Constitution of the Boone and Crockett Club 



FOUNDED DECEMBER, 1 887. 



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, por- 

 tions 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 obser- 

 vations 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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