Boone and Crockett Club

Founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt, George Bird Grinnell, and other hunters, the Boone and Crockett Club is widely described as North America’s oldest wildlife and habitat conservation organization. From the start, it focused on stopping the decline of big game and promoting what it calls the ethical ideal of fair chase.

The Club’s history is closely tied to the rise of American conservation. On its official site, it points to work connected with wildlife laws, national parks, wildlife refuges, and long-term habitat protection. Historical summaries also note Roosevelt’s early leadership and the group’s role in pushing hunting and conservation into a more organized, science-minded direction.

Today, the Boone and Crockett Club is best known for conservation advocacy, hunter ethics, education, and big game records keeping. Rather than a single author in the usual sense, it is an institution with a long public voice in outdoor writing and conservation history.