SCI Helps Plan Your First African Safari
Safari Club International 12.18.12
Planning a safari is unlike the planning for most of your travels. The preparation and anticipation of the actual trip can be almost as exciting as the safari itself.
In a world where nature reigns, one must be prepared. The first stop on your adventure begins at the “Your First African Safari” seminar to be held during the 41st Annual SCI Hunters’ Convention in Reno, Nevada held January 23-26, 2013.
SCI’s longest-running seminar, moderated by Craig Boddington and hosted by the leading experts in their fields, “Your First African Safari” is a panel discussion intended for hunters in any stage of planning their first African safari. Panelists include:
- Beverly Wunderlich, owner of B&J Adventures and Safaris
- Beverly is a veteran hunting consultant on pros and cons of booking through an agent rather than direct. She will also discuss the details: paperwork, making flight arrangements and shipping trophies.
- Ludo Wurfbain, owner of Safari Press and Publisher of Sports Afield Magazine
- Ludo will suggest what to read before, during and after your safari.
- Johan Calitz, legendary African outfitter and PH
- Johan will discuss what outfitters and PH’s expect from clients, and what you should expect from them.
- Jack Atcheson, Jr., experienced outfitter and former taxidermist
- Jack tells how to get the best mounts of your African trophies.
- Craig Boddington, world renowned hunter, writer, book author and TV host
- Craig will cover guns and loads, shooting tips, and equipment for safari.
Please visit http://www.showsci.org/static/Members/?Action=Sem to see a full list of seminars.
To learn more about the 41st Annual Hunters’ Convention events and register for the convention, visit www.ShowSCI.org. Tickets for the 2013 convention are being sold faster than any show in SCI history.
Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI’s two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. But how did SCI as an organization begin?
Forty years ago, there were many safari clubs across the country made up of local, unaffiliated groups of hunters. One such was Safari Club of Los Angeles, which was formed in April 1971 by forty-seven individuals. In early 1972, an out-of-towner from a similar club in Chicago attended one of the monthly Wednesday night meetings, and it was decided that the L.A. club should attempt to combine with the one in Chicago to make it an affiliated chapter. The founder of Safari Club of Los Angeles, C.J. McElroy, went to the Windy City and instituted the new chapter.
Eleven months after the formation of Safari Club of Los Angeles, on March 9, 1972, the name was changed officially to Safari Club International. SCI continued to reach out to other independent safari clubs throughout the United States in an effort to combine them into a single overall organization.
Today, interest in SCI’s two primary missions has grown a worldwide network. Subsequent involvement and promotion of these missions is rooted in each of our 55,000 members, supported through each of our 190 membership chapters found across the globe, and put into action by government representatives and personnel both nationally and internationally.
In this way, we can encourage an appreciation for nature and wildlife so that conservation efforts remain strong, while also fighting to protect our rich hunting heritage. Big changes can be achieved through the endeavors of many who are united in a mission – the mission of Safari Club International.
