_E.W. Nelson_.
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 shall not have
killed with the rifle, in fair chase, by still-hunting or otherwise, at
least one individual of each of three of the various kinds of American
large game.
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