Lifetime Achievement Awards

Named for the late founder and chairman emeritus of Safari Club International, the C.J. McElroy Award was established in 1995.

The award honors a member of SCI who has made great contributions to the sport of hunting, achieved excellence in worldwide hunting, displayed a dedication to the conservation of wildlife, has a history of service to the global hunting community and to Safari Club International’s goals.

Potential nominees must show exemplary ethics in the sport of hunting and be committed to SCI’s programs and mission statement.

Induction into the Safari Club International Hall of Fame is perhaps the most prestigious honor bestowed upon an SCI member.

Introduced in 1984, potential inductees are nominated by SCI members. The Hall of Fame Award selection committee ranks each nominee based upon the following criteria:

• History of service to the world hunting community
• Dedication to Safari Club International’s goals of conservation
• Protecting the freedom to hunt and educating the public

Hall of Fame Award criteria does not include the candidates’ hunting accomplishments. A unique bronze statue is presented to the inductee during the Annual Hunters’ Convention.

The International Hunting Award was established in 1984 to honor the great hunters of the world.

Possible candidates are those hunters who have achieved excellence in the field, hunted extensively and are actively hunting at the time of selection. Candidates must be responsible hunters who demonstrate ethical values through years of hunting experience worldwide.

Selection is based solely on specific and well-defined hunting achievements, such as:

• Number and quality of trophies entered into the SCI Record Book
• Method of take utilized 
• The total number of individual and cumulative awards earned through the SCI World Hunting Award Program

All candidates must have completed at Diamond Level:

• Mountain Game of the World
• Animals of Africa
• Animals of North America

These criteria result in scores used to determine the recipient of this prestigious award. 

Established in 1987, the SCI & Bass Pro Shop/Cabela’s Young Hunter Award recognizes an outstanding young SCI member between the ages of 15 and 25.

Candidates for this award must:

• Complete the application
• Compose a 500-word essay on the topic “How I Am A Role Model for Hunting”
• Complete a hunter safety education certification course
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from an SCI chapter and another from a school administrator.

A subset of the Awards and Recognition Committee selects the recipient of the Young Hunter Award. Applications are scored based on:

• 30 percent conservation work and community service
• 25 percent hunting and outdoor experience
• 25 percent role model for hunting (including essay)
• 10 percent SCI chapter recommendation
• 10 percent overall judgment of applicant by the Awards and Recognition Committee

The top male and female applicant with the highest overall percentage are declared the winners and will be recognized at the SCI Annual Hunters’ Convention.

A Methuselah hunter recognizes the age and value of experience and prides themselves in choosing to pursue the oldest battle tested big game animals over those that are younger or larger.

Set your sights on an ancient warrior (with battle wounds to prove it) that has outsmarted and endured all the predators while leaving the next generation of breeders to carry on their conservation legacy. Methuselah hunters see the perfection in imperfections and take pride in knowing they harvest animals who have already passed on their genes to the next generation.

Pursue the ultimate achievement with pride by hunting those animals we honor as the Methuselah!

Each Methuselah entry helps qualify a member to receive the Methuselah award on stage at the Night of the Hunter event during the annual SCI Convention. To qualify for the award, members must have taken five Methuselah animals from two different continents.