Join or renew your membership with SCI First for Hunters below!  No other organization does as much to protect

hunter’s rights nationally and internationally.  Secondly, we are conservationists, donating millions annually to wildlife

conservation. And lastly, we support and fund many educational programs locally, nationally and worldwide to instruct on the

importance of our hunting heritage, conservation of resources, and management of wildlife for the enjoyment of future

generations. Joining SCI entitles you to the following benefits:

✯ Subscription to Safari magazine, the award winning publication published six times a year, devoted to worldwide big

game hunting. Read about exciting hunting expeditions written by the hunter – for the hunter.  This world-renowned

full-color magazine is designed to entertain and inform members.

✯ Monthly issues of the Safari Times newspaper.  This newspaper is jam packed with articles about wildlife conservation,

hunting related legislative updates, education reports, global hunting reports and shootin sports information.

✯ Members only invitation to the Annual International Hunter Convention where you can mingle with worldwide hunters,

celebrities, outfitters, guides, taxidermists, outdoor writers, and members just like you.  You will have access to hundreds of

exhibitor booths, hunting seminars, live auctions and exciting evening events.

✯ All SCI members get Hunt Reports with facts and figures on where to go for that special hunting trip.  Research recent

hunt reports on important hunting issues written by your fellow members detailing their hunts from around the world. 

And you can file your own reports to share your hunting success with fellow members.

✯ Available SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals, the authoritative source for information describing hundreds of big

game species, including behavior, habitat, distribution, hunting pointers, and member-only listings of record-setting animals

confirmed by SCI Master Measurers.

✯ Hunter Hotline providing SCI members with up-to-date information ranging from permits to travel information useful

to hunters.

✯ SCI Credentials including window and luggage decals, wallet-sized membership card and membership certificate. 

Life members receive a gold Life Member lapel pin, SCI Life Membership certificate and a gold embossed SCI Life Member card.

In addition to the National SCI Member benefits listed above, you also enjoy these local Gulf Coast Chapter benefits:

✯ Bi-monthly issuss of Lions' Pride, our award-winning newsletter with a local flavor, telling you all the latest Chapter

news replete with member hunting updates, an event calendar, breaking news and a

few items just for the fun of it!

✯ Invitations to our monthly Chapter Meetings, featuring guest speakers on a variety of topics that are of interest to all.

Enjoy the companionship and support of other sportsmen and women like yourself while you enjoy complimentary snacks

and refreshments, as well as the occasional sit-down dinner for special presentations.

✯ Members-only events like clay & skeet shooting, pin shoots, wild game cook-offs and the annual Christmas party.

✯ Our Annual Fundraiser, a gala event  offering hunting trips, taxidermy, outdoor equipment, books, videos & DVDs,

hunting fashion, home accessories and more. With raffles, live and silent auctions it supports our hunting and conservation

efforts around the world, as well local programs like our Annual Free Youth Hunter Education, sending local students and

teachers to the American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS), and scholarships like our Sables Doris Hintze grant. 

This once-a-year fundraising effort is the also the main source of contributions that allows us to support organizations like

Zimbabwe’s RIFA Camp, Operation Orphans, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Women Helping Women, Ronald McDonald House,

Texas Bighorn Society and others.