OCT, 2012 "In The Crosshairs"
October 12, 2012
Entertainment Shines
at Safari Club International’s 41st Annual Hunters’ Convention:
Tucson, Ariz. – The world’s greatest convention dedicated to
North American and international hunting will open its doors on
January 23, 2013 to begin the 41st Annual Safari Club
International Hunters’ Convention. Every year, the evening
entertainment at the SCI convention is a star studded gala.
The 2013 Hunters’ Convention will feature world-famous entertainers
including country music legends Montgomery Gentry, Travis Tritt, and
Artie Dean Harris. Please visit SCI’s blog to read more:
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Legal Action Stops Bill
Banning Sport Hunting In Costa Rica: In a lawsuit
challenging the constitutionality of the popular initiative that led
to the approval in the first instance of an amendment to the law of
Costa Rica wildlife that would have banned the sport hunting, but
not the scientific collection of subsistence, groups representing
community sport hunters managed to stop the second debate and
possible enactment of this harmful proposal. For the full article,
please visit http://wp.me/p2C4PF-3q
Court Ruling Allows Minnesota's First
Managed Wolf Hunt To Be Held: On Wednesday,
October 10, 2012, the Minnesota Court of Appeals cleared the way for
the state’s wolf hunt to proceed as planned. The Court denied
a preliminary injunction to stop the hunt that had been requested by
animal rights groups. The court ruled that the groups failed
to demonstrate that the harvest would cause their members
irreparable harm. Although an emergency stay of the hunt was
averted, the underlying case to challenge the legality of the hunt
will continue. The groups will proceed with their claim that
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources did not allow adequate
public input in the wolf hunt rulemaking process. Safari Club
International will soon be asking the court for leave to intervene
in the case and to join the state in defending the hunt.
Grand Slam & Inner
Circle Listing End of the Year Sale!:
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary End of the Year Sale! Get
your Grand Slam and Inner Circle Listings at the original price of
$100. Take this opportunity to get caught up on your World Hunting
Awards! Limited Time Only Offer Expires 12/31/2012! Call Forrest
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Our Backcountry
is Burning, Help SCI Save Habitat Today: MILLIONS of
acres of public lands have been blocked from timber harvest and
other active management, reducing long term habitat improvements and
increasing devastation from forest fires. How will we take the next
generation of hunters afield without properly managed public lands?
Please visit
www.hunterdefensefund.org to help protect our hunting heritage.
Safari Club International Supports Right To
Hunt, Fish Ballot Measures: Today, Safari Club
International released three statements supporting Right to Hunt and
Fish ballot measures in the states of Idaho, Nebraska, and Kentucky.
If passed, the ballot measures would enact state constitutional
amendments providing legal protections for hunting. While the
language varies from state-to-state, examples of protections include
the recognition of individual rights to hunt, fish and trap,
preservation of scientific wildlife management policies, protection
of traditional hunting methods such as the use of archery tackle,
the use of bird dogs, and the recognition of hunting and fishing as
a preferred means of wildlife management.
SCI Members Dr. Jim & Mrs. Mary Clary Named To
Albuquerque BLM Resource Advisory Council:
Please join all of us at SCI in congratulating Dr. James Clary and
Mrs. Mary Clary on their recent appointments to the Albuquerque
District Resource Advisory Council. Dr. Clary is an active member of
SCI and an avid hunter. He is currently a member of the American
Fisheries Society, the Association of Old Crows, the Society of
Sigma Xi, the American Institute of Research Fisheries, and the New
York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Clary received his Doctorate in
Zoology from Pennsylvania State University, attained the rank of
Major in the U.S. Air Force during his 14 years of service and is a
life member of the Disabled American Veterans & Veterans of Foreign
Wars. He has also co-authored over 100 books and papers with his
spouse Mary Clary. Mrs. Clary is a life member of SCI and has
received two Gold Medal awards. She is currently the Women's Editor
for Guns and Shooting Online as well as a Field Writer for Universal
Hunter Magazine. Jim and Mary will each serve a three year term on
the council, which provides advice to the BLM’s Albuquerque District
Manager regarding management of public land resources within the
council’s jurisdiction.
Lesser Prairie Chicken
Population Surveyed Range-Wide: "The lesser prairie
chicken is an iconic grassland grouse species native to parts of
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. However, long-term
population declines have brought state and federal agencies together
in an attempt to better manage lesser prairie chickens and their
habitats. Through a multi-state collaborative effort, the first
statistically-valid, range-wide population estimate for the lesser
prairie chicken has been produced, according to the Western
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ (WAFWA) Grassland
Initiative. The range-wide lesser prairie chicken population is
estimated at 37,170 individuals." (Source: OutdoorHub.com) To read
more, please visit http://bit.ly/OWP5F7
Public Access For
Hunting, Trapping Gained On Nearly 3,000 Acres: “A huge
tract of land in western Schuylkill County has been opened to public
hunting and trapping, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced
today. The 2,900 acres in Failey, Reilly and Tremont townships is
owned by Wilkes-Barre-based Pagnotti Enterprise, parent company of
the Natural Coal Company and Indian Head Coal Company, and is known
locally as Fountain Mountain, Indian Head and Middle Creek. Until
this year it was posted against trespass and only accessible for
hunting with an access permit from the landowner.” (Source:PennLive.com)
To read more, please visit http://bit.ly/QfMfYM