By Brent Bruggink, Lansing SCI member and avid hunter  I met Ramey on a Saturday morning in an elementary school gym, the kind that smells faintly of floor cleaner and old rubber soles. The wood floors shone under fluorescent lights, and bleachers lined the walls, squeaking every time a parent shifted their weight. Our daughters played […]

The evening of January 23rd was very cold with temperatures falling to -20F. However, the  cold did not affect our attendance or member enthusiasm! Eagle Eye Banquet Center did not disappoint with a hearty buffet dinner of braised short ribs and crusted salmon. Choices of several sides were available and the meal was topped off […]

Congratulations on booking your 1st African Plains Game Safari! I’m envious, not because you are going but because you are going for the 1st time. There is only one 1st time and it will change your life.  I’m by no means an expert but offer the following information from my personal experiences and others I’ve […]

by Rob Munn, Lansing SCI Member and Avid Outdoorsman I ran into a booth for Crocodile Bay at the Sheep Show in Reno Nevada several years ago and talked to them for a bit. It sounded like a fun trip, and I stashed it in my “someday” file. Fast forward a couple years and I kept […]

By Jeff Swehla, Lansing SCI Board Member and Avid Hunter A Hunt Thrown Into Uncertainty It was Oct 2022, just a few weeks prior to our departure, when we received terrible news. My long time hunting buddy, Jeff, and I received a message from an unknown number inquiring about our planned hunt in Spain. After a […]

By Steven Burton, Lansing SCI Member and avid hunter All my hunts start early in the year with the flurry of state tag drawings.  I put in every year for Elk and Deer in a handful of western states, New Mexico included.  This year I was fortunate to draw an early season NM Elk Archery tag […]

Crooked Foot Upland Bird and Game Hunting Club 10th Annual Veterans Hunt An SCI Lansing Michigan Sponsored Event It was a cold windy day with wet snow but no one seemed to care! On November 9th I stood with approximately 100 veterans for a group picture for my 5th consecutive year of attending the event […]

Ed H Edwards is a Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman. 2025 Antelope Tag Received!  The view of the antelope herd on the distant ridge was nothing short of stunning. A vista of rolling hills and fields that seemed to be barren wilderness, but not emptiness with the abundance of antelope. To hunt antelope […]

“The .270. It shoots a good ball-a very fast ball”  -Jack O’Conner. Many things defined the “Roaring 1920’s. The Ford Model T, Coolidge, the Great Depression.  Winchester introduced the .270 In 1925. It endures 100 years later! Two thoughts ran through my mind as I clicked off the safety, sighted on the eland’s shoulder, and […]

by Ed H Edwards, Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman On Day 5 God said “Let the waters teem with fish” and he created every species of fish and blessed them to multiply and stock the oceans. -Genesis 1 20-21 My legs were tight against the boat’s rail and what I had hooked wanted to […]