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Since the turn of the last century the Boone and Crockett Club has been associated with ranking big game animals by measurements of their horns and antlers. Our first involvement can be traced to the First Annual Sportsmen’s Exposition held in New York City in 1895. Roosevelt, along with two other prominent B&C members, Archibald Rogers and George Bird Grinnell served as judges. This was during the period of rampant westward expansion and the near decimation of the big game species of North America. This continued through the early part of the 20th century. In an attempt to preserve what was once present on the North American landscape, Club members William T. Hornaday and Madison Grant began compiling the National Collection of Heads and Horns. They were certain the ship had passed and wildlife would soon be only found in history books and museums.

Amazingly B&C and its members were able to turn the tide by putting hunting under the guidelines of Fair Chase, a new concept to sportsmen of that era, and passing game laws, which halted the downward spiral of game populations. Through their efforts, game species began to recover. It became clear that collecting the best specimens was no longer needed, and tracking recovery was the next step to take.

By creating a scoring system in 1950, rewarding the traits of the healthiest specimens, B&C intended to document all mature big game species being harvested or found to serve as a gauge of overall habitat quality. By listing hunters taking these animals in Fair Chase conditions B&C continues to promote ethics and sound game management. What started as looking for the best has become the longest standing data set of big game recovery and your help is needed to continue. Whether you found a deer right at the 160-minimum score for typical whitetails or have the largest ever whitetail harvested in your county, we need the data. To learn more about big game records and its place in conservation visit
www.boone-crockett.org