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2020 Donations (As of Press Time) “Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wildlife and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method.” ― Theodore Roosevelt Dallas Safari Club invites outdoor enthusiasts world-wide to support conservation, advocacy and outdoor education by bidding on one of many outstanding auction opportunities offered during DSC’s HERITAGE Convention & Sporting Expo, January 9-12, 2020. Over the course of four days, bidders will be tempted with amazing hunts and fishing trips - both local and far-away, hunting & fishing gear, fine firearms, one-of-a-kind knives, original art, exquisite jewelry, fabulous furs and so much more during live evening auctions Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday, live & silent auctions during the Ladies Luncheon & Life Member Breakfast and, of course, the outstanding Expo silent auction held in the Convention Hall during show hours. All live & silent auctions will be available for early online bidding mid-November. And remember to bid generously knowing that your auction dollars will help preserve the HERITAGE of wildlife and wild places for our children, our children’s children and all unborn future generations to come! Happy Bidding! Lori Stanford Auctions Manager 2020 Donations (As of press time) Donor Item Description Value 1 Shot Gear Swarovski Optik and Sitka Gear Big Game Package $9,200 4Aces Outfitters 10-Day Plains Game BOW Safari for Two Hunters in South Africa - $13,500 Includes Trophy Fee Credit 4Aces Outfitters 7-Day Roan or Sable Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter in $8,500 South Africa - Includes Trophy Fee 4Aces Outfitters 3-Day Free Range Iberian Red Stag Hunt for Two Hunters in Spain $14,300 - Includes Trophy Fees Acute Angling 6-Day Peacock Bass and Red Tail Fishing Trip for One Angler in $4,950 Brazil Africa Anyway Safaris 7-Day Plains Game Safari for One Hunter in South Africa - Includes $7,250 Trophy Fees Africa Maximum Safaris 8-Day Sable Hunt for Two Hunters and Two Non-Hunters in South $21,560 Africa - Includes Trophy Fees African Buffalo Safaris Trackers 10-Day African Hunting Safari for One Hunter and One Non- $35,800 Hunter in Tanzania African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Synthetic Elephant Hair Necklace with Matching Bracelet $475 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Two-Tone Necklace, Bracelet and Dangle Earrings with CZ Stones $875 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Child's 14k Gold Filled Bracelet with CZ Stones and Matching Stud $1,500 Safari Jewelry Earrings African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Child's 14k Gold Filled Bracelet with CZ Stones and Matching Stud $1,500 Safari Jewelry Earrings African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Child's Two-Tone Bracelet with Matching Stud Earrings $200 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - 14K Gold-Filled Necklace with CZ Stones and Matching Stud $1,900 Safari Jewelry Earrings African Elephant Hair Bracelet - 14K Gold-Filled Necklace with CZ Stones and Matching Stud $1,900 Safari Jewelry Earrings African Elephant Hair Bracelet - 14K Gold-Filled Lightweight 3-Strand Bracelet $450 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - 14K Gold-Filled Classic 4-Strand Bracelet $650 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Two-Tone Necklace with Matching Dangle Earrings $350 Safari Jewelry African Elephant Hair Bracelet - Two-Tone Necklace with Elephant Pendant $450 Safari Jewelry African Field Sports 5-Day White Rhino Vita Dart Hunt for One Hunter and One Non- $12,000 Hunter in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. African Hunting Gazette / Afton 7-Day Cape Buffalo Hunt for One Hunter in South Africa - Includes $13,500 Safari Lodge Trophy Fee and Much More! African Outfitter Full Page Color Advert in the January/February 2021 Issue of $1,800 African Outfitter African Sporting Creations Arno Bernard Kitchen Knife Set $750 African Sporting Creations Double Wine Bottle Carrier and Wine Glass Carrier by Els & Co. $1,040 African Sporting Creations Courteney Ostrich Haversack $900 African Sporting Creations African Sporting Creations Dark Continent Shooting Sticks $500 Air2000 Hunters Support Meet and Assist Services for Four Hunters Traveling Together $800 Air2000 Hunters Support Meet and Assist Services for One Hunter and One Observer $200 Traveling Together Air2000 Hunters Support Meet and Assist Services for Two Hunters Traveling Together $400 Alan Michael USA Ladies Lambskin Moto Jacket and Skirt $2,500 Alaska Big Game Hunting 8-Day Grizzly Bear Hunt for One Hunter in Alaska - Includes $12,500 Trophy Fee Alaska Fur Gallery Ladies Fur Jacket $15,000 Alaska SeaScape Lodge - Jimmie 4-Day Alaskan Fishing Adventure for Four Anglers on the Kenai $14,760 Jack Fishing Peninsula Alaska Wilderness Ent. 7-Day Black Bear Hunt for One Hunter