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Originally posted by Full Roar:
I sent SCI a hunt write up complete with pictures from a hunt I did in New Zealand last year where I took a very nice Stag, Fallow Buck, a Tahr that charged me thru the wilding pines and a Black Ram, all under the back drop of Mount Cook. I went to considerable effort considering my writing skills and had a chapter member here in Reno that has some ties to national help me finish it up and send it off for me.

I received a very nice letter from SCI that basically said thanks but no thanks, they had lots of similar articles they could use if they wanted to put a article in the publication about New Zealand. OK, fine, I am not sure what qualifies one particular article over another, I just know I have read some real shit in the SCI monthly, and my hunt was a walk and stalk with real effort
What really set me off was they used the opportunity to ask if I would like to donate more to SCI. Pretty ballsy considering they just told me to shove off with my article I sent in. Maybe if you donate tons they publish your article????

I am turning more and more into a DSC only member every time SCI does their stupid shit.
I'm already boycotting SCI convention this year and will be attending my first DSC Convention

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Originally posted by yellowstone:
It seems that modern magazine rags, Safari being one of them, cater to the national level of ADHD. Nearly all of them start with a mid-hunt scenario just before the trigger is released. It is to draw the attention challenged into the story. Then it reverts to the beginning with a plethora of name drops on equipment, clothing, transportation, ammo, ad naseum, plus a complaint about the heat or cold or altitude (no country for old men) until the "said attention challenged" hunter is brought to the less than rousing climax of his journey, which must be SCI Gold Medal or something like that. Injected into this ridiculous format in Safari magazine is always the notatation that the trackers (Friday, Hope, Faith, Bibi, Zumba, etc., etc., etc.) are unfathomably and mystically proficient, the food in camp was unbelievable, the wine was exquisite, the sunsets were breathtaking (which they are, but so is Texas and Montana) and the PH knows his business like no one else, which he probably does. Lastly it's topped off with the assurance for the well heeled hunter that he has "collected" blah, blah, blah. It is a very rare article that actually has some depth and stellar literary content. With the dumbing down of America, much of what I just ranted about can be seen in American Hunter, Peterson's Hunting, Boar Hunter, Muley F-----g Crazy, Guns & Ammo, and so on. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO SELL PRODUCT AND RAKE IN MONEY FROM ADVERTISING!!!

Sports Afield is a quality rag, IMHO, and so are Rifle, Handloader, and the slick paper African Sporting Gazette. I'm sure most of us remember Hatari Times. I sure wish Harald was still writing. And personally, I have learned more.............much more from about 6 or 7 years of AR than all this other crap combined. Could it be because this site if first for hunters? Run and shared by hunters? Yeah we bitch and fight sometimes or often, but call SCI directly and file a complaint. What's to lose..........oh yeah, I forgot, your short term memory.

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Originally posted by dinsdale:
Total POS.

I skimmed it walking up the driveway and it went in the trash can; didn't even make it in the door.

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Originally posted by leopards valley safaris:

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Originally posted by BrettAKSCI:
So I opened and "read" the latest issue last night. This morning I received and email from a friend and I think he pretty well summed it up.

"I received the new Safari Magazine from SCI. It has an article about jam(yes, the fruity spread), jewelry trends, and martinis(the drink, not the rifle). It was also thinner than most issues. What's next--safari chic kitchen appliances, removing wine stains from cammo, nifty wall tent decorations for under $1(Oops, it's SCI. Make that $1000)? I can see it now, the new SCI Martha Stewart Award, the SCI Cocktail Grand Slam(requiring at least seven drinks from five categories at the diamond level), and the most coveted award of all--the SCI Lifetime Canning Achievement Award("I've canned two hundred species from five continents!")............."

I found exactly 0 articles that I wanted to read in the entire frigging magazine!!! I REALLY hope SCI recognizes the wheels have fallen off, the car is in flames, and is going over a cliff........we'll see.

Brett

No worries Brett, Next time Im in Anchorage Ill bring you some African sporting gazettes and some African Outfitter mags.

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
I'm with Matt. I don't agree with everything SCI does and I have not really read the magazine for sometime but I'm not going to leave them anymore than I'm giving up my NRA membership and I sometimes think NRA is just coo-coo. I do think SCI is trying to protect our hunting rights and NRA is protecting out gun rights. These two things let me overlook basically anything else.

