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DSC NEWSLETTER VOLUME 32,Camp ISSUE 1 TalkJANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 DSC Represents in South Africa and Namibia SC Executive Director Corey Mason Drecently attended the inaugural IN THIS ISSUE Custodians of Professional Hunting & Conservation South Africa (CPHC-SA) Annual Letter from the President .....................1 General Meeting at Zulu Nyala Country DSC Foundation .....................................2 Manor in South Africa. DSC joins CPHC as an Chapter News ........................................4 international partner and a critical supporter as Hunt Report .............................................6 they came together this past year. Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation .......8 CPHC-SA’s mission is to “promote ethical and DSC Sponsors Clay Shoot .................10 responsible hunting; demonstrate and enhance Award Deadline Calendar .................14 conservation and ecologically sustainable Hunting Feature ....................................16 development through the responsible use of Sponsors Spotlight .............................19 natural resources in order to ensure that South Membership Drive ...............................22 Africa’s biodiversity and conservation heritage Reloading ..............................................24 is protected for the benefit of present and future DSC Executive Director Corey Mason presented New Members .....................................26 generations; and to enhance and promote the at the Namibia Professional Hunting Association Classifieds..............................................28 (NAPHA) Annual General Meeting in Windhoek, contribution of professional hunting to the Namibia. livelihood and socio-economic development of CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 all South Africans.” www.biggame.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/dallassafariclub Twitter: UPCOMING Meetings DSC Media @DSCNEWSCENTER RSVP: members.biggame.org Dallas Safari Club @officialdsc Monthly Meetings are $35 per person, $45 day of event and for walk-ins Instagram: @officialdsc FEBRUARY 21 MARCH 21 Dave Fulson Annual General Meeting (AGM) Double Tree Campbell Centre Bent Tree Country Club 8250 N Central Expy, Dallas, TX 75206 5201 Westgrove Dr, Dallas, TX 75248 CampTalk LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT CAMP TALK PRODUCTION STAFF Jay Ann Cox, PhD, Publisher & Editor in Chief Karrie Kolesar, News Editor Terri Lewis, Associate Editor Terry Blauwkamp, Reloading Editor DSC 100, Nate Watson, Membership & Circulation Cameron Kuenzer, Social Media Manager Kathy Gunnels, Art & Production Then and Now Chuck Cole, Art & Production Nieman Printing, Printing & Distribution herrie Lewis, widow of Past President Jim Lewis, dropped by the office the Safari Classics Productions, Online Media Services other day, and remarked that the DSC 100 is so big now. She said, “We used to DSC STAFF S Administrative be 17 who did the work of 100!” What titans those early DSC 100 folks were! You Corey Mason, Executive Director bet they did the work of 100 people, and then some. As the show grew, so did the Barri Murphy, Executive Assistant/Grants Coordinator Jennifer Italiano, Receptionist volunteer base. And good thing too because the show is more complex now, with Auctions more moving parts than ever. The DSC 100 has evolved into the “400-500 people Lori Stanford, Auctions Manager Chapter Development who give 100 percent.” Kim Rappleye, Development/Management The DSC 100 remains strong because of the personal touch each and every Corporate Sponsors Kamille Martin, Corporate Sponsors/Convention Events one of its members gives to their work. Whether it’s helping lift heavy things, Events directing traffic and greeting exhibitors, setting up signs in hallways, answering Crystal Allison, Events Manager Exhibits countless questions at the front desk and concierge, or walking the show floor for Terri Lewis, Exhibits Manager Tatiane Brazil Upton, Exhibits Assistant management and security – the DSC 100 keeps going and going and going. Membership The disadvantage of nearly 500 volunteers is that not everyone knows everyone, Nate Watson, Member & Volunteer Services Publications like it was in those early days. But with returning volunteers like Sherrie and new Jay Ann Cox, PhD, Director of Publications & Media ones coming on board every year, the opportunity to meet someone and forge Karrie Kolesar, News Editor/Awards Coordinator For advertising opportunities and rates, contact lasting friendships is ever present. Jay, [email protected], (972) 980-9800 This issue of Camp Talk will arrive in mailboxes during show week, mostly, so OFFICERS 2018-2019 it’s likely that the volunteers working the show won’t see it until they return home Karl Evans, President to recover. To those people, I say a hearty “Job well done!” and to those of you Craig