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Join us january 27, 2024 more information below..

Grants and Community Support

Hunting heritage museum & amy bell foundation, annual fundraiser & extravaganza.

We are a 501c3 volunteer organization raising money for wildlife conservation, education and humanitarian grants. Over $1,000,000 was distributed in the last 3 years to local and global causes. 

Examples include scholarships, clean water projects, wildlife research, anti-poaching efforts, the Borderlands Research Institute and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.  

Join us January 27, 2024 at the Horseshoe Arena in Midland. There will be outfitters from around the world, vendors, raffles, silent & live auctions and more! Over 1,000 people joined us in 2023 helping to net raise over $1,000,000 for conservation efforts.

Meet with outfitters and vendors in the exhibit hall from 9 AM to 3 PM. General adm

Meet with outfitters and vendors in the exhibit hall from 9 AM to 3 PM. General admission is $10 for people 12 and older, and free for those under 12 or SCI members. All day passes for the exhibit hall are sold at the door.

The private banquet and auctions begin at 5 pm. Tables can be purchased online via the link at the top of this page. 

We are proud supporters of the local West Texas Hunting Heritage Museum, Amy Bell Foundation and SCI Blue Bag Program.  

These programs are crucial for education and community support. Contact us for more information on these programs.

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We are the West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI). SCI is a leading advocator for wildlife conservation, public policy and hunting rights around the world. We are consistently one of the top chapters supporting SCI in addition to our own local community each year.

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The West Texas Hunting Extravaganza

• Doors will open to the general public for $10 per person from 9AM - 3PM January 14th. Admission for children under 12 are FREE. The Exhibitor Hall will close at 3PM so come early!
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• West Texas Safari Club Donates to Scholarship Endowment at BRI
• Posted by ste2adeq
• Categories Features , News , Parent News
• Date January 31, 2022

Alpine, TX – The West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International has made a $5,000 donation to support an endowed scholarship at the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University. The endowment was set up by the West Texas chapter in 2014 and has been supporting students ever since.

This year’s scholarship recipients are graduate students Daniel Wilcox and Olivia Gray. Wilcox’s thesis project is investigating the impact of aoudad expansion into native bighorn and mule deer range. Gray is studying the dietary overlap of aoudad, desert bighorn sheep and mule deer in the Trans-Pecos.

“The West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International aims to keep a large portion of the funds we raise for local use,” said Brandon Bredemeyer, Board President of the West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International. “It makes sense for us to invest in the education of future conservation scientists whose research benefits projects where we live, work and enjoy the outdoors. We see it as an investment in our future that will benefit future generations of outdoor enthusiasts.”

The West Texas chapter has donated more than $300,000 to Borderlands Research Institute over the last 15 years, supporting a variety of research projects along with the endowed scholarships.

“We are incredibly grateful for the longstanding support of the West Texas chapter,” said Dr. Louis Harveson, who is the Dan Allen Hughes, Jr., BRI Endowed Director and professor of Wildlife Management at Sul Ross State University. “The scholarship endowment will be supporting future conservation professionals for years to come.”

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When: January 15 , 2022 9:00 am – 10:00 pm (past) - get iCal link

Location: Midland County Horseshoe Pavilion 2514 Arena Trail Midland, TX 79701 (view map)

Event brought to you by the West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International. Doors Open to Exhibitor Hall for Public Entry from 9 AM – 3 PM - $10 for Adults, Children Under 12 are Free - Free entry for SCI Members (Must Present Membership Card) - Free Entry for those who Join SCI Doors Open for the Private Banquet Event and Auction at 5 PM Come out and join us for fun, fellowship, silent auction, live auction, and raffles. Browse the many vendor booths at the show. Help raise funds for wildlife conservation, promotion of outdoor youth education, youth hunting, youth shooting sports, and other activities. Register and pay for your table by Credit Card online by going to 2022 West Texas SCI Hunters' Extravaganza - Safari Club International - West Texas | Mobile Silent Auction | Find an Event Near You | Handbid click on “Login” then click on “Create Account” and complete the registration (if you are already registered from last year, simply login with your email and password), then click on the “Buy Tickets” and purchase a table at the desired sponsor level. You may purchase multiple tables on the website. Be sure to check out both our live and online only auctions at: West Texas Hunting Extravaganza 2022 - Session 1 - Page 1 of 0 - West Texas Chapter of SCI - Online Hunting Auctions

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Phone: 432.305.5858

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Yes…I was hunting from a raised deer blind watching a feed pen with an automatic feeder that spread corn daily at 8 a.m. and again at 5 p.m…a baited area. I was hunting there in hopes of shooting does, part of our approved Texas Park and Wildlife Department’s Managed Land Deer Permit or MLD Permit.  It was late January. Under the MLD Permit hunting for whitetail deer begins the opening day of Texas’ archery season and extends through the end of February. Permits for both bucks and does are issued to the landowner/manager, at a rate based on long- and short-term goals, current deer densities, buck to doe ratios, fawn survival rates and range conditions. Only those permits can be used to “tag” deer taken on MLDP property and do not “count” against the regular Texas bag limits. The MLD Permit has been in effect for several years in Texas and contributes greatly to properly managing both deer populations and wildlife habitat and contribute greatly to improving habitat for all wild species, including song birds and even butterflies!