Mark

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Originally posted by Matt Graham:
interesting trend? .... it makes me sick to see hunters deliberately running down a hunting organisation and encouraging people to unsubscribe.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
It takes hard work and effort working from within to do that. Some are pursuing that positive course of action.

I see no conflict in being a member and supporter of both SCI and DSC. Although they pursue goals differently, they are not working against each other.

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Originally posted by Mario:
I made a complaint directly to the office of our italian chapter. They said they will call Steve Comus. Hope this works...

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Originally posted by Matt Graham:
interesting trend? .... it makes me sick to see hunters deliberately running down a hunting organisation and encouraging people to unsubscribe.

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Originally posted by MARK H. YOUNG:
I'm with Matt. I don't agree with everything SCI does and I have not really read the magazine for sometime but I'm not going to leave them anymore than I'm giving up my NRA membership and I sometimes think NRA is just coo-coo. I do think SCI is trying to protect our hunting rights and NRA is protecting out gun rights. These two things let me overlook basically anything else.

Mark

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Sad to say but I cancelled my membership after the last issue came out.

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Originally posted by scruffy:
Sad to say but I cancelled my membership after the last issue came out.

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Originally posted by cal pappas:
Support: yes!
But support DSC and let them lead the way now. SCI is too twisted in their inner doings and it seems to have evolved into an inner club of rich and powerful assholes.
If the Alaska chapter would drop SCI and either go it alone (as did Dallas) or transfer their loyalty to Dallas and join them, I would work night and day in my support. From what I understand the Alaska chapter is one of the top fund raisers of all the chapters in the nation or world and could easily make it on their own. I mean, why send a large percentage of their income to SCI? I'd rather them keep the money and make their own plans.
Just my opinion.
Cal

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Originally posted by Nganga:

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Originally posted by cal pappas:
Support: yes!
But support DSC and let them lead the way now. SCI is too twisted in their inner doings and it seems to have evolved into an inner club of rich and powerful assholes.
If the Alaska chapter would drop SCI and either go it alone (as did Dallas) or transfer their loyalty to Dallas and join them, I would work night and day in my support. From what I understand the Alaska chapter is one of the top fund raisers of all the chapters in the nation or world and could easily make it on their own. I mean, why send a large percentage of their income to SCI? I'd rather them keep the money and make their own plans.
Just my opinion.
Cal

Good morning Cal, I and 10 others left the Phoenix Chapter simultaneously. That is to include no less than 5 past Presidents. The reasons are what you stated and many others. SCI as a international hunters advocacy organization has fundamentally lost its way.

I, personally phoned the President of DSC. We spoke about DSC adopting the National Chapter model. At that time they were not interested. We had a Chapter in Phoenix ready to form, full officers and members at large. Doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps they have or will change direction and reach out for Chapters.

International Hunting is not about tuxedo's, bands, rings inner circles or cliques. SCI has lost its way.

Now back to splitting firewood for the long hard Phoenix winter.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
It will take something very drastic to get SCI to change their silly ways.

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Originally posted by Matt Graham:

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Originally posted by Nganga:

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Originally posted by cal pappas:
Support: yes!
But support DSC and let them lead the way now. SCI is too twisted in their inner doings and it seems to have evolved into an inner club of rich and powerful assholes.
If the Alaska chapter would drop SCI and either go it alone (as did Dallas) or transfer their loyalty to Dallas and join them, I would work night and day in my support. From what I understand the Alaska chapter is one of the top fund raisers of all the chapters in the nation or world and could easily make it on their own. I mean, why send a large percentage of their income to SCI? I'd rather them keep the money and make their own plans.
Just my opinion.
Cal

Good morning Cal, I and 10 others left the Phoenix Chapter simultaneously. That is to include no less than 5 past Presidents. The reasons are what you stated and many others. SCI as a international hunters advocacy organization has fundamentally lost its way.

I, personally phoned the President of DSC. We spoke about DSC adopting the National Chapter model. At that time they were not interested. We had a Chapter in Phoenix ready to form, full officers and members at large. Doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps they have or will change direction and reach out for Chapters.

International Hunting is not about tuxedo's, bands, rings inner circles or cliques. SCI has lost its way.

Now back to splitting firewood for the long hard Phoenix winter.

Five past presidents simultaneously walked away from their own hunting club chapter... what does that say about their own leadership?

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Originally posted by Matt Graham:
So are you still a member or not?

How do you know whats in it if you just pitch it unopened in the trash?