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Boone and Crockett Club Report

Commentary: Value of public lands is enhanced by conservation. Here’s what that means

The U.S. federal public land estate is an American legacy the Boone and Crockett Club will support forever. Since our founding in 1887, whenever the suggestion has been made that public land be disposed of for revenue, we have objected. As the suggestion has been made recently, we object now.
A cash sale produces one kind of return from an asset – the final one. Continuous returns from owning land come from its use and enjoyment.

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Boone and Crockett Club to create new big game records category for javelina

The Boone and Crockett Club announced this week that it will create a new category in its big game records for javelina, the first new category created since 2001.
The proposal to include a new big game category for javelina was brought forward to B&C’s Big Game Records committee by a working group made up of wildlife managers from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico as well as other hunting conservation groups.

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Hunter who already has record archery elk adds potential Boone and Crockett world’s record Roosevelt bull

The records department of the Boone and Crockett Club recently received a Roosevelt’s elk entry, which, if confirmed by a judges panel, will be crowned the new world’s record.
The recent entry was killed by Timothy Carpenter on Sept. 21, 2023, in Humboldt County, Calif. With a preliminary score of 439 7/8 points, Carpenter’s elk smashes the previous world’s record of 419 6/8 points taken by Rick Bailey in British Columbia in 2015.

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