Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
GW: Can I get an Amen!
MISSOULA, Mont. (May 9, 2013)–As the two oldest sportsmen groups with decades of commitment to fundamental wildlife policies, the Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute welcome the initiative of members of the House who have joined to consider the Endangered Species Act. We encourage Democratic members to do likewise and for the two parties to come together on this issue. Read more
GW: This is really good stuff. Wiping off blood is obvious, but oft neglected. Hiding tongues is good, too. But, did you realize competent pro photographers carry glass eyes for insertion before the hero shot?
MISSOULA, Mont. (April 30, 2013)–With a file of more than 42,000 big-game trophies dating back to 1830, the Boone and Crockett Club may be the world’s leader in assessing field photos.
Done well, a photo has the power to honor a special animal, capture special memories–and even inspire special conservation efforts.
Renowned optics company Swarovski is stepping up its partnership with Boone and Crockett Club to help hunters take better pictures. Swarovski is a three-year sponsor behind a field photo tips and contest section in each issue of the Club’s magazine, “Fair Chase,” and together the partners are now offering 10 tips to help launch a new field photography resource at the Boone and Crockett website. See URL below: Read more
MISSOULA, Mont. (Feb. 1, 2013)New research shows that Boone and Crockett-class trophies have become more plentiful, and that average scores of record entries have declined by only insignificant amounts, over time. Read more
GW: Anti-hunting whackos are sure hate this post, but who cares? Certainly not the real conservationists – hunters – who want, and ensure, that healthy, stable populations of game exist in the first place.
MISSOULA, Mont. (Oct. 30, 2012) In commemoration of its 125th anniversary, Boone and Crockett Club has released an historic list of the Top 125 trophy counties across the U.S. The list is based on Boone and Crockett big-game records/trophy data going back to 1830 and long used by conservationists to gauge outstanding habitat, strong recruitment of game animals into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management and fair-chase hunting. Read more
– Government Not Accounting for Costs
MISSOULA, Mont. (May 2, 2012) Studies released independently by Notre Dame Law School and the Government Accountability Office show that environmental groups pad their claims for reimbursed legal fees using a social program entitled the Equal Access to Justice Act, and the U.S. is not keeping track of expenditures.
A Notre Dame law review article shows that a 1980 law intended for seniors, veterans, and small businesses is utilized by environmental groups to get pay-backs for their lawsuits as well. A GAO study shows that no one really knows how much money has been spent, but the amounts are at least several million dollars a year.
See the Notre Dame Law School study at the link below:
http://www.boone-crockett.org/images/editor/ND_EAJA.pdf
See the GAO study at the link below:
MISSOULA, Mont. -A Rocky Mountain goat taken by a hunter in 2011 in British Columbia is the largest of its species ever recorded, according to the Boone and Crockett Club.
Club officials Wednesday confirmed the goat, a male that scored 57-4/8 Boone and Crockett points, as a new World’s Record.
MISSOULA, Mont. (Feb. 13, 2012)?USDA?s and the Department of the Interior?s Fiscal Year 2013 budgets include a total of $7.5 million of funding for improving hunter access to existing public lands. This new funding is the one of the top priorities for the Boone and Crockett Club and other hunting organizations. The $7.5 million, once it is appropriated, allows the U.S. Forest Service and BLM to acquire rights of way and other land interests from willing-seller landowners to open access to existing federal lands for hunting and fishing where it is closed or significantly restricted. Read more
DALLAS (Jan. 6, 2012)?Two of the world?s premier clubs for hunter-conservationists, Dallas Safari Club (DSC) and Boone and Crockett Club, have announced a new strategic alliance as ?Preferred Conservation Partners.? Read more
Since the Boone and Crockett Club published its first records book in 1932, it has received an increasing number of photos from hunters with trophy entries. In the 1930s only about 15 percent or less of trophy entries were accompanied by photos, likely due to the fact that cameras were bigger, more cumbersome and difficult to operate back then. Photos for
trophies taken prior to this are even scarcer. (The names, places, and animals are an incredible step back in time.)
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The abuses by animal-rights groups and environmentalists have gone on far too long. It’s good to see that this proposed legislation is moving forward…
MISSOULA, Mont.-In testimony before a Congressional committee, Boone and Crockett Club president emeritus Lowell E. Baier told committee members that H.R. 1996, the Government Savings Litigation Act, will help America’s fish, wildlife and natural resources agencies do their jobs.
The legislation will benefit conservation and sound wildlife management by bringing fairness, transparency and accountability to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Read more