New Refuge in Mississippi Protects Birthplace of Fair Chase

The Boone and Crockett Club is celebrating the Oct. 25 dedication of the new Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge near Rolling Fork, Miss. The 6,600-acre refuge named for the Club’s iconic founder is the birthplace of fair-chase hunting ethics--and the Teddy bear. Boone…

and Crockett Club regular member and Wildlife Mississippi executive director James L. Cummins of Stoneville, Miss., was instrumental in working with Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) in crafting legislation to create the refuge. Lowell E.