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Dan Olson, President 517-927-4474 616-831-1768 [email protected]

Clark Lincoln, V.P. 989-463-8794 [email protected]

Ron Grenadier, Treasurer 269-349-3274 269-207-4876 [email protected]

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Awards & Recognition:Chair – Lee Murray

Bylaws & Resolutions:Chair – Clark Lincoln

Chapter History & Archives:Chairs – Jack Clary

Conservation/MUCC:Chair – Greg Hoiem

Convention:Chairs – Ron Grenadier &Mike Sickles

Convention Floor & Service Team:Chair – Don Dixon

Education & AWLS:Chair – Larry Smith

Guides & Outfitters:Chair – Dennis Sprick

Guns & Equipment:Chairs – Larry Smith & Jay Platz

Humanitarian Services:Chairs – Clark Lincoln &Denny Sprick

Major Donors:Chair – Craig Bade

Marketing & Chapter Development:Chairs – Dale Ringerwole,Joe Pedersen & Dan Olson

Michigan Involvement Committee:Chair – Larry Smith

Monthly Meetings:Chair – Don Dixon

Nominating:Chair – Jay Platz

Publications:Chair – Craig Bade

SCI-PAC:Chair – Dan Olson

Sensory Safari:Chair – Stony Bing

Website:Chair – Dan Olson

World Hunting Awards:Chairs – Lee Murray &Clark Lincoln

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Based on the recent hysteria created by theshooting of a lion named Cecil, the anti-huntingzealots are out in full force, trying to stophunting and conservation, which our huntingdollars support, in their tracks. While someforeign airlines have lifted their trophy shippingbans, domestic airlines, including Delta, United,and American, and instituted bans on anyshipping of the ‘Big Five.’ The antis see this astheir best chance to try to ‘outlaw’ lion huntingand are pleading, without any scientific proof,with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife to uplist the lionto ‘endangered.’

Some hunters may not think that this isrelevant to them because they may not have themeans or desire to hunt lions. However, do notbelieve for a second that the antis are going tostop with the lion—that is only the startingpoint. In California, they have outlawed thehunting and importation of mountain lions (yes,that includes taxidermy). Right here inMichigan, they have worked hard to ban doveand wolf hunting. And, you can bet that theywill not stop there. What’s next? Black bear?Elk? Mule deer? Sheep?

We have a duty to protect our huntingheritage for our children and grandchildren.SCI continues to fight vigorously for all of us,but it is not easy and it is not cheap. SCI needsour support through new members because, asevidenced by the NRA and its protection of ourFourth Amendment rights, the larger the group,the louder the voice. Accordingly, the Board’sgoal this year is to increase our Chapter’smembership by at least 100, to over 300members. However, we cannot do that withoutyour help. We have planned some exciting, new

membership promotions for the upcoming yearso we need you to start thinking of the friendyou will invite to become an SCI and Chaptermember. Let’s work hard together over the nextnine months to strengthen SCI, our Chapter, andour hunting heritage.

Dan OlsonPresident

Past President Stony Bing giving thePresident’s Badge to our new President

Dan Olson – passing the torch!

It has many new items, including feature arti-cles, messages from the DNR and fellow Chaptermember, Representative Jon Bumstead, an inter-active calendar of events, recipes, outfitter spot-light, and a gallery that allows Chapter membersto easily upload their recent hunting photos. Aswith anything that is new with this many bells andwhistles, there are still some kinks that we areworking out and we appreciate your patience.And, be sure to constantly visit the website as wewill be adding feature articles, providing informa-tion concerning the 2015 Fundraiser, and addingadditional items, including hunt reports thatChapter members can submit and review online. Ithas been a lot of work to get the new page, and wewant to thank Chapter President, Dan Olson, andScott Carvey of Interactive Media Design, fortheir dedication in designing the new website andoverseeing this major task.

Check out our Chapter’snew and updated

website –www.scimichigan.org

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All dinner meetings will be held atThe Pinnacle in Hudsonville.

Doors open at 6:30, dinner at 7 p.m.

– 2015 Schedule –October 8

November 12December 10

For more details check our website:www.scimichigan.org

Please remember to bring alonga lot of pictures of your most

recent hunting expedition.

Michigan ChapterMembership

Meetings

Editors Note:Request for Contributors

The Tracker Magazine is FOR the mem-bers of SCI - Michigan and BY the members.

I certainly relish the regular articles weread from the likes of Terry Blauwkamp andRon Johnson. I’m sure our magazine would beless if it wasn’t for their contributions.

Nevertheless it is OUR magazine and itcould be even better yet with a contributionfrom you, and our other members.

If you have an idea, past article, photos,comments/reflections or a journal addition thatyou would like to share, either send it to me at

371 Waukazoo Drive, Holland, MI 49424or E-mail it to me at

[email protected] simply call me at

616-405-3800Photos can be e-mailed or sent USPS

and I will be sure to return them.Thanks, Craig Bade

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We’re going to try a new feature for the magazine.It hasn’t been done before so we’re starting fromscratch. Any project needs rules so I am making

them up as I go. They can change as need be.

1. It’s FREE!2. It is limited to our Michigan SCI members

(I’ll check the mailing addresses)3. Each ad should be limited to 16 words including

your phone or email – no photos4. You need to limit your items to 3 or fewer per issue5. Each ad needs to be renewed for every issue6. The chapter takes no responsibility for items sold7. Each ad will require your name, email, and/or

phone number8. Send each listing to Craig Bade MD at

[email protected]. Use the same email or phone me at 616-405-3800

if you have questions

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On one of my trips to the range last fall, I hadsuch an interesting thing happen that I just could notresist telling about it.

A fellow stopped in all dressed in hunter orange,and asked if he could have a few minutes to check outhis slug gun. Seems he had missed a buck the nightbefore, and had just missed another one an hour ago.Since he was not far from the range, he thought he’dbetter check things out.

He had a beautifully set up Browning slug gunwith a 6x42mm scope on it, and was shootingWinchester sabot slug ammo. He put up a target at 50yards, and proceeded to fire two shots. I was watchinghis shot thru my spotting scope, and they hit perfectly1” high and 1” apart just above the bull. Whoa, he cer-tainly couldn’t blame the gun for his missed deer.

He then wanted to try a couple more shots at 100yards. He put a shell in and squeezed it off and was just2’’ low. Hmm, that’s that good enough to kill the deer,but he then wanted to try a couple more. The next twoshots were almost 12” low, and now we are puzzled,so, hold it right there, what did he do differently?

After due deliberation, we figured out that he hadshells from two different lot numbers purchased a yearor two apart, even though they were all Winchesters.

We looked very closely at the shells and couldsee minute differences in them. So we sorted them allout and tried again, and found out which one shotproperly, and just put the others aside for another day,or even better, another gun.

He did right in buying the exact brand and type ofsabot slug he had before, but I’ve never seen anythingvary that much in point of impact. I’ve seen rifle ammovary a couple inches with lot number changes, but thisslug ammo was a real eye-opener.

On my next trip to the range, I brought along sev-eral different lot numbers of factory ammo for threedifferent rifles.

