Boone and Crockett Club Policy on Found/Picked-Up Trophies

The Boone and Crockett Club sets the rules for entering a trophy into its records books, which are based primarily on principles of wildlife conservation and fair chase. The fact that the Club accepts entries that have not been harvested by a hunter, but instead are "found" by people (whether…

on a hunt or not) may be surprising to some, but there are sound reasons for doing so. Found trophies include animals that die of natural causes, such as advanced age, environmental factors, and predation. Found trophies also include animals that die of unnatural causes, such as vehicle collisions.