservation, funded by an initial $3 million gift from the Boone and Crockett Club whose members promote land and wildlife conservation.
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A new award honoring the tenacious, collaborative spirit of America's greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, was presented this week by the conservation and hunting organization that Roosevelt himself founded 121 years ago.
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March 2008
The most up-to-date big game records book available — includes nearly 4,700 trophies accepted in the last three years and dozens of stories about the top trophies.
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February 2008
Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier has been named 2008 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year, an honor that comes with a $50,000 grant for a wildlife or habitat project of Baier's choice. The Potomac, Md., hunter was selected over three other nominees in an open-ballot vote on Budweiser's web site. He was honored this week in a ceremony in Las Vegas.
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