The .30-06 Remington 180-gr. RN Core Loktsshot really well, but had a big variation in P.O.I. WhenI disassembled each lot, I found that one had a ball-type powder in it, the next had long thin stick powder,and the last one had short stubby stick powder.

They all shot about equal-sized groups, but to getthem mixed up would sure give you fits about how

poorly the rifle grouped. So each time you buy anynew ammo double check its zero.

This situation just reminds me that whenever wechange any lot numbers in reloading too, we set our-selves up for plenty of changes too.

I’ve once had to reduce my favorite load in my.300 Winchester magnum by four grains when Ichanged to a new can of powder from a different lotnumber. I’ve quite often have to change a load one oreven two grains (up or down) but never had to changefour grains before.

I’ve also had an occasion when I opened a newcan of AA2700 powder which was quite different inappearance from what I was used to. It was now asemi- flattened ball powder, and I was used to seeing itas more round and a smaller ball powder.

I contacted the manufacturer and they said it wasjust fine as sometimes different lots come out that waybut the specs were all the same. They were right on, asthe load I was used to loading worked just fine with thenew powder too.

Another area is watch out for in lot numbers is inbullets. Even if you buy the exact brand and style asbefore, there is no promise that they will perform asthe previous lot did. This is because even though theyare the same bullet number in the catalog, they weremade from quite different lots of brass (copper), andcould be made on different tooling and/or dies.

Sometimes bullet manufacturers even change thespecs a little bit because of a new cartridge that mightneed them. This is particular true with the new WSMor RCM lines of cartridges. The cannelure may havebeen moved up or down, and the lead exposure couldbe different too.

Speer even changed their Grand Slam bullet froma dual-core to a single hot core a few years ago.Personally I think they made the right move, as GrandSlams had a habit of losing the front core anyway.Now they retain weight much better and shoot just aswell. I really have come to love their 225-grain .338-calibre Grand Slam bullet, as it has really performedgreat for me on plains game in Africa.

I have one more tidbit to add. This was the firsttime I have had a chance to use my new Caldwell LeadSled. Whoa, I was impressed with how it tamed recoil.

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I used two 25-lb. bags of shot, and I’d say that a.300 magnum and shotgun with slugs had a felt recoilsimilar to .243 Winchester or maybe a .270Winchester.

BUT, I have found that the point of impact froma Lead Sled will not always be the same as it is offsand bags. Must be something about the absorption ofrecoil and how it holds the gun still affects the zero. Soalways try a couple more shots in a typical manner justto be sure.

So have fun testing and tweaking loads, but writeeverything down, and buy as many components as youcan afford in large quantities and of all the same lotnumbers.

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As Chair of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Natural Resources, I have helped toensure full funding for vital conservation programs,defended Michigan’s Natural Resources Trust Fund,and established Michigan’s Wildlife Council withPA 246.

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It all culminated today! Today, July 9, 2015 we allmet at Phil and Karen Glupker’s house to have dinner andopen the crates. It started December 10 of 2012 whenI sent in my check for our tickets to the February 9, 2013SCI-MI Fund Raiser. At that dinner we bought a huntfor two hunters and two observers with Star & BodillAfrican Safaris. This was our third time buying a hunt/va-cation thru the auction. Within a couple months we addedanother couple, Jon and Patti Tanis, and a few monthsafter that we added a fourth couple, Phil and AlanaCarmichael to our adventure.

We planned three weeks for the trip, which includedten days of hunting the Eastern Cape with Starr & Bod-ill and ten days of traveling on our own. Fortunately Philand Alana live in Welcome, South Africa and could re-ally help with the planning and logistics. They run anorphanage for children who are orphans because of theAIDS pandemic. One of the advantages to operating anorphanage is access to a large van, or “combie,” as theyare called in South Africa.

We rented the van from the orphanage and Phil andAlana met us at the Afton House B&B, near the Johan-nesburg airport, where we enjoyed a braai and got a goodnight’s sleep. The first morning we got an early start,loaded all our gear in the van, found a seat for everyone,and hit the road. At the first stop I realized I had left myday bag containing my camera, journal, binoculars andother necessities. We made arrangements for the Aftonfolks to send my bag to Star & Bodill, and it would bethere waiting for me.

The first three days we spent at Kruger NationalPark. It was Jon and Patti’s first trip, and they were notdisappointed. We first did a tour of Life Form Taxidermyin White River, a long-time supporter of SCI. They havea huge facility with hundreds of mounts and many morein various stages of completion. If you ever get to SouthAfrica, you need to visit one of the larger taxidermy fa-cilities to get an idea of the scale of the hunting. The restof the day and for the next three days we concentratedon Kruger National Park. We stayed in B&Bs that hadenough room for all of us. We were in the park at firstlight and stayed until dusk. This was our fourth time,Phil and Karen’s third, Phil and Alana’s second, and Jonand Patti’s first trip to Kruger. What a park! We saw hye-nas, rhinos, elephants, hippos, juvenile plovers, caracals,and at least a thousand impala. The weather was good,and we could control our speed, moving only when wewanted. We ate our lunches in the park camps. With somany eyes, we caught a lot of action as we drove thruthe park.

South Africa has B&Bs scattered all over and thehosts are more than accommodating. Our last night atthe park, we moved to the south entrance. In the morn-ing we headed out for the country of Lesotho. We drovemost of the day and finally arrived at the Sani Pass Ho-tel, and it was very nice. As I said, the B&Bs are verynice, but this hotel was over the top. It has its own golfcourse, tennis courts, swimming pool, beautiful grounds,and a full staff. The next morning we were picked upby Christian and his partner who drove the second ve-hicle. They took us up Sani Pass. A series of cutbackson a one-lane gravel and dirt road led to the country ofLesotho. Along the way we stopped at the only build-ing in the middle of this trek where we had our passportsstamped. Once at the top of the pass there is a very smallsettlement where a handful of men were shearingsheep. We were invited into a small house where the ladywas expecting us and offered us warm bread baked overa fire of cow dung. We had lunch at the highest pub southof the equator.

Early on our seventh morning we were back on theroad. What a great way to see some of the country. Our

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next stop was Port Alfred on the Indian Ocean. We hadarrangements to stay at The Beach House, and it wasgreat. What it lacked in cleanliness it made up with lo-cation. A deck overlooking the Indian Ocean, the wavescrashing; what a place. Carl Human owns the house andhe also owns “The Beast.” The Beast is an over-40-footfishing boat we went out on. Fishing on the Indian Oceanwas on our bucket list. Jon caught a large soldier fishthat we ate the next day. Because of conditions we couldonly stay out about two hours. We saw whales with theirbabies, and dolphins, and we all caught sharks.

The next morning we were headed out to the IronGate Lodge. Star & Bodill had rented it for us. Our host-ess was Audrey Human, Carl’s mother. It’s a beautifullodge very near a river and nestled in the mountains ofthe Eastern Cape. We each had our own very comfort-able chalets. There were three ostriches running aroundthe grounds and in the evenings we would watch themtake ash baths where we’d had fires the night before.

