Bell Family Blue Bags

Bell Family Blue Bags SCI Convention presents a great opportunity for saying hello to old friends you’ve hunted with before, and of course for shopping and planning your future adventures. Dear to our heart, John and Judy Sholes made sure their next safari includes a day to deliver love and goods to the locals who live …

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SCI Foundation Partners With Wyoming Game & Fish For Bear Spray Giveaways/Trainings

SCI Foundation Partners With Wyoming Game & Fish For Bear Spray Giveaways/Trainings PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT: In partnership together, we’re holding three local events to give away bear spray and offer bear safety training to outdoor recreationists at no cost to them. Just show up at the following locations: Approximately 100 cans of bear spray will …

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Field Update: Missouri Black Bears

Field Update: Missouri Black Bears Because of hunters who generously donated to SCI Foundation in recent years, we’ve worked with Missouri’s Department of Conservation since 2010 to help with a decade’s long population estimation study. We’re glad to report this resulted in a new hunting opportunity (because a huntable population is a healthy and sustainable one). …

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Sables Happenings at Convention

Sables Happenings at Convention BY: Vicki Swan, Sables President If you are a seasoned convention-goer like me, you know the importance of strategizing to see everything at SCI’s Annual Hunters’ Convention. Here’s what’s happening with Sables this year, so you can be sure to plan accordingly. SABLES GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING The Sables General Membership Meeting will …

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Loretta Lynn’s Last Guitar

Loretta Lynn’s Last Guitar Little did we know this guitar Vicki Swan and I purchased in May of 2022 for $100, would be the last item Loretta Lynn would autograph prior to her death October 4, 2022. It was several months earlier that Mark Moore (President of Music City Chapter), his wife Ann Marie, my wife …

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT — Steve Jackson

DONOR SPOTLIGHT — STEVE JACKSON Let’s have a brief discussion about your background with the outdoors and relationship with hunting. What type of activities do you enjoy in your personal time in the great outdoors? It could be hunting or something else you’re passionate about.  I’ve been hunting and shooting since the age of six. My …

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SCIF Veterans Committee DEADLINES

SCIF VETERANS COMMITTEE DEADLINES SCIF Veterans Committee Sets November 30th, 2022 Deadline for Chapter Awards and Wounded Combat Veteran Application. The SCIF Veterans Committee has begun planning the next Veterans Breakfast Auction and Sweepstakes Event for 2023. The breakfast will be during the SCI Convention at a new day and time — Saturday morning. As always, …

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SCI Foundation Champions African Wildlife Conservation at 20th Annual AWCF in Mozambique

SCI Foundation Champions African Wildlife Conservation at 20th Annual AWCF in Mozambique Last week, Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF) hosted its 20th annual African Wildlife Consultative Forum (AWCF) in Maputo, Mozambique. This year’s Forum once again brought together a diverse group of international stakeholders—from African government officials to wildlife biologists. Sessions during the five-day event focused on the …

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SCI Foundation establishes William L. Hamberlin II annual scholarship in College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University

SCI Foundation establishes William L. Hamberlin II annual scholarship in College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University The Safari Club International Foundation has established an annual scholarship for students in Auburn University’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, or CFWE, with a declared major in wildlife ecology and management or wildlife enterprise management in …

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