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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 observations 

 on the habits and natural history of, the various wild 

 animals. 



5. To bring about among the members the interchange 

 of opinions and ideas on hunting, travel and exploration; 

 on the various kinds of hunting rifles; on the haunts of 

 game animals, etc. 



Article III. 

 No one shall be eligible for regular membership who 



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