Phil and Karen Glupker and Mary and I went withour PH Mike looking for anything we did not already haveon the wall. Phil got an eland, a blue wildebeest, and azebra. I got a zebra, waterbuck, nyala, and a red harte-beest. We hunted several large tracts of land, finding dif-ferent animals at each place. Phil and Alana went withJon and Patti as Jon had purchased a 1X1 hunt. This wasJon’s first hunt, and the first thing in the morning hebagged a nice blue wildebeest. He went on to harvestan impala, a gemsbok, a kudu, and a blesbok. The wiveswent along each day except the day they spent shoppingin Port Elizabeth. Mike killed a puff adder one day, andwe all held it for a picture. We also watched as a vet flewin a helicopter, darted a Cape buffalo bull, and with thehelp of ten hired men, loaded it in a specially preparedpen. Jon’s PH was Louis Bodill and they had equally ex-citing days. We would go different directions in the morn-ing and share events at night.

The food was fabulous. The accommodations wereequally fabulous. We were pampered in every way. Thevery best part of the trip was being able to share it to-gether with friends.

And now we met together, sharing one more mo-ment of a 2½-year adventure as we opened our crate oftrophies.

John StoneSCI Life Member

P.S. Phil and Jon bought a hunt at last year’s auc-tion and the plan is for another trip in April.

Year Adventure

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Thursday, September 10

September Membership MeetingOur fall season kicked off with a bang, with a

great dinner at The Pinnacle Center, many visitors andnew members, and an interesting program.

Denny Sprick led off the night as our EmCee.Apparently our president was off on a Canadian bearhunt.

Joe Pedersen told about programs our organiza-tion has supported, and explained our special introduc-tory rates for new memberships.

Youth hunter, Bradley Hall got a big round ofapplause as he stood to show a photo of his trophy tomturkey.

Guest speaker, Tony LaPratt, gave a very animat-ed presentation about managing small to medium plotsof land for maximum whitetail deer production. Heexplained what habitat attracts bucks and does, andkeeps them close on your property. Discussion includ-ed what to plant, travel patterns, stand locations, etc.Tony offers ‘boot camps’ to teach enrollees his meth-ods. He will also come out and consult for landowners.His company is Tony LaPratt and Associates, UltimateLand Management / Whitetail Boot Camp. Seewww.tonysulm.com. Tony certainly got some wheels

turning as listeners thought about their own plots ofland, and how to improve their own hunting.

The door prize drawings were interesting, as 11-year-old Luke Bruining’s lucky numbers were drawnagain and again. Seems family and friends had handedthis first-time visitor their own tickets. Ultimately, hetook five prizes, including a nice ammo can to haul allhis goodies home in. Then young Bradley, mentionedabove, took a couple of prizes too, and hammed up acouple of deep bows for the audience.

Jean Prowant came all the way from Florida towin the jewelry drawing, a lovely sterling silver crossnecklace.

Finally, Director Dale Ringerwole was one of thelast people to peel off twenty bucks for gun raffle tick-ets. He won the Savage Axis .270 Win. bolt-actionrifle. Surprising and pleasing the audience, he askedall kids under 18 to come forward to the stage. Then hedirected that one ticket be given to each youngster, andanother drawing was done. Sorry, Luke, not this time.The lucky winner, Andrew Judge took home the rifle.Thanks, Dale!

It was a fun evening. Many more to come.

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The Humanitarian Initiative is the outstandingprogram our chapter runs every year for as long as Ican remember. ALL THE MONEY GOES TO THOSEWHO QUALIFY. Participants include handicappedkids, wounded veterans, and older physically debili-tated veterans who would never be able to get into thewoods to hunt on their own. Our moneys and man-power have helped so many in the past and as you cansee, will help many more in the future. Thank all thoselisted who put their money where their heart is.

HumanitarianInitiative —

2015

– $1000.00 –Joe & Debbie PedersenClark & Karen Lincoln

Don & Linda DixonVern & Sally Kuipers

– $500.00 –Lee & Jan MurrayDave & Alvera Kidder

Tim & Nancy StegemanKen & Carol Mulder

– $250.00 –Jim CookeBob & Nancy Mills, JrTim JonesBruce & Nancy TyreeCraig Bade

John PorterfieldMike & Quincy KwastScott & Patty BylsmaPete & Judy VanderArk

– $100.00 –Stacy KoningBrian TeunisMike & Brenda HallJay PlatzJerry & Sandy SwettEric PrattMark & Kathy HaismaDan & Kerri JordanEd & Lisa DeYoungFred LeonardBill Worst

Greg & Melanie KurdysBob & Deb GarzaRob & Joy HarmsBob & Jean MonroeScott & Melissa SierackiRon DozemanLarry SmithAllie EmeryTom NevinsAndy & Lisa EdwardsDan & Julie Olson

– $50.00 –Weston BranderJoe GuinnGary Dozeman

Tim BurkhartCraig & Maria Stull

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Why let the challenge of the hunt pass by just be-cause it is the middle of the summer? Why let daily tem-peratures of over 100 degrees impede your resolve, or a3,200 mile drive distract you from your goal? To make iteven more of an adventure, let’s leave our rifles at homeand go after one of the most difficult animals to hunt inNorth America with our bows.

So, late in July, Don Dixon, Clark Lincoln, and Iheaded to the King Ranch in Texas to hunt a relatively un-known, elusive 500- to 600-pound animal that is famous(or infamous) for its eyesight, sense of smell, and caution.

The first photos I ever saw of this animal were froma mule deer outfitter in Mexico who came to our ranchone evening with the strange story that he had just seenan animal he had never seen before; nearly the size of agrown cow with the head of a giraffe and a neck distinctlylonger than a cow’s. Its hind legs were shorter than its frontlegs and it was black with white feet. While watching itfrom the top of a large boulder 600 yards away, the ani-mal spotted him and quietly left. Furthermore, he had iton video. We ran the video through the TV and there wasno doubt it was a … nilgai.

A nilgai is a broad chested, muscle-bound animaloriginally from India, built like a bull with a rather smallhead carrying short hooked horns shaped like the devil’s.In spite of its large body, the horns rarely get ten incheslong. Eight-inch horns are considered a decent trophy and,in fact, any nilgai taken should be considered a trophy.Cows tend to be cream or rust color and don’t carry horns.All bulls from Texas are very tasty.

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by Craig Bade MDby Craig Bade MD

The King Ranch section we hunted on was about 60miles from Corpus Christi and while it was a ranch youshould not consider this a “ranch hunt.” The entire ranchis the size of Rhode Island and, in fact, has a town namedafter it on its border called Kingsville, complete with aWalmart and a center city. The section we hunted hadfences, but they seemed to serve more to direct the ani-mals than to contain them. In fact, each morning we satin elevated blinds near one of the numerous fence cross-ings where these clever animals crossed under in transitto a particular water hole or grazing area. Each eveningwe were positioned at water holes in elevated blinds. Inspite of an estimated population of 13,000 nilgai, they canbecome pretty scarce when they want to.

We weren’t crazy to choose the hottest time of theyear to sit in the tree blind for eight to twelve hours a day,but our sanity might just be questioned when you saw usout there in 102 degree heat. You don’t have to be crazyto like this, but it does help.

We were allowed one nilgai bull, one cow, and onepig to bring home. You were allowed to shoot more pigs;you just weren’t allowed to bring them home. Also, if youshot a pig, the rest of your day hunting would probablybe ruined for nilgai.

