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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Family, Hunting Heritage, & the World's Best Hunting Club with Rob McCanna

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Safari hunting, conservation, and family hunting traditions from squirrels to elk are key topics of this wonderful interview with Dallas Safari Club CEO Rob McCanna. We recorded this live at the recent inaugural summer DSC convention, and it was one of the most enjoyable conversations I've ever had with a top-end industry leader. Rob is a down-to-earth guy that hunts hard and appreciates time afield as much or more than most—and is dedicating years to preserving, protecting, and promoting our way of life. ENJOY! 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Most folks, most Americans red-blooded hunters around the world dream of going on safari.

0:06.8

And I can't think of a better organization than the Dallas Safari Club to inspire and accompany people in their journey and planning that first safari.

0:17.0

Now, the Dallas Safari Club sounds like a hometown show, right?

0:20.8

In reality, it's become arguably

0:22.7

the biggest organization of its type around the world. And I have the privilege today of sitting

0:28.8

down with Rob McKenna, the CEO of the Dallas Safari Club, who has a fascinating story in the

0:33.8

firearms and hunting world. And we're here to just talk about the DSC itself,

0:38.9

this new summer convention that we're going through right now,

0:42.7

and the wonderful world of safari hunting.

0:45.9

Thank you for being willing to take some time out of your day here

0:49.7

and visit with me, Rob.

0:51.0

No, thank you, Joseph, for getting me out of the grind

0:54.1

what has been the

0:55.4

show for the last few days, and getting me to sit down and actually have a conversation that's

1:00.2

not going down a show aisle or something like that. So you said some great things in your intro there

1:05.8

and about what Dallas Safari Club is and the aspirations of hunters and things like that.

1:14.0

There's a lot of, I guess, misbeliefs of what Dallas Safari Club is.

1:19.7

The name in itself saying Dallas Safari and Club, a lot of people have, like you said, a hometown type of organization.

1:26.5

And that's not what we are.

1:28.1

We are a conservation organization that is worldwide.

1:31.9

And we are getting bigger and getting stronger.

1:35.7

And it's all about preserving the hunting heritage at every level, not just safari,

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