Birdman
09-02-2004, 09:42 AM
TRCP partner organization, the Boone and Crockett Club is leading a new effort to reconnect American hunters to the importance of hunting ethics and sportsmanship. Boone and Crockett has pulled together a very broad and strong coalition of individuals, organizations and companies to back the Hunt Fair Chase campaign which is focused on a very informative website: www.huntfairchase.com.
The Boone and Crockett Club was founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and the Club's Fair Chase statement was the first document outlining a code of conduct and ethics for sportsmen, which later became the cornerstone of the game laws we have today. The concept of "fair chase" as the ethical and sportsman-like pursuit and taking of wild game was first promoted by T. R. and Boone and Crockett at a time when there were no laws governing the taking of game for food or for sport. It became a universally accepted code of conduct among hunters and was crucial in launching the most successful wildlife recovery and conservation system in history.
"The circumstances of today's society indicate that it is time to reaffirm the importance of ethics and sportsmanship among hunters," explains George Bettas, Executive Director of the Boone and Crockett Club. "A movement has been at work attempting to destroy our image as hunters in a world where fewer and fewer people have any contact with the land, its wildlife, or our hunting heritage. Our credibility as hunters who ascribe to a self-imposed code of conduct is a powerful force in confronting this anti-hunting effort," Bettas continues.
"In the late 1800s and early 1900s hunters were at the center of the movement which saved our wild places and wild things when no one else could," states Bettas. "A lot of time has passed since then and most hunters today do not know how important our hunting heritage is to wildlife and habitat conservation. The Hunt Fair Chase campaign is designed to educate hunters and provide unity and leadership, all in an effort to improve our public image, which has been misleadingly represented by those who want to see hunting presented in a negative light," commented Bettas.
Please check out www.huntfairchase.com (you can get a free window decal when you visit) and read and download a host of information about hunting history; the origins of sportsmanship; how ethical hunting saved hunting and our wildlife populations; and what we can do as hunters to see that our tradition of conservation leadership will continue into the future. For information on how your company or organization can participate in this program call the Boone and Crockett Club at 406-542-1888. To learn more about the Boone and Crockett Club go to their website at www.boone-crockett.org.
The Boone and Crockett Club was founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and the Club's Fair Chase statement was the first document outlining a code of conduct and ethics for sportsmen, which later became the cornerstone of the game laws we have today. The concept of "fair chase" as the ethical and sportsman-like pursuit and taking of wild game was first promoted by T. R. and Boone and Crockett at a time when there were no laws governing the taking of game for food or for sport. It became a universally accepted code of conduct among hunters and was crucial in launching the most successful wildlife recovery and conservation system in history.
"The circumstances of today's society indicate that it is time to reaffirm the importance of ethics and sportsmanship among hunters," explains George Bettas, Executive Director of the Boone and Crockett Club. "A movement has been at work attempting to destroy our image as hunters in a world where fewer and fewer people have any contact with the land, its wildlife, or our hunting heritage. Our credibility as hunters who ascribe to a self-imposed code of conduct is a powerful force in confronting this anti-hunting effort," Bettas continues.
"In the late 1800s and early 1900s hunters were at the center of the movement which saved our wild places and wild things when no one else could," states Bettas. "A lot of time has passed since then and most hunters today do not know how important our hunting heritage is to wildlife and habitat conservation. The Hunt Fair Chase campaign is designed to educate hunters and provide unity and leadership, all in an effort to improve our public image, which has been misleadingly represented by those who want to see hunting presented in a negative light," commented Bettas.
Please check out www.huntfairchase.com (you can get a free window decal when you visit) and read and download a host of information about hunting history; the origins of sportsmanship; how ethical hunting saved hunting and our wildlife populations; and what we can do as hunters to see that our tradition of conservation leadership will continue into the future. For information on how your company or organization can participate in this program call the Boone and Crockett Club at 406-542-1888. To learn more about the Boone and Crockett Club go to their website at www.boone-crockett.org.