Don had multiple chances at the pigs, but passed. Iwas ready to take a fair-sized piglet coming in a groupalong the water’s edge in front of me, when another groupcoming under the fence from behind me caught my scent.I had no idea I smelled so offensive! The pigs behind mesnorted and squealed. The pigs in front of me answered

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back and in a flash all their tails went straight up, and theydisappeared into the bush.

In addition to nilgai and pigs, we had turkeys and im-pressive whitetails coming in to the water. Clark’s blindwas particularly productive in drawing deer. The lastevening I hunted, I sat in that blind and counted over 70different deer. Some of the bucks were really jaw droppersand they still had over a month left to grow their antlers.

As the saying goes, “I would rather be lucky thangood.” I, the least experienced of the group, ended upshooting a cow and a bull. Don shot an impressive bulland passed on a cow that didn’t give him a proper shotplacement. Clark never got an opportunity. Again, I waslucky. Both of my nilgai appeared from behind thick brushand were immediately within bow range. I watched sev-eral others who refused to come closer than 100 yards, acouple who painstakingly closed the distance over an hourbefore coming in after it was totally dark, and one youngbull that crisscrossed in front of the far end of the pondfor over two hours before finally coming in for a quickdrink. As soon as it finished drinking, it turned and im-mediately returned to the bush.

Weston, our guide, was pleased with us. All three ofour animals were shot cleanly and dropped within 200yards. Wounded nilgai are hard to track since their ¾ inchthick hide limits blood loss. Don’s animal only made it70 yards with a broken arrow firmly wedged in the chestcavity, nicely piercing the heart. To prevent being lacer-ated by the lodged arrow when the animal was gutted weleft it in place to be pulled out later. (photo at right)

The three of us would recommend the hunt, and RonGrenadier, who hunted there last year, would back us up.Our recommendation would be to wear head netting tobreak up your face, or face paint. Sit very, very still andconsider alternating water holes so the animals don’t be-come too suspicious. Practice shots up to 45 yards sincethis could improve your chances. Use a good cover up scentor scent removal spray also.

What really tops off the hunt, of course, is great hunt-ing partners.

You Did What? When??… continued from page 10

Welcome Wayne JacksonWayne has been a Safari Club member for about 25 years He was origi-

nally a member of the Flint Chapter, where, before retirement he was a StateFarm Insurance agent. He was also a member of the Saginaw Field and StreamClub.

Wayne has hunted Africa six times: South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique,Botswana and Zimbabwe in the Zambezi river area for cape buffalo. He has hunt-ed in New Zealand for red stag and Himalayan tahr and in Australia for waterbuffalo, wild ox and hogs. One of his favorite places has been Alaska, where hehunted the Aleutian Islands for brown bear and the Baranoff Island area, fish-ing for halibut and big salmon. In Sheridan, Wyoming he hunted mule deer andaround Chamo, New Mexico, he hunted elk on horseback. He loved his eighttrips to the SCI conventions in Reno and Las Vegas.

Wayne strongly supports the Safari Club and its causes, especially the rightto bear arms and the right to ethical hunting. He is looking forward to workingwith the other great board members of the Michigan Chapter.

1. Categories of animals: a. Free-rangingb. Estate

2. Categories of awards:a. Best of Speciesb. Best of Continentc. Best of North American Estated. Best of Showe. Most unusual (no score required)

3. Categories of method of take:a. Rifleb. Bowc. Crossbowd. Muzzle loadere. Handgun

Contest rules:1. All entries must meet SCI minimum score

(except “Most Unusual”)2. Trophies must have been taken “fair chase”

and within the past three years3. Trophies entered must be exhibited at the

annual fundraiser4. North American Estate animals cannot win

Best of Show5. A specific animal may be entered and judged

only once6. Must be a Michigan SCI member to enterBest of species for each category is awarded to theanimal with the highest score in its category.Best of Continent and Best of North AmericanEstate is awarded to the animal that scores closest,numerically, to the top score in the InternationalRecord Book. To find this score, the rank of theentered animal is divided by the total number ofranks in the Internabonal Record Book.Best of Show is awarded to the animal with thehighest numerical score for the species in the SCIRecord Book.Pursuant to the SCI Records Book, “EstateAnimal” and “Estate” is defined as:An “Estate Animal”…is any game animal kept fora long time within an Estate…even if taken out-side of the “Estate.”An “Estate” will be any property that uses an arti-ficial or unnatural restrictive barrier, in most casesa fence, which restricts or confines the movementof game animals.

MICHIGAN CHAPTER SCITROPHY CONTEST

CRITERIAThe following criteria will be used in judging the

Michigan Chapter SCI Trophy Contest,starting in February 2016

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The Sportsmen Against Hunger pro-gram was initiated in 1989. Since that timeit has grown to where over 200 TONS ofwild game meat are distributed nationwideEACH year. Our club alone donated abouttwo tons of meat last year, and we continueto expand. Our own member, VernEdewaard was one of the original organiz-ers. The initial donation was in Texas to alocal Salvation Army site. As Vern said,“They were so happy they literally cried.”

Below are listings of local butcherswho are kind and thoughtful enough to bewilling to help process and distribute themeat. The venison will be distributed bythese fine butchers to local food pantries oftheir choice including the CommunityAction House, Louis Incorporated, andHunters for the Hungry. Certainly considerthese fine individuals when it comes tobutchering your own meat too. Their gen-erosity earns our respect and our patronage.

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Saturday August 15, 2015, I attended the 9th annual Ruby Creek Disabled Veterans hunt club fundraiser. I at-tended to represent our chapter of SCI, who has generously supported this worthy endeavor for the past several years.I proudly presented Jerry Welcome, who heads up the group, with a check for $2,500 to help fund the many activi-ties, past and present, for the disabled vets. There were 30 vets in attendance from the Grand Rapids Home for Vets.

Some of the activities that Ruby Creek has done and will do for these vets include:

In September, we will host our 9th annual Liberty deer hunt, where approximately 30 vets will participate. Thisis all free range hunting with only anterless deer targeted. I am proud to say that I have been fortunate to have beenone of the guides for the last several years.

You will not find any organization in the state that does more for our vets on a day-to-day basis than Ruby Creek.I truly thank the chapter for the continued support.

A. Bus load to "Blessing of the Bikes" at Baldwin.B. Bus load to Winston Motor Speedway.C. Fishing outing at Wolf Lake.D. Group to attend upcoming Travis Tritt concert.

E. Two bus loads to pheasant hunt in South Dakota inOctober

F. A couple days a month Jerry cooks venison for the vetsat the home.

RUBY CREEK DISABLED VETERANSHUNT CLUB FUNDRAISER

RUBY CREEK DISABLED VETERANSHUNT CLUB FUNDRAISER

by Ron Johnson

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Every year my son(chapter member StevePedersen) and I go on afather and son hunting trip.This year it was to Alaskaand the Rainy Pass Lodge.The Perrins Family, Steveand Denise, and their fiveadult sons, own a beautifullodge in the middle of theAlaskan wilderness. The out-fitter provides hunting forAlaska-Yukon moose, Dallsheep, brown/grizzly bear,black bear and Alaskan bar-ren-ground caribou.

