MISSOULA, Mont.--The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) has stepped forward to sponsor one of North America’s longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management--the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Awards, July 17-20 in Reno, Nev. The triennial event will be held at the Silver Legacy Hotel in Reno. It features a public exhibition of World’s Records, Top 5 trophies and records-book specimens taken by hunters age 16 and under during the past three years.
"Boone and Crockett began hosting public exhibitions of big game trophies in 1947," said Club President Bill Demmer. "It’s an opportunity for people to see the trophies that we honor as symbols of America’s incredibly successful conservation system. It’s a system led and funded primarily by hunters, but it benefits all wildlife as well as all citizens who...