The Boone and Crockett Club 



Early in 1894, the Forest and Stream recom- 

 mended that sportsmen who really desired the 

 preservation of our game should adopt as a plank 

 in their platform or as an article of faith in their 

 creed the declaration that "The sale of game 

 must be forbidden at all times." This, to the 

 general public when first announced, seemed an 

 entirely novel and impractical idea, and was gener- 

 ally laughed at. The Boone and Crockett Club, 

 however, instantly recognized the importance of 

 the principle, and led the way in teaching thinking 

 sportsmen to see that the most certain and effective 

 method to end market hunting was to cut off the 

 market in which professional hunters sold their 

 game. 



The principle announced sixteen years ago has 

 in an astonishingly short time found general accept- 

 ance throughout North America, and in one form 

 or another is now embodied in the statutes of most 

 of the North American States, Provinces and Ter- 

 ritories. Its importance has been recognized on 

 other continents and the principle has been put in 

 practice by the British in Africa. It is one of the 

 most far-reaching steps ever taken to protect 

 indigenous fauna. 



In the year 1904, Hon. George Shiras, 3d, a 

 member of the Club, introduced into the House of 



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