DSC NEWSLETTER VOLUME 32,Camp ISSUE 10 TalkNOVEMBER 2019 Capstick Award Winners Announced he Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award IN THIS ISSUE TCommittee has selected Robin and Pauline Hurt as the 2020 Letter from the President .....................1 award recipients. The Hurts will be presented with the prestigious Frontline Foundation .............................2 award at the DSC Convention and Expo, Heritage, at the Saturday DSC Foundation .....................................4 evening banquet on Jan. 11, 2020. Reloading .................................................6 The Capstick Award honors the memory of a great man whose Trophy Awards .......................................7 love of hunting and respect for wildlife fueled his desire to promote Hotel and Exhibitor Reminders ..........8 a hunting legacy that ensured the conservation of our wildlife Banquet Tickets, Day Passes .............9 Pauline Hurt Schedule of Events .............................10 resources. To pay tribute to Peter H. Capstick, award recipients have Table Sponsors .....................................11 shown long-term support and commitment to our hunting heritage Door Prizes ............................................12 through various avenues such as education, humanitarian causes, Happy Hill Farm ....................................13 hunting involvement, and giving. Grants in Action....................................14 This year’s award winners, Robin and Pauline Hurt embody these Obituary ..................................................15 values and set a fine example as stewards of our hunting heritage. In Hunt Report ...........................................16 1990, Robin founded the Robin Hurt Wildlife Foundation (RHWF), Hunters for the Hungry.......................18 with the assistance and contributions of Joseph F. Cullman III, with DSC On Air .............................................21 the goal of developing linkages between Tanzania’s sustainable DSC Christmas Party ..........................22 utilization of wildlife, poverty alleviation and the maintenance Auction Listing ......................................25 of healthy ecosystems. RHWF is committed to supporting local Membership Drive ...............................38 New Members .....................................39 communities to become better stewards of the natural environment Member Bulletin Board .....................40 upon which they depend. This project, which has turned poachers into anti-poachers, has international recognition and is considered Robin Hurt to be one of Tanzania’s greatest conservation successes. In addition to supporting the conservation of Tanzania’s Robin and Pauline indigenous flora and fauna and the wilderness areas they inhabit, have left a significant conservation footprint the RHWF supports the education of Tanzania citizens regarding across Africa, from the value of conservation of natural resources and the sustainable Kenya and Tanzania utilizations of wildlife. In fact, the foundation has built 37 schools in down to Namibia. We the last 12 years, accompanied by 74 houses for teaching staff and are proud to honor their 34 health dispensaries. This life-changing engagement is fueled by legacy with this year’s hunter/conservationist money and ideals. Capstick Award. In 2014, Robin and Pauline also started Habitat for Rhino, a rhino – Corey Mason, DSC conservation and breeding program on their ranch in Namibia. The Executive Director main purpose of this project is to provide safe habitat for rhinos CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 www.biggame.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/dallassafariclub UPCOMING Meetings Twitter: DSC Media @DSCNEWSCENTER RSVP: members.biggame.org | Monthly Meetings are $35 per person, $45 day of event and walk-ins. Dallas Safari Club @officialdsc Effective Jan. 1, all Monthly Meetings will require pre-registration. Walk-ins will no longer be accepted. Instagram: DECEMBER 12 JANUARY 9-12 @officialdsc Christmas Party DSC Convention Howell and Dragon Kay Bailey Hutchison Center 1130 Dragon St, Ste 120, Dallas, TX 75207 650 S Griffin St, Dallas, TX 75202 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT CampTalk CAMP TALK PRODUCTION STAFF Jay Ann Cox, PhD, Publisher & Editor in Chief Karrie Meadows, Managing Editor Time is Tight Terri Lewis, Associate Editor Terry Blauwkamp, Reloading Editor Nate Watson, Membership & Circulation hen you read this “Letter from the President,” we will have around 50 Cameron Kuenzer, Social Media Manager days until people from all over the world congregate in Dallas at the Kay Kathy Gunnels, Art & Production W Chuck Cole, Art & Production Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for Heritage – the 2020 Dallas