At our last convention, the Perrins donated a cari-bou hunt, and for our 2016 convention they havedonated a Kodiak Sitka blacktail deer hunt! Our huntstarted in Anchorage where we boarded a float plane tothe lodge. The scenery on the flight was a wonderfulexperience in itself. The lodge is on the shore of thelake we landed on with majestic mountains surround-ing it. Our guide was Stevie Perrins II. After a night atthe lodge and our last shower for quite a while, weheaded out on our horses for a five-hour ride to SheepLake. Along the way we spotted a large grizzly (8'1"),and three hours later our first trophy was down.

We stayed the night in a log cabin next to analpine lake. It was warm and comfortable. Our guideprepared a wonderful dinner as he did every day on ourhunt. The next morning after a breakfast of hot coffee,eggs, bacon and hash browns, we were off to the RainyPass camp and a three-hour ride. Along the way wesaw several more grizzlies and numerous caribou. We

arrived at camp, anothergreat log cabin next to a lakefilled with Dolly Vardentrout. The fishing was agreat addition to our trip.

While unpacking andsettling in, Steve spottedsheep on the mountains.Getting out the spottingscope, we determined thatthere may be a legal ram atthe top. A nearly three-hourclimb that felt like straightup, and our second trophywas down. The ram was fullcurl, which is a requirement

in most of Alaska, and a magnificent trophy. We spentthe next six days riding the horses out each day to dif-ferent lookouts trying to find a second legal ram forSteve. Along the way we saw moose, caribou and bear.The weather was not cooperating, with rain and lowclouds. And the sheep were just out of reach.

We decided to head back to the sheep camp andhunt caribou, and hoped the weather would improve.Steve got his caribou the next day and I got mine theday after that. The caribou were high on the moun-tains, so the climbs were difficult, but the scenery andsense of achievement made it all worthwhile. Weenjoyed twelve days on horseback, two great mountaincabins, and the Rainy Pass lodge. We saw lots ofsheep, moose, grizzly, caribou, and black bear. Lots ofhard climbing! I need to get in better shape :) I got mysheep, Steve got his grizzly, and we both took nicecaribou. Lots of adventure and great stories, but thebest part was time spent with my son!

by Joe Pedersen

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Members’ HuntsThe center of our magazine is now reserved for photographs only. They should beconfined to hunts that us members have taken but certainly not limited to photos oftrophies. You may email the pictures to me at [email protected] or simply mailthem to me at 371 Waukazoo Drive, Holland Michigan, 49424. If you’d like the picturesreturned, write your address on the back and I’ll do my best to make it happen.

Editor Craig Bade

The center of our magazine is now reserved for photographs only. They should beconfined to hunts that us members have taken but certainly not limited to photos oftrophies. You may email the pictures to me at [email protected] or simply mailthem to me at 371 Waukazoo Drive, Holland Michigan, 49424. If you’d like the picturesreturned, write your address on the back and I’ll do my best to make it happen.

Editor Craig Bade

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Alberta Bear Huntby Michael Kwast

It was early June, and I was on a planeto High Level, Alberta. Black bear with abow was the mission. According to the out-fitter, some big bears had already been takenthe week before, including an eight footer. Theflights were long and I had to overnight in Ed-monton to get the connection I needed. My guidewas waiting for me when I arrived (a rare experience forme). I got settled at the lodge, and took a few shots withmy bow to make sure all was well. I also got a crashcourse on judging black bears.

Over the next few nights, I sat in two differentspots. We would head out to our stands at about 2pm. Isaw several young boars, sows with cubs, and lots of mos-quitoes. I was amazed at how well the Thermacell mos-quito repellant performed. After about ten minutes ofstarting the Thermacell, I was able to take my head netoff, and wasn’t bothered by the bugs! This made thehunt much more enjoyable. Sunsets were also quite re-markable, as they didn’t occur until around 11pm! Thismade for a long sit each night.

My third sit seemed like it was going to be un-eventful. Six hours had gone by in the stand, and I sawtwo birds. It was very boring. Just then, movement caughtmy eye and a black shadow started coming into the bait.Three bears were coming in, and one of them was acolor phase! My concern was not shooting a small bearor a sow. The color phase and the bigger of the two black

bears did not like each other at all. They be-gan a game of chase that went on for over anhour under my stand and around the bait.

They scared the smaller bear away, and the twoof them were battling. They would chase each

other, grinding and clacking their teeth, and mak-ing all kinds of scary noises you wouldn’t think a

bear would make. I was trying to decide if I should at-tempt a shot or let them pass. I could tell they were aboutsix feet, but two guys in camp had already shot a 7'8" anda 7'4" bear. If you have ever been on a black bear hunt,then you understand the difficulty of judging the bears.We got a good education prior to the hunt, but it is stilldifficult.

I had spent about an hour watching all the actionand videoing the action with my phone. As I tried to de-cide if I was going to shoot, they both took off and weregone. I went from the doldrums of extreme boredom, toextreme exciting action, and back to nothing movingagain. I started feeling like I should have shot the colorphase for sure. Regret was setting in. Just then, the colorphase came in to the bait again. My arrow flew behind hisshoulder broadside, exited his neck under his chin andthen flew straight up in the air and dropped next to thedead bear. I have never seen anything so weird. I stilldon’t know how the arrow did that, as it doesn’t seemphysically possible. As I sat there in awe, the black bearcame in. I couldn’t believe it. I decided that the chance of

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getting a double, with a bow, with a color phase, and withall the action I witnessed and videoed, that I had betterjust shoot this bear too. I hit him perfect behind theshoulder and he let out a loud roar. As he lumbered off,I put another arrow behind his opposite shoulder. Hehad arrows sticking out both sides with lighted nocksbrightly showing me the trail he was running. Then therain came. And it got dark. Both nocks were lying on theground, with no sign of the bear. We decided to comeback in the morning and see if we could find him. Thatalways makes for a night of difficult sleep, second guess-ing shot placement, decisions made, and feeling down-right bad.

The next morning we headed out to the stand. Thefour wheeler ride seemed to take forever, as my nerveswere getting the best of me. After about two hours, wefound the bear. I was so excited and relieved. Back atcamp, we measured the bears, both measuring about sixfeet. Not the giants I came to Alberta for, however, the ad-venture of the hunt trumped trophy size this time. I havefound myself longing for the action and adventure of theoverall experience, versus the goal of a big trophy. Whilethe optimum is to have both, my driving force seems tobe the adventure at this stage of my life. The land in Al-berta is beautiful, scenic, and there are plenty of bigbears running around. If you are looking for a trophy, anexciting adventure, or both, then you should make a planto get up to High Level and see what unfolds!

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HHandicapped HunterSteven’s Story

My name is Steven. I am 15 years old and have Ju-venile Rheumatoid Arthritis. I know that when people thinkof arthritis, they think it is just something you get whenyou get older. I am just one of the many faces of JRA. Thisdisease doesn’t discriminate. I will tell you about this pastyear, because it has been especially hard. I have been flar-ing in one joint or another for the past two years. I spentmost of last summer, as well as this one, indoors. I start-ed a new medication and had joint injections (six joints)in August, 2014, and it helped some.

