Just got back from the SCI Convention and it was awesome as always. Spent some time with the guys from SCI Canada and the Northern Alberta Chapter and had a blast. This is one of those shows you really have to check out. Now we start setting up for the Calgary Boat and Sportsmen Show.

Day 1 at SCI

What an incredible show as always. The taxidermy displays are the best I've ever seen and we ran in to a ton of old friends. I was hoping to post some pictures but we just got back from dinner with Gerald and Sue Telford, our outfitters for our upcoming New Zealand hunt and it's time for bed. We are joining the Northern Alberta Chapter at their hospitality suite tomorrow night and the SCI Canada on Friday night. It's a busy show!

SCI Convention

Doors open on the SCI Convention in Reno tomorrow. This is the most incredible hunting show you'll ever see. I can't wait! Hope to see some of you there.

What a great hunt!

What an amazing few days...well other than the drive home. Got stopped by an avalanche an hour out of Radium and had to circle back around through Crowsnest pass to get home....it was a long night..lol

We managed to get 6 cougars to the tree but 5 were females and one was a juvenile tom so we never did come home with a cougar but just around lunch time yesterday, we cut a big bobcat track and despite it being fairly "cold", Rebel was able to work the track out and run the big fat cat to a tree. Definitely a unique trophy. Can't wait to go back!

Murphy's Law

Despite some brutal conditions this morning, we managed to find three cougar tracks. Unfortunately they were all together. It appeared to be two females with a big tom following them. We cut the dogs loose on the tracks and wouldn't you know it, they treed the two females. Tomorrow is our last day and the rain might put an early end to things.

We Scored a Cattrick

With nearly a foot of fresh snow this morning. getting around on the mountain logging roads was a real challenge but we managed to cut a good track and we let five dogs go on the track. The thigh deep snow made getting to them very difficult and when we finally got there, we were shocked to see not one but three cougars in three different trees. We're not sure where the dogs crossed pathes with the female and two yearling kittens but it led the dogs off the trail of the original track. One of the kittens was a big healthy tom but was a couple years away from being a candidate for Vanessa's bow. The old female cat was known well by Kyle and Justin and easily recognized by her bobbed tail. Thanks to Kyle, Justin, Dave and Barry for all the help and all the shoveling. We'll be at it again tomorrow.

Snow Days

While I used to love snow days in grade school, they aren't so much fun when you are cat hunting. We had over 6 inches of snow in a couple hour period this morning, pretty well putting an end to looking for tracks. Hopefully the snow ends this afternoon and we should have some awesome conditions for the next few days.

Cougar Treed

Despite -30 degree temperatures this morning we headed out in search of a fresh cougar tracks and we found what appeared to be a pretty good set early in the morning. We waited until it warmed up a bit before kicking the dogs loose. The dogs treed the cat after a 5-mile run but it turned out to be a big female and not a tom so we shot some video and photos and called it a day. Kyle Southgate, our hunter host and houndsman, has some great dogs and no doubt we'll find a good tom in the next few days.

New SCI Commercial

Outdoor Quset TV is super excited to be working with SCI Canada this year. Check out the new commercial that will begin airing soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98FSACM3pAU

New SCI Newsletter!

The SCIF Humanitarian Services January 2011 Quarterly Newsletter in 3-D is now available. Please or enter the following link into your browser: http://www.safariclubfoundation.org/Newsletter/HS/January-2011/ to read about numerous projects undertaken recently by our chapters and by individual members in the realm of the Disabled Hunter, SafariCare/SafariWish, Sensory Safari and Sportsmen Against Hunger programs.


The electronic 3-D format gives you to the ability to:

• Zoom in and out with one click

• Use a control panel to change zoom settings

• Zoom to one or two pages at a time

• Turn pages by dragging or using the arrow buttons

• Move around pages by clicking and dragging or moving your mouse

• Do keyword searches

• Display all pages as thumbnail versions

• Use drop down contents menus to jump to an article, or jump to a particular page by typing in the number and hitting "enter"

• Print some or all pages or download an offline edition

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