The Boone and Crockett Club 



dence had with the Governor-General of Canada 

 in recent years, was followed by action looking 

 toward the protection of the wood buffalo and the 

 musk-ox. 



It thus appears that since its establishment in 

 1888, the purposes and activities of the Boone and 

 Crockett Club have wholly changed it might be 

 said, have been reversed. Beginning as a club of 

 riflemen, apparently concerned only with their own 

 recreation, it early discovered that more important 

 work was to be done in the field of protection than 

 in that of destruction. No sooner had the Club 

 been organized and begun to consider the subjects 

 which most interested it, than it became apparent 

 that on all hands the selfishness of individuals was 

 rapidly doing away with all the natural things of 

 this country, and that a halt must be called. The 

 Club was fortunate in numbering among its mem- 

 bers certain men, who had been active in various 

 fields, and when a subject came up that required 

 investigation, some member of the Club was 

 usually found who either knew the subject or knew 

 where to go for information concerning it. 



A detailed history of the Club during the past 

 twenty years would be of much interest and would 

 show far better than can a reminiscent paper, such 



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