When I started high school, I knew the walking andstairs would be rough, but I was excited. I got a flu shoton October 20, and that is when my life turned upsidedown. Imagine going from being perfectly able to dosomething one day, not pain free but able, to waking upthe next morning and every joint in your body in-

flamed, hurting, not being able to sit and hardly able towalk. That is what happened to me. The flu shot sent meinto a full body flare. I am doing on-line school becauseI am unable to attend regular school. Doing on-line school,I do not get to interact with my friends. I have missed everyhigh school event. This is not how I thought my fresh-man year would go. You would think with all of the med-icine I’m on, I would be improving, but this disease is-n’t that simple. I am still in a ton of pain, I can barely walk,and when I do walk it isn’t more than two or three stepsat a time with help/support. I get funny looks from peo-ple when I use a wheelchair or walk, because they don’tunderstand. As of today, August 22, 2015, I am on eightdifferent medications as well as Remicaide infusions everytwo weeks. I will not make it back to school this fall, be-cause so far no amount of medication has helped me.

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and to the right will appear hunting locales—U.S.,Canada, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Africa, andSouth America;

• Click on any of those locales, and it will list speciesfor which a hunt report has been submitted by amember;

• Click on a specie, which will bring up a summary ofthe hunt report;

• If you want to see the full hunt report for that specie,click on “More Details” at the bottom of the summa-ry page;

• Use the bar at the bottom to navigate the hunt report.I want to build this database and make it a “go-

to” reference for our members when they are planningtheir next hunt. However, I need your help. So, if yourecently went on a hunt and had a great time, pleasetake five minutes to complete an online Hunt Report. Ihave made it easy as 1-2-3! 1. Go to the Home Page at scimichigan.org and hover

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Report;”3. Complete the Hunt Report and click “submit.”

It does not get much easier than that! And, if youhave a great hunt that you want everyone to read about,we are always looking for articles for The Tracker.Happy hunting!

Hopefully by now you have had a chance to visitour Chapter’s new website. It has many interactivefeatures that are intended to promote our Chapter andassist our members. One of those features is HuntReports. It is easy to find and use:

FOOD FOR THOUGHTOne does not hunt in order to kill;

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Through your generous donations to our humani-tarian projects, I want to share the hunting experience thatSteven Robbins, a physically challenged 15 year old youngman, shared with me. I met Steven and his mother Mistyat the Two Hats Ranch for a unique hunting experience.We had started our journey with Steven sighting in his ri-fle a week before we went to the ranch. He was great shotand a quick study. His first shot from the .25-06 was inthe bullseye! I knew he was ready for the woods after afew more practice rounds.

The following are Steven’s words after shooting hisbuck: “What I felt was pure adrenaline, and I didn’t feelthe kick of the gun or hear the sound. I just remembered

to follow through with the shot and to reload the rifle.When I got out of the blind, I was in complete awe! I justkept thinking I got it! I did that myself. I killed that buck,and that was the best part. I haven’t been able to do muchmyself, but I was able to do that!”

Clark and Karen Lincoln, Steven’s mother and Ispent four days at Two Hats Ranch hunting with Steven.He is a determined young man. With the help of his guide,Daniel, together they got the job done. He was such a goodmarksman that he also took a doe! From his commentsand the time we spent together, I’m sure this awesomehunting experience will be a memorable one for him.

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Turkey Grand SlamLarry and I hunted Gould’s

turkeys in Durango Mexico atRancho El Durango from May 2 to6, 2015. This was to be the finalturkey for our Grand Slam. Thereare six types of turkeys in NorthAmerica. They are Eastern (inMichigan and the Eastern US),Merriam’s (in Western states), RioGrande (in Texas and WesternUS), Osceola (in Florida),Occelated (in Southern Mexico)and Gould’s (in the mountains ofMexico.) We had them all exceptthis one.

Our journey began with anovernight stay in Grand Rapidsbefore catching a 6:00am flight toAtlanta, then Mexico City and finally Durango,Mexico. On May 2 we made it to the airport on time,got a wheelchair for Larry, made it through TSA okay,and boarded on time. There we sat for 50 minutes whilethey fixed a “minor mechanical problem.” We werevery glad we had a 4 hour layover in Atlanta.

We left Atlanta on time and arrived in MexicoCity where a very nice attendant pushed Larry’s wheel-chair. The Mexico City airport is terrible. They haveflights listed on an overhead board but no gates are list-ed. Also there is no convenient place to get somethingto eat. We were parked in a general holding area andwere very grateful to see the wheelchair attendantreturn and get us to the correct gate.

After arriving in Durango we had no troublelocating Lobo who drove us to the ranch. Our luggageeven arrived without incident. We did not take our ownshotguns so that made the trip much easier. Later, Larrywould regret leaving his modified shotgun with a pistolgrip at home.

The ride to the ranch lasted about 1½ hours. Westarted out in the flats and drove toward the SierraMadre mountains. The trip up the mountain was beau-tiful but the road was very narrow, steep and rough. Wefinally arrived at the ranch where there was a lockedgate and a gatekeeper.

We reached the ranch house about 9:00pm wherea very good supper awaited us. We met Alonso Ayala,the owner, and several other hunters. There was ayoung fellow from Houston TX who was there for thesecond time this year. On his first trip he shot a turkeywith 22 inches of beard (two beards) and this time hewanted a bearded hen so he could have full mounts ofboth birds. Dr. Eric Gustafson, a resident of Mexicoand partner in the hunting operation at the ranch, wasthere. He did not hunt but knew lots of history of the

ranch. There were two otherhunters, from Ironwood,Michigan.

Our room was very beautifuland the bathroom was very nice.We had a king size bed, severaldressers, and a huge closet. Theonly drawback was the lack oflighting in the room. We havefound this to be typical in remotehunting areas. There were timeswe had to use our flashlights to seewhat was in our bags. We decidedwe would not completely unpackuntil the next day when we couldpull up the shades and see better.The older we get the more light weneed!

Our hunts began the next morning by getting up at4:00am so we could be in our blinds before it got light.Breakfast was sliced mangos, papaya, kiwi, freshsqueezed orange juice, muffins, cookies and, of course,coffee. The plan was to have a real breakfast about10:00am when we came in from the morning hunt.

We chose shotguns from the supply at the ranch. Ichose one very much like the one I had shot at home.Our turkey guns at home have scopes so I had to prac-tice with open sights before we left for our hunt. Thelack of a scope did not bother Larry.

My guide was Lobo, a very knowledgeable andenergetic young man. He spoke some English but Ionly know about five words in Spanish, so it was sur-prising how well we communicated.

We went to a pop-up camo tent blind set up about30 yards from a mechanical feeder at the edge of asmall clearing. Lobo made a little opening in the net-ting in the front of the blind for me to shoot through. Ihad a very small field of view. The terrain was veryhilly, mountainous and heavily timbered in someplaces.

Lobo had a small cooler box with water and gra-nola bars as did all the guides. He carried in a chair forme and checked to see it was the right height to shootfrom.

Just as it got light, five hens came to the feederfrom the woods behind it. Very soon a gobbler camefrom the right. Lobo said it was a good one with aboutan 11 inch beard. The guides were very good at judg-ing the length of the turkey beards and spurs.

