Around the States: Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Delaware: Sunday hunting for game birds continues to move forward in the First State after House Bill 271 advanced in the Senate Environment, Energy and Transportation Committee last Tuesday. SCI Eastern States and Local Liaison Bee Frederick testified in support of the bill and joined several in state and national sportsmen’s organizations advocating for the repeal
Sako Ups Their Game
There are a few adjectives that can be used to describe Finnish-made Sako rifles, but if you were to choose well designed, well made, accurate and reliable, you’d get no argument from me.
South Pacific
The South Pacific holds three primary hunting destinations: Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. There could be more. Papua New Guinea has been on-again, off-again. Indonesia, with 17,000 islands, has awesome potential but, despite many attempts, no outfitter has successfully waded through the murky politics.
SCI Joins with African Communities in Opposition to NY Trophy Importation Bill
New York legislators have resurrected attempts to restrict the legal import of harvested African species from the countries with the largest populations of these animals in the world—and who rely on these species to support their well-managed conservation programs. Senate bill 3302, the “Big Five African Trophies Act,” would ban in the State of New York
Around the States: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Wisconsin
Delaware: SCI issued a HAAC and a letter of support for House Bill 271 and the expansion of Sunday hunting of game birds in the state. The bill, which passed unanimously out of the house, will be heard on Wednesday, March 13 in the Senate Environment, Energy, and Transportation Committee. Kansas/Missouri: SCI Western State and Local Liaison
Federal: Committee Hearings
On Wednesday, March 6, the House Subcommittee on Waters, Wildlife, and Fisheries held a legislative hearing on H.R. 7408, the America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act (AWHCA). This legislation, sponsored by House Resources Committee Chairman and former SCI Legislator of the Year Bruce Westerman, invests $300 million to empower states to enact their wildlife action plans, and creates
Great Things On The Horizon
By W. Laird Hamberlin, SCI CEO Now is the time to mark your calendars for the beginning of the wild turkey hunting seasons in North America and for the amazing Cinegética hunting fair in Spain.
Texas Trophy Hunters Association and Safari Club International Expand with Outdoors Extravaganza
Christina Pittman 210-523-8500 [email protected] www.ttha.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Antonio, March 6, 2024 – Texas Trophy Hunters Association® (TTHA), proudly announces the expansion of the renowned Hunters Extravaganza series to encompass all things outdoors. With overwhelming success and increasing demand from the hunting and outdoor community, the organization is delighted to introduce the much-anticipated “Outdoors Extravaganza.”
Around the States: Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma
Colorado: SCI joined a coalition letter opposing three appointees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission in the confirmation hearing of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, resulting in two of the three appointments being recommended unfavorably. SCI will continue to update on the situation. Read the letter here. Kansas: House Bill 2671, which originally appeared
SCI Europe: Die Hohe Jagd, Salzburg, Austria
It was for the first time that SCI was present in the Hohe Jagd, a fair that attracts hunters, outfitters, manufacturers, clothiers, firearms companies, bowhunting exhibitors, and many others, in total more than 500 from all central Europe. The proximity to Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, North Italy brings together a large group of