SCI: First For Hunters Podcast

During the 2020 SCI Convention we had a chance to visit with Neil Davies, Marketing Director for Hornady. 

This week host Chip Hunnicutt sits down with Brian Gilroy, Founder & CEO of Wildlife Partners. A longtime SCI Corporate Partner, Texas-based Wildlife Partners enables conservation-minded landowners to to convert their private ranches into cash flow producing wildlife sanctuaries. Learn more about Wildlife Partners at wildlifepartners.com.

On March 28, 2020 Brian and his company will host the Super Exotic Wildlife Auction and Educational Seminar in San Antonio. This limited entry event will bring together influential speakers to assist you with topics that will directly improve your ranching operation. Discussions will cover parasites, range management, genetics, tax aspects of wildlife ranching and more. Following the educational portion of the event, Wildlife Partners will conduct their first annual spring super exotic sale. We will be selling progeny from our breeding herds. This is your opportunity to establish your ranch as a breeder of high valued animals or acquire new genetics for your established herds. No common exotics will be offered. You will only find high quality super exotics at this sale. Learn more at wlp2020.com.

From the 2020 SCI Convention, we welcome Barbara Crown of the SCI Hunter Information Service, Louis B. Ebersohn, CEO of African Wildlife Services, and Dr. T. Wayne Schwertner of Tarleton State University of Texas, College of Agriculture Environmental Sciences, Wildlife Sustainability and Ecosystem Sciences. The three discuss "A Model for Conservation of African Habitats and Wildlife: How the future of African wildlife depends on communities, sustainable use, wildlife security and sound science." Mr. Ebersohn is  the safari operator and Dr. Schwertner the scientist, who together are working to save leopards and increase biodiversity in the Greater Balepye Nature Reserve of South Africa.

Host Chip Hunnicutt, SCI Director of Marketing & Communications, and Joe Goergen, Conservation Manager for SCI Foundation, are prepping for the 2020 SCI Convention that kicks off February 5 in Reno, Nevada.

This week Tag Soup heads to Capital Hill as host Chip Hunnicutt and Ben Cassidy, Director of Government Affairs, sit down with the SCI Legislator of the Year Congressman Jeff Duncan of the 3rd District of South Carolina for a special episode of Tag Soup! Representative Duncan has been a champion for hunters in the halls of Congress.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from SCI Tag Soup! Late night Christmas Eve gift ideas and a homemade hunter's Christmas story. 

For 17 years SCI Foundation has sponsored the African Wildlife Consultative Forum, bringing together conservation leaders from countries in South Africa to discuss challenges in their regions and developing unique solutions focused on the needs of these special habitats, wildlife and rural communities. Host Chip Hunnicutt visits with SCIF's Chris Comer, Ph.D., Director of Conservation and Joe Goergen, Conservation Program Manager for a recap of the 2019 event.

Happy Thanksgiving! This week host Chip Hunnicutt recaps a lesson learned from an Illinois deer hunt: don't take your gear for granted. 

SCI Tag Soup host Chip Hunnicutt takes on the topic of high fence hunting. Have an opinion? Let us hear it at [email protected]

This week host Chip Hunnicutt visits with Tim Delarm, Producer of Alaska Outdoors TV, the top-rated outdoor series showcasing Alaska on Outdoor Channel and this year making its move to Pursuit Channel and Amazon Prime. Learn more about the show at alaskaoutdoorstelevision.com.