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Ep. 159 | Safari Club International – More than meets the SC I

Vortex Nation Podcast

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Sports, Vortex Optics, Shooting, Scope, Gun, Long Range, Wilderness, Hunting, Riflescope, Vortex, Vortex Nation Podcast, Binoculars, Vortex Nation, Optics, Rifle

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What’s in a name? We’ll, lots of things – and possibly even some misconceptions. Safari Club International (SCI) has been fighting for hunters, rights, traditions, culture, and essentially our way of life for years. They are all about domestic and international hunting, but make no mistake, it isn’t all lions and zebras. Tune in to this super interesting conversation with Ben Cassidy from SCI as we chat about, what SCI is doing for you, how they are doing it and some serious battles they are fighting right now. Bear hunting, Tahr hunting in New Zealand, and simply hunting on Sunday in some states - which if you do the math is 50% of your weekend - are just a few things they are taking head-on. Even if a threat isn’t in your back yard, it’s important we support our fellow hunters and organizations like SCI. Together we are strong – and eventually it might be you and your traditions that need a helping hand. As always, we want to hear your feedback! Let us know if there are any topics you'd like covered on the Vortex Nation™ podcast by asking us on Instagram @vortexnationpodcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and Good Food. All right, welcome back, Vortex Nation,

0:21.0

to the Vortex Nation podcast. Got to my right we've got Ben

0:24.8

Cassidy across from us virtually now Ben is from SCI Safari Club

0:30.4

International and I guess I guess the tagline says it all first for

0:35.4

hunters. S. C. I first for hunters. These guys are doing some great stuff for

0:39.5

for hunter, hunter advocacy and really fighting the good fight against,

0:45.0

you know, things that threaten hunting and the hunting heritage

0:48.7

and everything that goes along with that.

0:50.3

And one thing I think, you know know we're talking about the name

0:52.9

SCI been and the word safari is in there and I and I feel like that kind of conjures up

0:58.0

you know visions of Africa or international only but that's definitely not what you guys are only about.

1:06.4

So real quick here, why don't you introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about you, what you

1:10.9

have going on and then let's kind of you know jump into

1:13.9

SCI as a whole and and why it's important and why we need an organization like

1:18.8

SCI. Yeah absolutely and thanks a lot Mark and Jim for having me on to talk about Safari Club. It's something that I can speak to endlessly.

1:27.0

I feel like I'm the luckiest man I'll have to be in the job I'm in. But yeah, Ben Cassidy, I'm the director of government affairs for Safari Club International. We are a 50 year old

1:36.2

organization, 50,000 members strong, built up off of chapters across the country,

1:42.6

across the globe.

1:43.8

Like you mentioned, yeah, our name, Safari Club

1:45.6

does conjure up, you know, those giant international,

1:48.4

you know, trips, but if you ever like make it out

1:50.8

to one of our shows, you know it's the the ultimate sports

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