Constitution of the Boone and Crockett Club 



FOUNDED DECEMBER 1887. 



Article I. 



This Club shall be known as the Boone and 

 Crockett Club. 



Article II. 



The objects of the Club shall be : 



1. To promote manly sport with the rifle. 



2. To promote travel and exploration in the wild 

 and unknown, or but partially known, portions of the 

 country. 



3. To work for the preservation of the large game 

 of this country, and, so far as possible, to further 

 legislation for that purpose, and to assist in enforcing 

 the existing laws. 



4. To promote inquiry into, and to record observa- 

 tions on, the habits and natural history of the various 

 wild animals. 



5. To bring about among the members the inter- 

 change of opinions and ideas on hunting, travel and 

 exploration ; on the various kinds of hunting rifles ; 

 on the haunts of game animals, etc. 



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