MISSOULA, MT – The Boone and Crockett Club First Annual Conservation Auction opened on March 7. The online auction, hosted on GunBroker.com, features sporting collectibles that will be available for bidding until on March 21 (for firearms) and 7:00 pm EDT on March 28 (for everything else). Proceeds from this auction will be used to support the Boone and Crockett Club’s mission of promoting the conservation and management of wildlife—especially big game and its habitat—preserving and encouraging hunting and maintaining the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship in North America.
Highlights from the auction include:
Jack O’Connor tribute by Al & Roger Biesen, pre-64 Model 70 .270 Winchester
Imagined in 2002, commissioned in 2004 and raffled in 2006; this one-of-a-kind custom rifle is the result of superb cooperation between the O’Connor family, the Jack O’Connor Hunting Heritage and Education Center and the Idaho Chapter of FNAWS. Fully donated to the Boone and Crockett Club by the raffle winner, Mr. Terry Fricks, it is presented to the market through the Club’s Guns For Conservation Program. Click here for details…
Wapiti by Lorenzo Ghiglieri
Lorenzo Ghiglieri (1931–2020) is quite properly regarded as one of the most gifted artists of our time. His displays of wildlife sculptures and figure studies have dominated the major national hunting shows for two generations and his works are displayed at such prestigious locations as the White House, Vatican City and the John Wayne Airport. Working in bronze, Ghiglieri somehow was able to capture dynamic movement, raw power and intensity of the moment to a degree that transcended what the subject was doing to what it seemed to have been thinking.
Lorenzo Ghiglieri was also a consistent supporter of wildlife conservation—a legacy which continues through select donations of his works. Click here for details… Read more