Nyhus, Immediate Past President Scott Tobermann, President-Elect who didn’t or couldn’t volunteer for the convention, give it a try in 2020! You will John Eads, Treasurer be amazed at how much you will enjoy all that hard work. (As a warm-up, the Rebecca Evans, Secretary S.A.F.E.T.Y. Extravaganza always needs volunteers.) DIRECTORS As 2019 cranks up, make plans to be more active in the club, bring a friend to a 2016-2019 2017-2020 2018-2021 Charlie Barnes Tori Nayfa Amy Callender meeting, renew your membership, submit an article, enter the photo contest, and Mark Little John Patterson Ravin Reddy get involved. Once you do, you will then really have a chance to see what DSC is Jim Tolson Michael Vernone Bob Scott all about. VICE PRESIDENTS Tim Danklef David Hood Daniel McGehee Ken Heard James Jeanes APHA LIAISON David Oakes CHAPTERS LIAISON Karl Evans, DSC President Tim Gafford CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIAISON Cameron Kuenzer DSC-PAC CHAIR M. Lance Phillips GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ADVISOR Steve Weinberg 13709 Gamma Road • Dallas, TX 75244 USA Phone 972-980-9800 • Fax 972-980-9925 Email: [email protected] • Website: biggame.org Advertising inquiries, letters and stories are welcome. Dallas Safari Club reserves the right not to publish, or to edit for content and length. The views expressed in Camp Talk are expressly those of the author and are not necessarily those of Dallas Safari Club, its members, employees or assigns. BIGGAME.ORG JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 | 1 DSC FOUNDATION Who We Are BY RICHARD CHEATHAM, DSC FOUNDATION PRESIDENT ince receiving its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in summer 2016, DSC Foundation has made Formed in 2015 over $3 million dollars in grants in support of the DSC mission and has reached millions of Speople around the world. to support the mission of DSC to In Africa conserve wildlife and One of the DSC Foundation’s most successful grant initiatives has been our support of the Zambezi Delta Anti-Poaching Unit in the African country of Mozambique. The Foundation wilderness land, to has provided funds for helicopter patrol, equipment and training of the anti poaching unit. educate youth and the PH Mark Haldane said, “Keeping our 22-man anti poaching unit in the field, including our helicopter patrol and motorcycle squad, would be impossible without the Foundation. That general public and to support is the true heartbeat of our anti-poaching efforts.” promote and protect Since Mozambique’s civil war when buffalo numbers had plummeted to 1,200, the population today stands at 24,000, increasing by roughly 2,000 a year. the rights of hunters In Zimbabwe, Charlton/McCallum Safaris’s anti-poaching initiative DAPU (Dande Anti- worldwide, advanced Poaching Unit), operates in the famed lower Zambezi Valley. DSC Foundation funds have provided a new anti-poaching vehicle, upgraded equipment and clean drinking water for anti- through grants and poaching units and supporting Zimbabwe Parks personnel. financial assistance. In 2018, DSC Foundation issued a grant to Namibia’s Game Products Trust Fund for the protection of Namibia’s black rhino population. DSC and The Foundation have donated over $600,000 dollars to support the countries wildly successful Black Rhino Management Program. Over a 20-year period, the program has resulted in the doubling of the black rhino population in Namibia, considered on an international level as one of wildlife conservations greatest success stories. In North America Partnering the Wild Sheep Foundation, one of world’s leading conservation organizations, the Foundation fully funded the 2018 Roundtable Summit meeting in Sonora, Mexico. The purpose of which was to identify challenges and solutions for successfully restoring and managing free ranging Desert bighorn sheep in Sonora. In addition, we supported the Westside sheep restoration project, the La Guarida rainwater project and the El Sierra Alamo rainwater project. In Texas, the Foundation funded a guzzler project to help sustain Desert bighorn sheep in the mountains of west Texas. DSC also provided the initial funding and continues to support The Wild Harvest Initiative conducted by Conservation Visions. This multi-year program is designed to measure and analyze the biomass of wild animal protein harvested in the U.S. and Canada and to assess its nutritional and economic value. This project will provide critical scientific data to highlight one of the primary benefits of legal and regulated sport hunting. DSC Foundation continues DSC’s support of youth outdoor education through grants to the Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation and the NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge. The Outdoor Adventures curriculum reaches middle and across the U.S. (See related article on page 4.) NRA’s Youth Hunter Education Program has served over 1.2 million youths since its inception