“Feeders” tend to attract deer and allow hunters to truly evaluate bucks as to age before pulling the trigger, making a quick and humane killing shot.

During the early season it is not uncommon to see both bucks and does at feeders, and even during the early part of the rut.  But as the rut increases and then wanes, bucks, which are only dominant in the deer herd while they are “in hard antler”, tend to take over “feeders.”

Once does are bred they no longer want anything to do with bucks.  Rather than come to feeders, where bucks congregate to “repair,” does stay away from such areas. Going into my most recent hunt on my western Texas lease, I suspected that might still be the case, but hoped does were again visiting feeders.

To help me take my remaining “quota” of does, each lease member is assigned a number of does to take, I asked Luke Clayton and Jeff Rice to come hunt. I have been doing a weekly radio segment with Luke on his Luke Clayton Outdoors (aka Catfish Radio) radio show now for something over 16 years, which also is a weekly podcast.  Luke and I also co-host the weekly “Campfire Talk with Luke and Larry” podcast for Sporting Classics Daily/Sporting Classics.  We too, recently did a book together, “Campfire Talk” which is available through www.catfishradio.org and www.larryweishuhn.net , as well as amazon.com.  We also do a weekly digital tv show, “A Sportsman’s Life” which is produced and co-hosted by Jeff Rice.  “A Sportsman’s Life” airs on CarbonTV.com, but also can be seen at my www.larryweishuhn.net website.  There, one can also listen to my personal weekly podcast “DSC’s Campfires with Larry Weishuhn,” and read my regular blogs and selected articles.

Prior to their arrival I did some scouting and decided to hunt them from blinds where in the past I had taken does. I was hunting the blind where I planned to hunt Luke that afternoon, watching the bachelor herd.

Glassing and filming the bucks I spotted movement over 500-yards away, then watched 51 deer in one herd run by, as if the devil was after them! The herd had 18 bucks, including a really wide 8-point, a massive 10-point and a 24-inches wide very tall 10-point, as well 33 does and nearly grown fawns. Had the herd been closer, I would have done my best to take one of those three bigger bucks.  I still had two MLDP buck tags assigned to me. I had earlier accounted for three management bucks, and still had one tag assigned to a 10-point or better and another for the biggest 8-point I could find. The deer on the flat part of the lease tend to run in herds, typical of prairie animals.  I had seen herds of 30 but never as large a herd as had just run by.

Jeff and Luke arrived at noon. Over a delicious lunch, camp food is always a big part of our hunt, we discussed our hunt.

Luke had brought a food attractant “Vineyard Max” based on the dried grape skins. After lunch we put some in various places near where I planned to hunt Luke and Jeff the next couple of days.  They would hunt from stands while I would walk and stalk.

With the two in stands using my .44 Mag revolver and was able to take a doe at 80 yards after getting a solid rest. As luck would have it, Jeff and Luke saw bucks, but no does.

Next morning I again put Jeff and Luke in blinds, but with the idea of then during mid-day walking to where we had put out Vineyard Max ( www.vineyardmax.net) . While they hunted from blinds I shot two more does, this time with my 7mm PRC. I had taken it, knowing my shots that morning might likely be beyond my comfort distance of 100-yards using my Raging Hunter .44 Mag.  Picking them up I learned Luke and Jeff saw bucks, no does!

Before heading to camp for lunch, we drove to an area baited with Vineyard Max.  We stopped 500-yards short of the area, wind in our face.  Luke “capped” his muzzleloader.  With Jeff following behind with a camera they started walking toward where he had poured the bait on the ground.  I stayed behind to bring the pickup, if I heard a shot.

Twenty minutes later I heard a single shot. A couple of minutes later I saw Luke walk onto the pasture road and wave me forward. Moments later I pulled up to a smiling hunter. “Got her!  She had her nose in the Vineyard Max when I shot. Big doe!”  I shook his hand and followed him to where the doe lay. She indeed was in excellent body condition, downright fat!

That night gathered around the campfire we enjoyed grilled backstrap. The morrow would bring more adventures. Surely was good to be back in West Texas!

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