I got the gun up, sighted very carefully down therib to the bead and shot. The bird went down. Loborushed out to make sure it was dead. Unfortunately Ihad shot off part of the beard so Lobo picked up thehairs one by one and later tied them together. Sure

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enough it was an 11 inch beard but it had no spur onone leg and a quarter-inch spur on the other leg. At 7:30am the first morning we headed back to the ranch.

I HAD MY GRAND SLAM OF TURKEYS The rest of the hunters straggled in. The young

man from Houston had his bearded hen.We had wonderful breakfast of omelets. Then it

was time for a rest until a big dinner at 2:00pm beforegoing out for the afternoon hunt.

For most of our down times we sat on soft leathercouches in a covered pavilion separate from the house.There were pillows and fleece throws on the couchesthat we used often because it sometimes got a littlechilly out there.

We were hunting at about 8,200 feet above sealevel. That could lead to altitude sickness for those ofus who live in Michigan which is about 600-plus feetabove sea level. We had read an article on altitude sick-ness and it said to take aspirin if you got a headache, themost common symptom. I suffered a little the firstnight and day but because I was having surgery on myfoot shortly after we got home, I could not take aspirin.

The ranch has been in Alonso’s family for 50years. He lives in Monterey most of the time but comesto the ranch when he has hunters. In addition to turkeyhunting, they also hunt Coues deer. They raise cattle onthe ranch and harvest trees. They plant about 5,000pines a year so they will have a regular crop to harvest.They also imported elk hoping to get a huntable popu-lation. In the summer they operate camps for children.

The grounds around the ranch are beautiful withseveral fountains, many plantings and beautiful stonefences. Alonso said they get electricity by a generatorand solar power. If the fountains are running, the gen-erator is on.

About 25 ranch hands live in houses near the mainhouse. Alonso has a manager who runs the day-to-dayoperations. The families with children make arrange-ments for the children to live in the town at the foot ofthe mountain during the week so the children can go to

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school. They are at the ranch on the weekends. This isa big operation!

Larry’s guide was Calaco. They saw lots ofturkeys and Larry shot one but they could not recoverit. Larry had a great deal of trouble using the shotgun.At home his shotgun has a thumbhole stock with a pis-tol grip. Since having his right wrist fused he has nomovement in the wrist and it is almost impossible forhim to hold on to a regular shotgun.

The food we had was very good and very inter-esting. It was not at all like our Mexican food here inthe US. We had shrimp wrapped in whitefish, shish-ka-bobs with shrimp, bacon, and vegetables, steak, sever-al different kinds of pasta, poached salmon, pricklypear salad, flan, and mango cake, and every night wehad a very good soup. I got the recipe for the spinachsoup. We had hibiscus iced tea to drink that was veryrefreshing. Our big meal was at 2:00pm and a lightermeal at about 9:30 or 10:00pm when the huntersreturned.

Each day at lunch we were given a slip of paperwith the name of the area we were to hunt. We went toa different area every hunt. It took 15 to 20 minutes forthe guide to set up the blind, hide the truck, and getback to the blind for the hunt.

I decided to shoot another bird with a beard Iwould not shoot off--hopefully. For my afternoon hunt,it was a very long bumpy drive. From the blind Iwatched many colorful birds, saw cactus in bloom anda Coues deer. One bird that looked very much like ourred headed woodpecker is called an acorn woodpecker.About 7:00pm, a flock of turkeys came in but they wereall hens and toms with 9- to 10-inch beards. I wantedone with a bigger beard.

Larry went back to the same spot where he hadbeen. Calaco had seen several big turkeys there thatwould not come to the bait. He moved the blind to theother side of the feeder hoping to lure one in. No luck.

The next morning I saw many jakes and hens.There was a big gobbler beside my blind but it wouldnot come in to the feeder so I could get a shot at it.

Larry went back to his same spot but again noluck.

For the afternoon hunt I was so close to the houseI could have walked back if need be. Lobo and I gotthere at 3:00pm and did not see a bird until 7:00pm. Ibegan to think this was a bad spot but Lobo said thebirds roost in the trees behind our blind.

Sure enough about 7:00pm two hens came. Lobohad spotted a tom about 300 yards out in the fieldbeside the tent that I could not see. Eventually he cameto the feeder. Lobo said he had a 10-inch beard and 1-inch spurs so I shot him. He had a 10¼-inch beard and¾-inch spurs. Spurs really make a big difference whenscoring the turkeys.

Larry spent extra time in his blind but did not seea bird that had both a long beard and good spurs. Eventhough he did not get a bird he had a thrilling hunt withlots of action. He also enjoyed his guide very much.

Eric took me up to see the lovely chapel on the hillbehind the main ranch house. It was being renovated soI could not see it at its best. Eric said the ashes ofAlonso’s father and brother usually sat on the altar. Itwas a very steep climb up the hill and I was glad I hadmy walking stick. Coming down was easier.

The last day of the hunt, Lobo and I went coyotehunting. We saw some beautiful scenery and some cac-tus in bloom, but no coyotes. When we got back to theranch Larry had already gone out to hunt. He andCalaco took sandwiches and intended to stay longer.Unfortunately still no bird.

That afternoon I packed and read my book whilesitting on the leather couch covered with a blanket. Itwas chilly but still nice to be outside. Larry continuedto pass up birds looking for the right combination ofbeard and spurs.

The next morning we were up at 3:15am to startthe journey down the mountain for a 6:00am flighthome. The trip home was a disaster. First the ticketagent in Durango could not get us boarding passes allthe way through to Grand Rapids. Therefore we had topick up our bags in Mexico City, recheck them, and getboarding passes there.

There was a wheelchair waiting for Larry inMexico City but the attendant pushed us off in thewrong direction. We tried to explain to him that we hadto go the other way to pick up our bags but he did notunderstand English. Finally Larry stopped him and said

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we need someone who speaks English. He found some-one, Larry explained our problem and she got us head-ed in the right direction. Once we got our bags it wasnot too difficult to get them routed to Grand Rapids.

The attendant looked on his computer and told usour gate but when we got there another airline wasusing that gate. Once again, there were signs showingthe flights but no gates were listed. Finally about a halfhour before we were to leave I found the gate. Howeverthere was no wheelchair so Larry had to walk down avery long ramp.

Once we got to Atlanta we had to get the turkeyfans and beards checked in at Customs. We knew theyhad to be cleared by the US Fish and Wildlife Serviceand we had the appropriate paperwork. However theagent said they had to keep the fans until Fish andWildlife could clear them. They were placed in a freez-er with paperwork saying they were to be kept frozen.So we boarded our plane to Grand Rapids with ourturkeys in limbo somewhere.

After we got to Grand Rapids it was an hour drivehome. We got home about 12:30am on May 7.Needless to say we slept in that day.

Our story does not end here! We had the May sea-son for Michigan turkey hunting. Because I was havingsurgery on my foot on Monday, May 11, we decided togo hunting at home on Saturday, May 9. Larry veryhandily shot a big turkey at 7:00am using his own shot-gun and I shot one just before noon even though wehunted in steady rain. Larry was scheduled for surgeryon his right shoulder on May 26 so we were very gladwe had our Michigan birds.

