Founded in 1887
Missoula, Montana
The oldest wildlife conservation organization in North America
- 1887 Founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell
- initiator of the first National Parks, including Yellowstone, Glacier, Denali and Grand Canyon
- the initiator of the first legislation for wildlife
– Timberland Reserve Bill
– Yellowstone Protection Act
– Lacey Act
– Migratory Bird Treaty Act
– Alaskan Game Laws - champion of the earliest science-based wildlife management efforts and legislation
– the National Wildlife Refuge System Act
– the creation of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units
Boone and Crockett Club
250 Station Drive
Missoula, Montana 59801
406.542.1888
boone-crockett.org
About the Boone and Crockett Club
The Boone and Crockett Club was proposed by Theodore Roosevelt at a dinner at his New York City home in December 1887 and organized in January 1888, with Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell as its founders. Named for frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, it brought together hunters who saw that America’s big game was disappearing and that hunters had to lead its recovery.
The club wrote the “fair chase” statement of hunting ethics that still shapes how ethical hunters define a legitimate hunt, and it maintains the scoring and data system used to record North American big game. Those records serve as a long-term measure of wildlife health as well as a source of hunting history. Now headquartered in Missoula, Montana, the club operates as a nonprofit that describes itself as a conservation think tank, and it runs education programs at the 6,060-acre Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch in Dupuyer, Montana. For gun owners, the club is a reminder that hunters and shooters were among the first and most effective American conservationists.
Key Facts
- December 1887: Proposed by Theodore Roosevelt in New York City
- January 1888: Formally organized
- Founders: Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell
- Authored the fair chase statement of hunter ethics
- 2026: Headquartered in Missoula, Montana
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