by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman  I’m often asked when does the hunting season start? An interesting question with many possible answers and for me 2021 already has a good start! The dictionary has three definitions of a “season”. Two define weather changes and another being a recurrent period […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman Three Days in Paradise!    Bodies of water have always been a collection of mysterious places to me. Life memories so often quarried from the sunrise over a Michigan inland lake where bass and pike lay waiting for their next meal. The greenish […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter “It’s better to be careful a hundred times, than to get killed once!” -Mark Twain There are so many aspects that apply to safe hunting. As hunters, we are trained and reminded of them often.  Here are a few: Firearm and Archery Tree Stand […]

by Pam Metcalf, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter An animal of a lifetime, a hunt of a lifetime, an experience of a lifetime.   Passports, check; 3 suitcases, check; Bow, arrows, hunting gear; check, check and check.  So where are we off to?  Spring Break!  New Zealand style.  No swimsuit or sunblock required.  New […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter “What I have been driving at all along is an explanation of why I want to go back to Africa again and again. It is because I discovered in Africa my own true importance, which is largely nothing. “ -Robert Ruark My old Ruger was […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter I am always amazed by the way the outdoors brings people together. The generosity of people who hunt and their willingness to support others who enjoy their lifestyle.   -Nick Hoffman “Smile you SOB”! I knew exactly how Chief Brody felt at the conclusion […]

Good Morning Lansing Chapter SCI Members!! My coffee this morning seems to taste a little bit better.  The sun coming up over the end of the lake seems a little bit brighter, and with the snow beginning to melt as temperatures rise, summer seems not so far away!   In the past year, many of us […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter A Facebook post results in new Friends, Time with Family, and a Successful Texas hunt! Perfect shot! The most welcome words a guide can say. The buck tucked tail and sprinted head down across the field, spun around, and was down. I’m not sure […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, and avid hunter After eight days of 10-mile hikes, a bull stood broadside 150 yards away alerted but not spooked. The crosshairs settled on the elk’s shoulder in the rat gray light of dusk. As the old saying goes, it was definitely crunch time! Michigan Elk Past […]

by Marty Crimp The 2020 Veterans Hunt was spectacular. Every Year SCI Lansing Chapter is a Major Sponsor of the Veterans Pheasant Hunt. Related: Veterans Hunt 2017 What do you call a gathering of approximately 80 United States Vets with shotguns? A wonderful day for a pheasant hunt! SCI Lansing was once again a major sponsor of […]