After we got in the house and opened the familyroom drapes we saw five grey foxes in our yardbetween the house and the river. There was a male, afemale, and 3 kits. We have seen a fox in the yard offand on for about the last three years. Often we leavefood scraps out for it.

We spent most of the next two hours watching thefoxes. What fun! The kits tumbled and rolled andjumped around just like kittens. The female was stand-ing on alert watching them and they nursed greedilyunder her on two occasions. Even though we werewatching out the window the foxes appeared to beunconcerned. We have a big deck in front of our house

and we think they were probably born under the deck.Our saga does not end yet. On May 8, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife in Atlanta called me to say they hadcleared the turkeys. Then I called periodically to try tofind out where they were. I could get no help from any-one—Fish and Wildlife, Customs, Delta Cargo. FinallyI got an air waybill number from Fish and Wildlife inAtlanta on May 28. Then on a whim I called Customsat the Grand Rapids airport. The agent said the birdswere there but they had not cleared them. Later thatmorning he called to say the birds were cleared.

On Friday, May 29 we drove to Delta Cargo at theGrand Rapids airport to pick up the birds. The agent atDelta Cargo said they had been there for over 2 weeks,not frozen, waiting for Grand Rapids Customs to clearthem. He said clearance came the day before but bythen the birds were very “stinky.” Boy was that thetruth!

I will probably have only a picture to documentmy Grand Slam of turkeys.

We had a great time hunting at El Durango andhope to go back but this time Larry will take his ownshotgun. Alonso said there is a direct flight fromHouston to Durango on Saturdays and it is much easi-er to import a gun into Durango than into Mexico City.He also said it is easier to import birds in Houston.

The Wildlife Gallery helped us get the necessarypaperwork to import the birds into the U.S. They are an“approved establishment” certified by the U.S.Department of Agriculture to accept birds fromMexico. The tannery staff is now trying to see if any-thing can be salvaged from my birds. We were told bystaff that next time we can hire a Customs Broker tohandle the importation of the birds.

We were told recently by U.S. Fish and Wildlifein Atlanta that it was the responsibility of Delta Cargoto keep the birds frozen. When Larry called DeltaCargo in Grand Rapids to ask why the birds were notfrozen he was told they have a freezer but it was brokenand management decided not to repair it. It wasextremely frustrating and upsetting to have the birdsruined by the incompetence of Delta Cargo after wespent so much time making sure we had all the correctpaperwork.

Oh well. Better luck next time – maybe.

Now, more than ever, due to thechanging airline regulations,hunters may want to consider

insurance that covers theirtrophies during shipment.

Chili• 2 pounds ground venison• 4 onions, chopped• 4 cloves garlic, minced• 1 cup celery, chopped• 1 can (3 lbs. 5 oz.) red kidney beans,drained

• 1 can (28 oz.) tomatoes• 2 cans (6 oz. each) tomato sauce• 2 beef bouillon cubes dissolved in 1 cupwater

• 1 can (12 oz.) beer

• 1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce• 2 tablespoons chili powder• 1 tablespoon oregano• 1 teaspoon basil• 1 teaspoon cumin powder• 2 teaspoons saltpepper, freshly grounddash of Tabasco sauce• 1 tablespoon vinegar• 1 tablespoon brown sugar• 1/4 cup catsup1. Sauté together meat, onions, garlic, and celery until it is no longer pink. Drain fat.

2. In a large kettle, combine meat mixture with remaining ingredients. Bring to boil; lower

heat and simmer, covered for 2 to 3 hours.3. Put in individual bowls and sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top.

Ingredients: from Sally Kuipers

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Our chapter has adopted a two mile stretch of highway on I-96, runningboth ways, west of the 28th Street exit. Greg Hoiem organized the clean up forSaturday July 11. Fourteen members showed up. With excellent weather and anenergetic team, the job of picking up and bagging was done in a little over threehours. Personally, I didn't find anything good to take home. Participating mem-bers were: Greg Hoiem and his two sons, Don Dixon, Craig Bade, Mike Sickles,Dennis Sprick, Lee and Jan Murray, Ron Grenadier, Mike and Kathy Clough,R.J. Meyer, and Larry Smith.

Our next highway clean up will be held on Sunday Sept 27. We will againmeet in the Meijer Cascade parking lot at 8 am. It is just west of I-96 on 28thstreet. Additional workers will be greatly welcome. Those with questions shouldcall Greg Hoiem at 1-616-204-0766 or email at [email protected].

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SCI’s Purposeand Intent

A. To promote good fellowship among allwhom love the outdoors and hunting.

B. To promote conservation of the world’s renew-able wildlife resources, recognizing hunting asone of the many management tools.

C. To educate youth, sportsmen and the public inconservation of our wildlife and our forests,which are our natural heritage.

D. To share our hunting experiences and informa-tion among our membership.

E. To operate the association as a non-profit organ-ization, consistent with its charitable purposes,while providing enjoyment for our members,always with the goal of helping to conserve theanimals that we love to hunt today - for thosewho will come to love the sport tomorrow.

SCI Hunter’sCode Of Ethics

Recognizing my responsibilities to wildlife,habitat and future generations, I pledge:

A. To conduct myself in the field so as to make apositive contribution to wildlife and ecosystems.

B. To improve my skills as a woodsman and marks-man to ensure humane harvesting of wildlife.

C. To comply with all game laws in the spirit offair chase, and to influence my companionsaccordingly.

D. To accept my responsibility to provide all possi-ble assistance to game law enforcement officers.

E. To waste no opportunity to teach young peoplethe full meaning of this code of ethics.

F. To reflect in word and behavior only credit uponthe fraternity of sportsmen, and to demonstrateabiding respect for game, habitat and propertywhere I am privileged to hunt.

SCI Master MeasurersYou finally connected with that big bruiser and have a coveted “wall hanger.” You may want to also record

this animal with SCI. We are very lucky in our chapter to have several Master Measurers. Some states don’thave the resources that this chapter offers. The first step in recording your trophy is to call one of the following:

Brent Arnson 231-744-83741731 Holton RoadNorth Muskegon, MI 49445Jim Benton 616-262-6190

[email protected] Bogner (H) 231-744-26651301 Central Avenue (W) 231-744-4003North Muskegon, MI 49445 Fax 231-744-6428Jack R. Clary (H) 616-696-32942600 Indian Lakes Road (W) 616-696-8636Cedar Springs, MI 49319 Fax 616-696-3294Jamie Flewelling (H) 231-845-26055089 North US 31 (W) 231-757-9589Scottville, MI 49454 Larry Higgins (H) 989-732-07281894 Kosiara RoadGaylord, MI 49735 David G. Kidder (H) 616-791-14004197 Hall Street SWGrand Rapids, MI 49544 Fax 616-791-7262

Clark Lincoln (H) 989-463-87944335 W. HarrisonAlma, MI 48801

R.J. Meyer II 989-621-73167920 Ronson Ave.Jenison, MI 49428

Joe Pedersen (C) 616-262-14685120 Shiloh DriveBelmont, MI 49306

SCI Official ScorerRon Johnson (H) 616-754-97321520 Como Lake DriveGreenville, MI 48838 Fax 616-754-9732

Jim Naber (W) 616-455-288034-76th Street SWGrand Rapids, MI 49548

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