In late February, SCI National held their annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Several Mid-Michigan members attended the event and all of them recommended everyone should try to attend the gala in the future.
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MT. PLEASANT COMFORT INN & SUITES
Mt. Pleasant
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
In the previous two issues we have followed the Christensen family as they experienced different hunts and South African culture on their family vacation with Marupa Safaris. We pick up their vacation on day seven of the trip.
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When I first went to Africa in 2009, bow in hand, I had only recently joined SCI and had little plan for what lie ahead. My first animal in Africa did not even count towards any slam or inner circle but the Texas heart shot from my bow while he drank at a water hole on a big baboon will always be a memory and one could say the beginning of the quest.
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MID-MICHIGAN SCI MEMBERS
Please Join us for our August Membership Meeting
MT. PLEASANT COMFORT INN & SUITES Mt. Pleasant
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023
6:00 pm - Social Hour • 6:45 pm - Dinner
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Have you been thinking about joining SCI? Here are several stories of others who have joined and why they did.
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Where is my favorite place to hunt? Once upon a very long time ago I was reading a sporting magazine about roebuck hunting in Scotland. Major Neil Ramsey of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland was a well-known and respected booking agent for this sport. So I contracted for a week on the 55,000 acre Glenlivet estate during the early May season.
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It’s the 6th Annual Mid Michigan Safari Club Golf Tournament at the Mount Pleasant Country Club. Tuesday, August 8th 2023. 7:30am Registration. 9am Shotgun Start. Four Man/Woman Scramble. $75 per person. Continental Breakfast and Luncheon. 50/50 Drawing Cash Prizes.
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Veterans Danny Holbrook and Ryan Hulce may have fought in different wars but were honored with nine other U.S. disabled veterans in Thermopolis, Wyoming during the annual Hunting with Heroes program. “The people of Wyoming were extremely good to us,” stated Vietnam Marine Veteran Danny Holbrook, “They were the nicest people I have ever met”. National Guard and Operation Iraqi Freedom Vet Ryan Hulce agreed, “We felt so welcomed.”
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The Nominating Committee is seeking names of interested members to be nominated for our upcoming election. Please provide a short paragraph about yourself to be included with election ballots. This may be helpful to introduce candidates to the membership and create awareness of their qualifications. Board meetings are generally held the first Monday of the month. Board members are expected to be in attendance at the majority of the meetings and to actively participate in board discussions, decisions and activities.
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We left for Saskatchewan on September 26, 2022 with Tim Schafer and Dawn Miles, taking three days to drive the 28 hours to Missinipe and the 15-minute flight through Osprey Wings to Hepburn Lake. We were driving Tim’s truck so we could bring home all of the moose meat we anticipated harvesting. Tim had borrowed a huge homemade cooler and we had several other smaller coolers we hoped to fill.
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Congrats to all of our Mid Michigan Chapter Award Winners!
Growing up, I was against hunting. I specifically remember telling my dad that if he killed a deer while hunting, I was going to run away. I attribute that to watching Bambi repeatedly as a child. Luckily for me, I did not have to run away (sorry dad)! My paternal family is a family of hunters and anglers. I have memories of eating fisheyes and tails at my grandfather’s kitchen table. I am sure that is what scarred me for life.
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The next morning was still fairly windy, but the temperatures were better, in the mid-forties. Not far from the lodge a group of red hartebeest were spotted. We watched as they made their way up a different koppie (rocky hill/mountain). When they made their way out of our sight Reinardt, Ivan and I climbed the koppie in an attempt to cut them off and get a shot. When we reached the top the hartebeest were nowhere to be found. It was like they vanished, but they had not. There was a small depression or valley to our right and as we slowly made our way toward it, the small herd was at the bottom. They saw us as we saw them and vacated the area quickly. Although it was a failed stalk it was an enjoyable start to the day.
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At the time I am writing this we have just finished our 44th Annual Fundraiser Convention at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. (Look for photos in our next issue.) We had a great turnout and I enjoyed talking with many of you throughout the weekend. I always get excited when the Fundraiser comes around, not only for the anticipation of possibly winning a hunt at the live auction or something in the silent auction, but to see how much we can raise to help support conservation in Michigan and around the world.
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In issue 59 the question was posed as to which caliber was your favorite and why. We received many excellent responses and published them in issue 60, however this response for Roger Froling was an all-encompassing answer that I felt could be an article of its own.
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MID-MICHIGAN SCI MEMBERS
Please Join us FOR OUR ANNUAL FIRST FOR HUNTERS' HUNTING AWARDS MEETING at BUCK'S RUN GOLF COURSE Mt. Pleasant on MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2022 6:00 pm - Social Hour 6:45 pm - Dinner
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My son Dylin is a mentally and physically challenged young man who loves to hunt with his dad. He has never let his disabilities stop him from doing what he loves. In December 2021, he had the opportunity to hunt in the disabled youth hunt at Low's Trophy Whitetail Ranch.
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This family vacation started in February of 2019 at our annual Mid-Michigan fundraiser. Eight months before the show I had taken my older son Elijah to Africa on an amazing hunt with Marupa Safaris. At the annual fundraiser my wife Sara and I got to discussing the possibility of doing the same sort of trip when our younger son Ivan was eleven, the same age Elijah was on the 2018 trip. By the end of the fundraiser a contract was written and signed and a deposit was applied to our hunt. Our dates would be during June and July of 2022.
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The ranch we were hunting was 16,000 acres of land with mountains, canyons and dried out river bottoms throughout. This part of Mexico is very dry with many different kinds of desert vegetation. The places we planned to hunt, where the turkeys historically were located, were high up on the mountain between 4,000 and 5,700 feet.
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