“boone and crockett club”

For most big game hunters, the chance to square your sights on a 400-inch elk is an once-in-a-lifetime thrill. Every time an elk hunter sends a bugle echoing through the hills he's hoping to get closer to the ultimate Wapiti record breaker. To help all you bone collectors get pumped up for this season, we've compiled eight examples of Boone & Crockett elk. Enjoy. (photos: Boone & Crockett Club)

No, I don't have list of every single deer killed in 2010. I also don't have a source at Boone & Crockett feeding me inside information on the the record books giants that were taken down this fall.

Extremist environmental groups often get their legal fees reimbursed by the federal government under the Equal Justice Act.

Law-enforcement officers confiscated 41 heads when they busted Wendell Taylor and Gregory W. Crockarell “trophy poaching” on Fort Campbell military base last year.

TheQuestion: "What’s the best spot to kill a monster whitetail on a week-long trip?"

This question came from a comment on a previous blog post on destinations for whitetails.

If you want to shoot a whopper deer, elk or bear, you have to be hunting in an area where such critters exist. Seems like a simple concept, doesn’t it? And yet most hunters do not take the time to do the research necessary to tell them where the odds are best at scoring big.

"Records of North American Whitetail Deer" offers the most complete book of trophy records on the market.

Tag along during a spot-and-stalk for a magnificent pronghorn in New Mexico.