Every three years, dating back to 1970, the Boone and Crockett Club has united the big game hunting community in celebration of our systems of conservation and big game management, the fair chase sportsmen that support these programs, and the trophies. All wildlife and their habitats depend on the participation, funding and observation-based input from hunters. Outstanding trophies that exist today are the result of the most success natural resource paradigm in the history of mankind.

After years of data collection the Boone and Crockett Club’s first records book, Records of North American Big Game, was published in 1932. Shortly thereafter the Club began hosting annual competitions, bringing together interested sportsmen and the largest trophies taken. Later, these competitions became triennial Big Game Awards, timed to coincide with the publication of the Club’s updated records book.

28th Big Game Awards
The next of these three-year Awards Programs will be the Boone and Crockett Club’s 28th Big Game Awards celebration held July 17-21, 2013 in Reno, Nevada.

Location
Silvery Legacy Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada

Purpose
Every three years dating back to 1970 the Boone and Crockett Club has gathered in celebration of the successes in big game conservation and management and to recognize the most outstanding native North American big game trophies taken during the previous three-year period. Without the provident management by state and federal agencies under the Public Trust Doctrine, such mature species would not exist and be available for sportsmen to harvest.

The top five trophies in each of 36 categories of native North American big game will be invited, along with their trophy owners and families, to this celebration. Invited trophies are panel scored by senior B&C measurers and individual awards per species category are determined.

Public Wildlife
All trophies eligible for Boone and Crockett records are publicly owned wildlife managed by states and provinces. As such, Awards trophies are placed on public display during the Awards weekend celebration.

Awards Events
During this three-day gathering, the Club will be hosting a number of events including a welcoming reception, hunting seminars, a special recognition dinner for B&C Official Measures and young trophy owners, a fund-raising auction, and the Awards Banquet and presentation of coveted Awards medallions and certificates.

Myra Smith is pictured at right with her award-winning mule deer taken in Sonora, Mexico. Smith accepts a First Award medallion and plaque from VP of Big Game Records Keeping, Buck Buckner, at the 26th Big Game Awards Banquet held in 2007 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Guests
The guest list will include invited trophy owners and their families, Boone and Crockett Club members, the outdoor media, and all those with an interest and appreciation for outstanding big game trophies and big game hunting.

Special Guests
The Club will be inviting and honoring young hunters who have taken Boone and Crockett qualifying trophies within the past three years during a special celebration recognizing the importance of the next generation to our systems of conservation and game management. Joining them and invited 28th Awards trophy owners will be trophy owners of past awards events.

Auction
A fund-raising auction will be held to recognize participating partners and to raise money for the Boone and Crockett Club’s on-going mission-based programs including, youth education, research grants, university professorships, conservation policy, and land and hunting ethics programs. In keeping with the theme of excellence in wildlife conservation and management, hunts offered at this auction will represent the best areas known for producing today’s trophy game.