SCI Tag Soup

"Accurate, Affordable, Guaranteed" - that's Blackhound Optics. Host Chip Hunnicutt visits with Jim Peterson, Special Channels Manager of Blackhound Optics about the company's unique business model, excellent lineup of optics, and stellar reputation for customer service. Learn more at blackhoundoptics.com.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently introduced a black bear management plan and proposed hunting regulations for the state. SCI Foundation sponsored MDC's Phase 1 black bear research project starting in 2010, along with partners at Mississippi State University. Funding from SCIF's Hunter Legacy Fund endowment supported research into determining the initial population estimates of black bears and that ulti...

To support professional hunters and outfitters negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, Safari Club International (SCI) is launching the Share the Impact Outfitter Benefit, a multi-day online charity event that runs from August 1-22.

The program will include an online auction of donated items and unique experiences, with 100% of the net proceeds going directly to industry relief through outfitter associations. These associations ...

British Columbia guide outfitter Darren DeLuca, a 30-year veteran of the outfitting industry, is committed to protecting our hunting heritage using the tools of free enterprise and capitalism. “Hunters spend thousands of dollars every year traveling to Western Canada to hunt,” DeLuca says. “The Wild LP allows them to convert their hunting budget into investments in the outfitting industry.”

The Wild LP redirects your hunting expendi...

Jake DeBow is the Region 1 Wildlife Biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game where he partners with forestland owners and foresters in the North Country to incorporate wildlife habitat considerations into forest management decisions – a service that Fish and Game has been providing since the 1940s.

Jake's graduate thesis project at the University of Vermont was funded in part by Safari Club International Foundation and focused ...

Ben Cassidy, SCI Director of Government Affairs, joins host Chip Hunnicutt to review this week's highly successful "SCI Virtual Advocacy Week", a digital spin on the traditional Washington D.C. fly-in and annual Lobby Day.

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Tony Martins is an outdoors photojournalist, Professional Outdoors Media Association and National Shooting Sports Foundation media member, business consultant and small business owner, Labrador retriever breeder and conservationist. Tony's feature articles have appeared in dozens of magazines over the past 24 years including Sports Afield, Successful Hunter, Predator Xtreme, Rocky Mountain Game & Fish, White Mountain Outdoo...

Blood Origins is a storytelling project showcasing the heart of our hunting culture and Robbie Kroger is the driving force behind it. In this episode we talk about the "origins" of Blood Origins. Robbie's unique way of getting at the essence of hunting through subjects from every corner of society clearly define how hunting connects us all. Watch Blood Origins on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Instagram and bloodorigins.com. 

This week Philip Glass visits with host Chip Hunnicutt about starring in the 2018 documentary, "TROPHY". The film follows Glass, a lifelong hunter and a Texas-based sheep breeder, in his pursuit of The Big Five alongside the story of an outfitter and a private rhino breeder as they each deliver their unique sides of the story of hunting. The film is available to view on Netflix.

Earlier this year SCI announced a new partnership with outdoor television host and world class musician, Nick Hoffman. Tag Soup host Chip Hunnicutt caught up with Nick at the SCI Convention to talk hunt shopping and playing fiddle with Charlie Daniels.

As the host of the award-winning television series Nick’s Wild Ride on the Outdoor Channel, Hoffman travels the world in pursuit of hunting adventures. His show encapsulates so much m...

We caught up with J. Alain Smith of Rugged Expeditions for a few minutes on the floor of the SCI Convention to talk about his show and international hunting. If you're getting cabin fever due to the coronavirus home quarantine, check out his show on YouTube or Amazon Prime where J. Alain takes you around the world for exciting adventures and big laughs! Find him online at jalainsmith.com.

This week host Chip Hunnicutt sits down with Brian Gilroy, Founder & CEO of Wildlife Partners. A longtime SCI Corporate Partner, Texas-based Wildlife Partners enables conservation-minded landowners to to convert their private ranches into cash flow producing wildlife sanctuaries. Learn more about Wildlife Partners at wildlifepartners.com.

On March 28, 2020 Brian and his company will host the Super Exotic Wildlife Auction and Edu...

From the 2020 SCI Convention, we welcome Barbara Crown of the SCI Hunter Information Service, Louis B. Ebersohn, CEO of African Wildlife Services, and Dr. T. Wayne Schwertner of Tarleton State University of Texas, College of Agriculture Environmental Sciences, Wildlife Sustainability and Ecosystem Sciences. The three discuss "A Model for Conservation of African Habitats and Wildlife: How the future of African wildlife depends o...

This week Tag Soup heads to Capital Hill as host Chip Hunnicutt and Ben Cassidy, Director of Government Affairs, sit down with the SCI Legislator of the Year Congressman Jeff Duncan of the 3rd District of South Carolina for a special episode of Tag Soup! Representative Duncan has been a champion for hunters in the halls of Congress.

For 17 years SCI Foundation has sponsored the African Wildlife Consultative Forum, bringing together conservation leaders from countries in South Africa to discuss challenges in their regions and developing unique solutions focused on the needs of these special habitats, wildlife and rural communities. Host Chip Hunnicutt visits with SCIF's Chris Comer, Ph.D., Director of Conservation and Joe Goergen, Conservation Program Manag...