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The Boone and Crockett Club built a free online course that tests whether you actually hunt by the code you think you do...
06/14/2026

The Boone and Crockett Club built a free online course that tests whether you actually hunt by the code you think you do. It takes about an hour, covers scenarios most hunters have faced but never talked about, and everyone who completes it earns a certificate and an exclusive Hunt Fair Chase challenge coin. Take it yourself or send it to someone you're mentoring.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/training-fair-chase-hunters-21st-century?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016789_qe1f8n&utm_content=bc_1781431206937_11r1z2

You don't need thousands of acres of wide-open country to find a trophy whitetail.Connecticut might be one of the smalle...
06/14/2026

You don't need thousands of acres of wide-open country to find a trophy whitetail.

Connecticut might be one of the smallest states in the nation, but its mix of agricultural lands, hardwood forests, and suburban edges creates some surprisingly ideal deer habitat. Patient hunters who put in the work scouting are finding quality bucks that most people wouldn't expect from the Constitution State.

The state's big game records tell a story that's worth a closer look.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/connecticut-state-big-game-records?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016789_w4jaiq&utm_content=bc_1781424001060_jp6c8p

Some state records have stood for decades. Others were broken by hunters who hadn't even gotten their driver's license y...
06/14/2026

Some state records have stood for decades. Others were broken by hunters who hadn't even gotten their driver's license yet.

Since 2010, the Boone and Crockett Club has been tracking trophies taken by hunters aged 16 or younger, and what these young hunters have accomplished is nothing short of remarkable. At the 27th Big Game Awards in Reno, Nevada, 16 youth hunters were recognized for animals worthy of the record books.

But here's what makes this story bigger than any single harvest: every one of these young hunters represents the future of wildlife conservation in America. The tradition that Theodore Roosevelt helped build 137 years ago doesn't survive without the next generation picking it up and carrying it forward.

Take a look at the youth hunters currently holding state records across the country.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/generation-next-state-records-held-youth-hunters?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016788_47jdbn&utm_content=bc_1781416812151_qxsdh2

Thousands of trail camera photos. One ranch. An incredible cast of wildlife.Boone and Crockett Fellow Chris Hansen spent...
06/14/2026

Thousands of trail camera photos. One ranch. An incredible cast of wildlife.

Boone and Crockett Fellow Chris Hansen spent months sifting through trail cam footage from the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch, captured during last spring and summer. What he pulled together is a highlight reel that reminds you why wild places like this matter.

From grizzlies on the move to the everyday drama of North America's wildlife, these are the moments most people never get to see.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/wildlife-caught-camera-volume-3?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016788_w1d27q&utm_content=bc_1781409601565_fbgi5u

In 1887, Theodore Roosevelt gathered a group of hunters who refused to watch America's wildlife disappear. They didn't j...
06/14/2026

In 1887, Theodore Roosevelt gathered a group of hunters who refused to watch America's wildlife disappear. They didn't just talk about it. They built the foundation for every national park, every wildlife refuge, and every conservation law that followed.

That mission hasn't changed in 138 years. The Boone and Crockett Club is still driven by the same principle: those of us who hunt have a responsibility to protect the wild places and wild game we pursue.

If that's a commitment you carry every time you step into the field, this is your chance to make it permanent. A lifetime membership means standing alongside the longest-running conservation legacy in North America, not just for a season, but for good.

She saw her first grizzly from a helicopter. Her second was at 30 yards, on foot, and closing fast.That's a real hunting...
06/14/2026

She saw her first grizzly from a helicopter. Her second was at 30 yards, on foot, and closing fast.

That's a real hunting story. But it's not the kind of content algorithms tend to reward.

Right now, an endless stream of hunting content floods screens across every platform, and most of it is curated for clicks, not truth. Non-hunters are forming their opinions about who we are based on what goes viral, not what's real. The loudest voices aren't always the ones representing the ethics and traditions that have defined hunting for generations.

So the question becomes: are hunters losing control of their own narrative? And is there any way to turn the tide when sensationalism is baked into the system?

The answer is more complicated than you might think.

The future of wildlife management isn't just boots on the ground anymore. It's data, satellites, and hunters who contrib...
06/13/2026

The future of wildlife management isn't just boots on the ground anymore. It's data, satellites, and hunters who contribute more than they realize.

In remote Alaska, where temperatures hover just above freezing, Boone and Crockett Fellow Molly McDevitt is pioneering a new approach to understanding one of the West's most iconic species. As a University of Montana wildlife biology graduate student, she's combining cutting-edge computing power with community-driven knowledge to paint a clearer picture of what's really happening on the landscape.

This is what modern conservation looks like when science, technology, and the people who know the land best come together. And the early findings are raising some fascinating questions.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/combining-computing-and-community-conservation?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016788_baeczi&utm_content=bc_1781388002869_j5rly9

Vermont isn't just covered in maple trees and ski resorts. The Green Mountain State grows black bears and whitetails tha...
06/13/2026

Vermont isn't just covered in maple trees and ski resorts. The Green Mountain State grows black bears and whitetails that belong in the record book.

From the dense hardwood forests of the Green Mountains to the farmland valleys of the Champlain Basin, Vermont's landscape quietly produces big game that punches well above its weight class. The state's mix of habitat types and carefully managed seasons have built a tradition of trophy-caliber animals that most hunters outside New England never hear about.

Dive into Vermont's official state big game records and see what the Green Mountain State has put on the board.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/vermont-state-big-game-records?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016788_d8temg&utm_content=bc_1781380801680_you2gz

Most people think the Boone and Crockett Club keeps track of big antlers. That's about 10% of what we actually do.From a...
06/13/2026

Most people think the Boone and Crockett Club keeps track of big antlers. That's about 10% of what we actually do.

From a program that makes poachers pay the full replacement value of the animals they kill, to a coalition of 50+ organizations representing 4.5 million hunter-conservationists, our conservation work runs deep. And most of our followers have never heard of half of it.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/about-boone-and-crockett-club-conservation-history?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1772249016789_o87e0k&utm_content=bc_1781373601266_w4xkeq

A leopard lunged from the brush and Carl Akeley had nothing left but his hands. He survived. And then he changed the way...
06/13/2026

A leopard lunged from the brush and Carl Akeley had nothing left but his hands. He survived. And then he changed the way the world sees wildlife forever.

Akeley was a Boone and Crockett Club member, an African adventurer, explorer, and conservationist who nearly lost his life more than once on the continent he dedicated himself to protecting. His story is one of the most remarkable in the Club's history, and it didn't stop with survival.

What he did next reshaped how museums, scientists, and the public understood African wildlife. But the path from that leopard attack to his lasting legacy was anything but straightforward.
Read more: https://www.boone-crockett.org/bc-member-spotlight-carl-e-akeley?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc_pl_1775590232819_kgil75&utm_content=bc_1781366402826_53j0l0

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