Grancel Fitz (1894 – May 12, 1963) was an American big-game hunter and photographer.
Fitz was born in 1894, in Philadelphia, to William H. A. Fitz. His first hunts took place in the Susquehanna River Valley area. Having hobbied photography from 1914,[1] he began doing so professionally in 1920. In 1929, he established an advertising photography business after moving to New York City. Active in the 1920s and 1930s, he worked for companies such as AT&T, Chevrolet, Ipana and Ivory[2] and received eight national prizes for his works. He married Betty Sample Haggard[3] by 1924.[4]
Betty Sample Haggard, Fitz' wife, in a 1924 publication of Der Nordstern
As a big-game hunter, Fitz hunted in places such as Africa and India. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he successfully hunted every animal in North America which was listed by the Boone and Crockett Club. He used a Remington Model 30 express chambered in .30-06 and customized by Griffin & Howe[5] He also coined "grand slam" in a big-game hunting context while writing for True in 1950, to describe the collection of every sheep variety listed in North America.[6][7] In 1953, he tied the world record for the grizzly bear score after killing one near the Klinaklini River.[8] He was also an early influencer of the Boone and Crockett Club's scoring system.[9]