in Alaska - Includes Two $5,000 Bears and Pike Fishing Alcampo Hunting Adventures 10-Day Sonora Desert Bighorn Sheep Hunt for One Hunter and $70,000 One Non-Hunter in Mexico - Includes Trophy Fee Algar Safaris - Patagonia, 5-Day Red Stag Hunt for Two Hunters in Argentina - Includes $22,700 Argentina Trophy Fees American Custom Gunmakers DSC's 2020 President's Rifle Handcrafted FN Commercial Mauser $25,000 Guild 98 Action Rifle in .35 Whelen Caliber Andy Sanchez Furniture "String of Beads" - Rustic One-of-a-Kind Dining Room Table Inlaid $18,200 with Morenci Turquoise and Red Coral by Andy Sanchez Angry Eagle Lodge & Outfitters 6-Day/7-Night Fishing Adventure for Two Anglers in Alaska $19,000 Argentina Big Hunting 3-Day High Volume Dove Hunt for Four Hunters in Argentina $7,200 Argentina's Best Hunting 4-Day High Volume Dove Hunt for Two Hunters in Argentina $2,000 Argentina-Spain/GBH Safaris 4-Day Ibex Hunt for Two Hunters in Spain - Includes Trophy Fees $10,000 Argentina-Spain/GBH Safaris 4-Day Big Game and High-Volume Dove Hunt for Three Hunters in $6,500 Argentina - Includes Trophy Fees Argentina-Spain/GBH Safaris 4-Day Big Game Hunt for Three Hunters in Argentina - Includes $3,000 Trophy Fees ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night High Volume Dove Hunt for THREE Hunters in $5,400 Argentina ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night High Volume Dove Hunt for SIX Hunters in $10,800 Argentina ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night High Volume Dove Hunt for NINE Hunters in $16,200 Argentina ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night Dove and Duck Hunt for THREE Hunters in $7,500 Argentina ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night Dove and Duck Hunt for SIX Hunters in Argentina $15,000 ArgentinaWingshooting.com 5-Day/4-Night Dove and Duck Hunt for EIGHT Hunters in $20,000 Argentina Arluk Outfitters 6-Day Newfoundland Moose and Black Bear Hunt for One Hunter $9,200 in Canada - Includes Trophy Fees Aru Game Lodges 7-Day Plains Game Safari for Two Hunters and Two Non-Hunters $26,175 in Namibia - Includes Trophy Fees Atascosa Wildlife Supply Atascosa 2,000 LB Protein Feeder with Skids and Fill Platform $2,500 Austin Mesquite Works Handcrafted Texas Mesquite Rocking Chair $6,000 Autumn Antlers Trophy 4-Day Whitetail Deer Hunt for Two Hunters in Minnesota - $6,500 Whitetail Lodge Includes Trophy Fees Avanti By Avanti LLC 18K White Gold and Diamond Heart Ring $30,500 Avanti By Avanti LLC 14K White Gold Men's Elephant Ring with Diamonds $6,000 B&M Distributors Dual Recliner Swing $2,800 BALAM 7-Day Campeche Jungle Hunt for Two Hunters in Mexico - $9,000 Includes Trophy Fees Banovich Art Original Oil Painting by John Banovich $35,000 Bansner & Company LLC Bansner Yukoner 6.5 Creedmoor Rifle $8,500 Baranof Jewelers Stunning 10.20 Carat Tanzanite Necklace $50,000 Bear Paw Outfitters / Crusader 6-Day Black Bear Hunt for One Hunter in Alberta, Canada $5,100 Safaris Beasley's Fine Jewelry Stunning One-Of-A-Kind Jewelry $15,000 Beauchamp Knives and Beauchamp Knife $1,000 Stamascus Knifeworks Bell Wildlife Specialties 2-Day Wild Turkey Hunt for Two Hunters in Kansas $2,700 Bino Dock LLC Two Pairs of Bino Dock Binocular Holders x3 @ $120 Each $360 Blaser USA, Inc. Rigby Big Game Double Square Bridge .416 Rigby $18,000 Bobby Hansen Safaris 5-Day Plains Game Safari for Two Hunters in South Africa - $7,900 Includes Trophy Fees Bolivian Adventures & Four 3-Day High Volume Dove Hunt for Four Hunters in Argentina $7,200 Seasons Argentina Boone and Crockett Club Boone and Crockett Club Craft Whiskies, T-Shirt and Cap x3 @ $600 Whiskies $200 Each Braeval Braeval Artemis Camel Vest x2 @ $250 Each $500 Brays Island Plantation 3-Night Stay and 2 Half-Day Quail Hunts for Two Hunters at Brays $2,500 Island Plantation in South Carolina Brenda Heard Amiani Beach Bag and Amiani Necklace with Matching Earrings $175 Brown's Lodge & Hunting Ranch 3-Day Wild Pheasant Hunt for Two Hunters in South Dakota $5,400 Brush Country Studios Life-Size Leopard Taxidermy Mount on Julian & Sons Black Walnut $14,250 Base BTI Hunting Products & Firepits 36" Outdoor Firepit with Adjustable Grate and Fire Poker $1,150 Bubye Valley Conservancy 7-Day Buffalo Hunt for One Hunter in the Bubye Valley $9,800 Conservancy of Zimbabwe Buffalo Kloof 7-Day Cape Buffalo Hunt for Two Hunters in South Africa - $26,500 Includes Trophy Fees Buffalo Wool Company, The American Bison Gloves, Socks and Scarf $250 Bull Basin Ranch 2-Day Cow Elk Hunt for One Hunter and One Non-Hunter in $3,900 Colorado - Includes Trophy Fee Bush Africa Safaris 10-Day Sable and Plains Game Safari for Two Hunters in South $14,000 Africa - Includes Trophy Fee Credit Cabassa Safaris 7-Day Plains Game Safari for Two Hunters in South Africa - $6,750 Includes Trophy Fee Credit Cajun Kooling Cajun Kooling Outdoor CK4500-S Ceiling Fan $1,550 Call of Africa, Inc.
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