Fiocchi also sponsoring Whitetail/Coues’ Display and “Hunt Fair Chase” Award
MISSOULA, Mont. (April 23, 2025) – The Boone and Crockett Club is honored to announce CSG member Fiocchi of America as the presenting sponsor of the 32nd Triennial Big Game Awards Judges Panel and Media Summit being held this week in Springfield, Missouri. Fiocchi is also the proud sponsor of the Club’s prestigious Hunt Fair Chase Award and the Whitetail/Coues’ deer display. During the Judges Panel, Boone and Crockett’s top Official Measurers will work in pairs to confirm the final scores for the most remarkable mounts accepted into the Club’s record book over the past three years. The Media Summit invites a small group of outdoor media professionals to learn more about the Boone and Crockett Club and get an inside look into the meticulous judging process as well as the significance of the big game records program; participants will also get a behind the scenes look at Fiocchi’s Ozark-based manufacturing facility. The Judges Panel and Media Summit is the kickoff to the 32nd Big Game Awards display that opens on May 1 in Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium.
“Fiocchi is proud to return as the presenting sponsor of the Judges Panel and Media Summit as well as the Hunt Fair Chase Award and Whitetail/Coues’ display during the Boone and Crockett Club’s 32nd Big Game Awards,” commented Christian Hogg, director of marketing and new product development for Fiocchi of America. “This event is a spotlight on conservation successes that make exceptional wildlife still a possibility to all hunters and is also a testament to the importance of Fair Chase and hunting ethics.”
The Boone and Crockett Club has been measuring the antlers, horns, and skulls of North American big game since 1895 with the original vision of creating a record of what was thought to be the vanishing wildlife in the country. Conservation efforts initiated by sportsmen helped to recover species and records-keeping helps to document these conservation successes. The 32nd Big Game Awards honors the most exceptional animals accepted into Boone and Crockett’s records program since January 2022. This event is more than a celebration of hunting achievements; it highlights the vital role conservation plays in preserving North America’s wildlife heritage, a mission deeply rooted in the Club’s history since its founding in 1887.
This year’s judges panel includes 27 official measurers from across the United States and Canada. Each of the measurers has decades of experience measuring trophies, and some have been measuring for the Boone and Crockett Club since the 1970s. The judges work in teams of two and each mount is scored by two separate teams who work independently to verify the final score for the animal.
“We greatly appreciate Fiocchi’s sponsorship of the Judges Panel and Media Summit as well as the Whitetail/Coues’ display, but we particularly value their support of the Hunt Fair Chase Award that is such a critical part of our tradition and future of ethical hunting,” said Mike Opitz, chairman of the Records of North American Big Game Committee for the Boone and Crockett Club.
After the mounts are panel scored, they will be hung in the 32nd Big Game Awards display in the Bucks and Bulls Hall of Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium in Springfield. The display, which will open on May 1st, will provide Wonders of Wildlife attendees an unparalleled opportunity to view this collection of wildlife and conservation success that will only ever be seen all together in this display.
The 32nd Big Game Awards culminates July 24-26 – for updates and ticket information, visit the Boone and Crockett Club’s website at www.boone-crockett.org/big-game-awards.
About the Boone and Crockett Club
Founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887, the Boone and Crockett Club promotes guardianship and visionary management of big game and wildlife in North America. The Club maintains the highest standards of fair chase sportsmanship and habitat stewardship. Member accomplishments include enlarging and protecting Yellowstone and establishing Glacier and Denali national parks, founding the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System, fostering the Pittman-Robertson and Lacey Acts, creating the Federal Duck Stamp program, and developing the cornerstones of modern game laws. The Boone and Crockett Club is headquartered in Missoula, Montana. Click here to learn more about the Boone and Crockett Club.
About FIOCCHI
Since 1983, Fiocchi of America has been based in Ozark, Missouri. As a stand-alone, US-based arm of the greater Fiocchi global brands, Fiocchi of America and Baschieri & Pellagri USA continue to integrate and launch new products directed towards the US market. Today, Fiocchi furthers its expansion of products in the hunting, conceal carry, self-defense, and law enforcement market channels. Fiocchi offers a full portfolio of target and hunting shotshells, centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition, match and standard-grade rimfire .22LR, specialty and classic cartridges, reloading components, and blanks. To learn more about Fiocchi and explore their line of products, visit fiocchiusa.com.
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