by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman Some things have changed some have not! My rifle was on a solid rest and the most desired animal of the hunt was in range. High noon on day 7 of 7 with a big kudu bull broadside, it was crunch time and […]

A Cultural and Fishing Experience at Cotton Tree Lodge in the Belizean Jungle! by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman The strike was not very violent, more like the sensation of snagging a stick for the first few seconds, but feeling the twitch-twitch I rear back and the swimbaits hook […]

by Brianna Metcalf, an avid hunter, and daughter of our current Lansing Chapter President Bang! The bird went down, Tanner went after it and brought it to Mom. Now, most people would say that after something exciting happened the time before and during was a blur, not me. I remember the immensely boring car drive […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman     SCI Members from Five States Travel to Idaho and Have a Blast! Take them! Four Giant Canada geese settle into our decoy spread like crows coming to fresh roadkill. Pete Shores from Florida and Dewey Mctee from Texas each drop one from […]

by Ed H. Edwards, SCI Lansing Chapter Member, avid hunter, and fisherman                                                                                         […]

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 […]