Safari Club Nieman Printing, Printing & Distribution Convention and Sporting Expo. When you subtract out weekends, Thanksgiving, Safari Classics Productions, Online Media Services Christmas and New Year’s, it doesn’t leave many working days left to get all of the DSC STAFF Administrative final preparations completed. Corey Mason, Executive Director A lot of behind the scenes work will be taking place at the DSC office in the Terri Lewis, Operations Manager Barri Murphy, Executive Assistant/Grants Coordinator upcoming weeks, and there is always a need for volunteers before convention Jennifer Italiano, Receptionist Auctions week. This is the perfect opportunity for those of you whose schedules make Lori Stanford, Auctions Manager it difficult to volunteer during convention, and the help is just as important Christie Selle, Auctions Assistant Chapter Development for making it all happen. Mark your calendars for the DSC Store Packing on Carson Keys, Development/Management December 17 and the Convention Bag Stuffing on January 2 at DSC Headquarters. Corporate Sponsors Kamille Martin, Corporate Sponsors/Convention Events If you have questions about expectations and roles involved with volunteer Events committees, we have the Final DSC 100 meeting on December 5 at Republic Texas Crystal Allison, Events Manager Exhibits Tavern, 12300 Inwood Rd., Dallas, TX 75244. We can always use more volunteers. Tatiane Brazil Upton, Exhibits Manager Holly Mapel, Exhibits Assistant Please join us to learn more about the many opportunities during convention. As Membership always for volunteering, you will get an exclusive DSC100 t-shirt, access to the Nate Watson, Member & Volunteer Services Publications volunteer room with drinks and snacks and free admission to all 4 days of the Jay Ann Cox, PhD, Director of Publications & Media convention. Karrie Kolesar, Managing Editor And finally, don’t forget about the DSC Winter Wonderland Christmas party at For advertising opportunities and rates, contact Jay, [email protected], (972) 980-9800 Howell and Dragon on December 12. Please join us for great food, drinks, music OFFICERS 2019-2020 and socializing. You can sign up by calling the office or use the new and improved Scott Tobermann, President DSC website. Karl Evans, Immediate Past President Mark Little, President-Elect I wish everyone a satisfying Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas and a Rockin’ John Eads, Treasurer New Year’s Eve. And I look forward to seeing all of you at Heritage. Kyle Allison, Secretary DIRECTORS 2017-2020 2018-2021 2019-2022 Tori Nayfa Amy Callender Ken Heard John Patterson Ravin Reddy James Jeanes Michael Vernone Bob Scott Daniel McGehee VICE PRESIDENTS Tim Danklef, David Hood, Jim Tolson ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS Scott Tobermann, DSC President Phil Gordon, Ray Mulholland, Russell Stacy APHA LIAISON David Oakes CHAPTERS LIAISON Tim Gafford CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIAISON Cameron Kuenzer Call for Photos DSC-PAC CHAIR Show your pride in our hunting Heritage! The theme of our 2020 show M. Lance Phillips is Heritage, and we would like to create a presentation to run on various screens during the day and at the nightly banquets. Photos of family, friends, and loved ones hunting together, the beauty of natural parks and wildlife refuges, and people enjoying the great outdoors. Whether it is your latest impala or your grandfather’s whitetail, please send photos 13709 Gamma Road • Dallas, TX 75244 USA Phone 972-980-9800 • Fax 972-980-9925 of your hunting heritage to see your family on the big screen. All photos Email: [email protected] • Website: biggame.org should be at least 1MB in size and in JPG format. Advertising inquiries, letters and stories are welcome. Dallas Safari Email Crystal Allison at [email protected]. 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 NOVEMBER 2019 | 1 FRONTLINE FOUNDATION Help for Zimbabwe SAVE THE DATE Tracker BY JOHN PATTERSON, DSC FRONTLINE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT Final DSC 100 n old African proverb Volunteer Social states, “The skin of the Aleopard is beautiful, but not December 5, 2019 his heart.” In September, Republic Texas Tavern Zimbabwe tracker Zivanai 12300 Inwood Rd, Dallas, TX 75244 Tsongora came face-to-face with a wounded leopard and learned firsthand just Join us at Republic Texas Tavern in Dallas. how dark a leopard’s heart Bring a friend, coworker, or neighbor to can be. Armed only with a hear all about volunteering at Heritage. spear, Tsongora and a professional hunter Peter Creighton were on the track of a leopard that a client had wounded the evening before. The leopard suddenly charged from behind a boulder, knocking Tsongora to the ground and severely mauling his face, shoulder,