HUGE news out of New Jersey – a regulated bear hunting season could return next month!
The state’s Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP) will be up for discussion and potential approval at the next Fish and Game Council meeting on Tuesday, November 15. Black bear hunting has been closed on state lands since 2018 and, despite a lawsuit from SCI, Sportsmen’s Alliance, and the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance, the Commissioner
A Track In The Snow
By Brian Payne The track was there in the newly fallen snow, plain as could be. Had it been any fresher, we likely would have spotted the cat that made it. The mountain lion was likely a big tom based on the size of the track. He had probably heard us coming on the snowmobile
Salvation Is In The Details
By Sven K. Lindquist, SCI President In most things, both the devil and the salvation are in the details. For SCI, attention to detail is our salvation. SCI is moving forward in a lot of ways that don’t normally make headlines yet are critical to the health and well-being of the organization. We’re talking about
Update from the USFWS and CITES Look-Ahead
Last month, SCI Foundation hosted its annual African Wildlife Consultative Forum in Maputo, Mozambique which was attended by SCI’s advocacy team, African government officials, community leaders, wildlife biologists, and other hunting and conservation stakeholders. Each year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) sends representatives to the forum to provide updates on one of the
SCI Convention’s Grand Finale Entertainment Announced!
Saturday night will wrap up Safari Club International’s (SCI) inaugural experience in Nashville featuring an exclusive performance by the iconic, legendary, ultimate rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd! Lynyrd Skynyrd rocks on with original member Gary Rossington joined by Johnny Van Zant, Rickey Medlocke, Mark “Sparky” Matejka, Michael Cartellone, Johnny Colt, Peter Keys, Dale Krantz Rossington, and
SCI’s Endorsed Candidates 2022
With one week to go until the 2022 midterm elections, every hunter needs to make their voting plans for Tuesday, November 8th! The midterms historically show the pulse of the country and overall approval of the sitting President, and history shows the majority in Congress flipping to the opposite party during the midterm of a first
Friday Night Entertainment at SCI Convention Announced!
(Washington, D.C) – SCI’s annual convention promises to be an action-packed week in Nashville from February 22-25, 2023. Following Wednesday night entertainment, The Frontmen with Gretchen Wilson, and Thursday’s Big & Rich, SCI is excited to announce that Friday evening will feature the amazing Lee Brice. With over 3 billion on-demand streams, and over 3.6
PH Spotlight – Stefan Bengtsson, Scandinavian Prohunters
SCI: What is your most memorable experience with a client? SB: It was with a client who was 93 years old. He came to our booth at one of the SCI Conventions in Reno and asked, “Are you guiding?” He said he wanted to hunt in Sweden. He said he had hunted around the world
The Roosevelt Sable
By Craig Boddington The magnificent sable antelope, Hippotragus niger “black horse-goat” was identified to Western science by Cornwallis Harris in 1836, initially called “the Harris buck.” The body is indeed horse-like, tall at the withers with powerful shoulders, thick neck and an erect mane. Black is also apt, except only mature males attain the glossy