Interviewer
Gyongyver "Kitty" Beuchert
Files
Description
Elmer Rusten describes growing up in Eau Clair, Wisconsin, where he learned to hunt and fish. He discusses his stance on trophy hunting as a conservation tool, specifically focusing on sheep populations. Rusten recalls his hunting trip to Kodiak, Alaska, where he hunted a trophy bear and met Donald Hopkins, a Boone and Crockett Club member. Rusten discusses his interest in the Club and his time as an official measurer and judge for the Big Game Committee. He also talks about serving as the chairman of the records-keeping program and some of the limits and guidelines that were used to score animals. Rusten describes the transition from keeping records for the sake of having them to using them in a competition-based program. He talks about the Club’s arrangement with the National Rifle Association [NRA] to co-sponsor the North American Big Game Committee. He mentions the origins of the Sagamore Hill Award.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Donald S. Hopkins; Boone and Crockett Club; Wildlife conservation; Conservation efforts; Roosevelt family; Trophy hunting; Fair chase regulations; Wild sheep populations; Sagamore Hill; North American Big Game Committee; National Rifle Association [NRA]
Original Date
6-18-1979
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Boone and Crockett Club Oral History Project, OH 297, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 297-025
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (23 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:56:44 minutes
Local Filename
OH_297_025.mp3; OH_297_025.pdf
Citation
Rusten, Elmer M., "Elmer M. Rusten Interview, June 18, 1979" (1979). Boone and Crockett Club Oral History Project. 11.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/booneandcrockett_oralhistory/11