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| Formation | December 21, 1887 |
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| Founders | Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell |
| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization |
| Headquarters | Missoula, Montana, U.S. |
| Website | www |
The Boone and Crockett Club is an American nonprofit organization that advocates fair chase hunting in support of habitat conservation. The club is North America's oldest wildlife and habitat conservation organization, founded in the United States in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. The club was named in honor of hunter-heroes of the day, Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, whom the club's founders viewed as pioneering men who hunted extensively while opening the American frontier, but realized the consequences of overharvesting game. In addition to authoring a famous "fair chase" statement of hunter ethics,[1] the club worked for the expansion and protection of Yellowstone National Park and the establishment of American conservation in general. The club and its members were also responsible for the elimination of commercial market hunting, creation of the National Park and National Forest Services, National Wildlife Refuge system, wildlife reserves, and funding for conservation, all under the umbrella of what is known today as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.[2]
The club is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, which is also the home of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
- ^ "Boone and Crockett Club | Fair Chase Statement | Wildlife Conservation | Deer Hunting | Elk Hunting | Big Game Hunting". Boone-crockett.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ^ The Wildlife Society – The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Public Trust Doctrine Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine