Youth Entries in B&C Records Up 126 Percent

MISSOULA, Mont. (March 20, 2013)—Young hunters age 16 and under have taken 152 Boone and Crockett-qualifying trophies over the past three years.

That total represents a 126 percent increase over the previous three-year period.

Each trophy will be listed in the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Awards book due out later this year, and each young hunter has been invited to display their trophy at one of North America’s longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management—the 28th Big Game Awards event, July 17-20 in Reno, Nev.

The triennial event at the Silver Legacy Hotel in Reno features a public exhibition of new World’s...