January 2017 Newsletter
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Update from Don Giottonini SSC President Happy New Year! Starter Rick Parsons was named CEO. He has been affiliated with SCI for years as a legal consultant. The most significant move we made was to donate $500,000.00 to the Trump conservation fund. We will be a major player setting policy about wildlife and hunting. Finally we have stepped up to the challenge. The Executive Committee has explained this was a now or never move. It has not been made
SENSORY SAFARI AT ISE SHOW
It’s that time of year again! The International Sportsmen’s Exposition (ISE) show at Cal-Expo in Sacramento starts on January 19 and wraps up on the 22nd. Due to the merger, this year Sacramento Safari Club will be showcasing our “Sensory Safari” that we inherited from the Granite Bay Chapter. SSC Board Member and previous Granite Bay Chapter President Cal Ryan will be displaying a variety of mounts, thanks to those who have donated. This project helps educate children on con
DON'T GET HUNTED (ONLINE)
Article by SCI It’s the most wonderful time of the year – fall hunting season. There’s nothing better than enjoying the great outdoors while harvesting the wildlife of your choice: deer, antelope, turkey, pheasant, the list goes on and on. Well, there is one thing better – bragging about it. The best way to show off your hunting prowess in 2016 is to prove it, with a photo. A photo posted to social media, to be exact. Before you post your favorite hunting snapshots on the int
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: AARON ARMSTRONG
SSC MEMBER, AARON ARMSTRONG By Grant Carson The next time you hunt on a huge mountain or adventure to a remote region of huntable territory, look for Aaron Armstrong - ask for the guy who shot the biggest trophy and does his own taxidermy. A board member with Sacramento Safari Club, Aaron started plinking squirrels at age five in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Tagging along with his Dad on deer hunts and fishing trips, the unquenchable urge to hunt and be outdoors developed in
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