Sacramento Safari Club
A chapter of SCI
November 2021 Newsletter
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P.O. Box 3987
Napa, CA 94558
www.sacramentosafariclub.org
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A Message from your Chapter President
Happy Thanksgiving!
As I am writing this, I am on my way to north Texas to hunt Sandhill Cranes and maybe a boar. This is the first time I have hunted Crane and I am looking forward to my first “ribeye in the sky.” If any of you have had a great hunting trip and want to share it with the SSC membership, please send in your story and pictures to news@sacramentosafariclub.org. We will share with all on our SSC Facebook page and our website.
If you are a new hunter or looking for a new hunting experience, why don’t you try out our new mentor program? Robert Dietz, board member, is leading the club’s effort. Give Robert a call if you want to share your experiences or are a new hunter looking for great advise on where and what to hunt. See Robert’s information below.
We are going to start member meetings again. Our first one will be on Dec. 15 at the Pheasant Club restaurant in West Sacramento. This meeting will also be our Annual Meeting where we elect officers and directors for the next year. I know it is a busy time of the year but I hope you will try to make it. For those who can’t make it, we will be holding a Zoom meeting as well, so that anyone can participate in the annual meeting. A detailed invitation will be going out this week. This would be a good time, if you are interested in becoming a director of the club, to send me a short resume and I will give you a call. You can reach me at wayne@sacramentosafariclub.org.
Wrapping up, I wish you all a great holiday season!
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Member Meeting - Save the Date!
Sacramento Safari Club will be holding a member meeting on Wednesday, December 15th at Club Pheasant in West Sacramento. Click image above for map and information.
Details to follow.
Come support your club! Get the latest legislative information, provide feedback and discuss new hunting opportunities!
Voting on new board Directors will take place, if anyone is interested in joining the board.
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A reminder to check in on the SCI Hunter Advocacy Center regularly (link at the top). There are new postings weekly! The anti-hunters depend on numbers to get their message heard (no matter how illogical) and have used platforms such as Change.org to generate petitions with thousands of signatures. It is important that hunters and true conservationists are also responding! It takes less then 3 minutes to click on the link, read what's happening, and with one click add your name.
Currently listed: A petition to counter a effort by HSUS to ban sport hunting! A petition to oppose the 40% tax on ammo that died last year, but which will be brought up again in the next session. A "No Net Loss" petition to the Biden administration to preserve lands currently open to hunting but which may be removed under "protection efforts" such as converting public land to National Monument or other designations which prevent hunting. And more!
The letter is already written for you. It is already addressed. Just click, type in your name, and your done. The anti-hunters have used this very effectively, it is time for hunters to counter back. Bookmark this link: https://safariclub.org/hunter-advocacy-action-center/
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Help with the SSC Booth at ISE Show
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The annual ISE show will be held on January 20th through the 23rd at Cal Expo. They will again have a Youth Fair at the north end of the fair grounds. SSC will be doing a Sensory Safari in the Youth Exhibit. To plan for this, the club is asking for:
- Assistance from anyone who is able to man the booth for a few hours.
- Any donated mounts of animals the membership may want to get rid of in your collections. The club is in need of North American animals and birds but would welcome exotics and/or African mounts as well.
Please contact Cal Ryan via email HERE to coordinate any mounts you would like to donate to our Sensory Safari, or if you are able to assist with manning the booth.
Any help is appreciated!
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Looking for someone to go hunting with you? Have a lot of experience you would like to share to new hunters joining the ranks and you wish you had when you were starting out? Or already have a group but would be happy to have someone else join you? Sacramento Safari Club has started a "Mentors List" that now covers most species - Deer, Boar, Ducks, Upland Game, even fishing! But always room for more potential contacts. Even if its just to talk with someone to give them some advice. We have already had some great response to this and it has helped new people already. If you would like to help out, meet some new people, or just expand your group send your name, contact information, what you hunt, and where you live (city only) to rdeitz2@gmail.com
Robert Deitz, II
530-391-0497
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SSC RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Provided by Ken Baccetti
SSC Officer
VENISON ITALIAN MEATBALLS
INGREDIENTS
2 lbs. ground venison, no fat added
1 lb. Italian sausage (sweet, mild or hot, your choice)
1½ cups breadcrumbs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup finely chopped flat leaf Italian parsley
2 TSP salt
2 TSP Italian seasoning blend
1 TSP black pepper
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 eggs, beaten
INSTRUCTIONS
These meatballs work great simmered in your favorite sauce over pasta or by themselves as a main course. I mix mild Italian sausage in with my ground venison, because I really like the flavor of the mild Italian sausage, but you don’t have to. Straight venison works just as well. This recipe makes about 25 slightly larger than golf ball sized meatballs.
Using 2 or 3 day old French bread for breadcrumbs, trim off the crust and cut the bread into half-inch cubes. Soak the bread in milk for 30 minutes while you mix all of the other ingredients together well. Place the crumbs into the mixture and incorporate the bread evenly throughout the meat. Pinch off a slightly larger-than-golf-ball portion of the meat mixture and roll gently between your palms. Place the meatballs on an aluminum-foiled-lined cookie sheet, careful to maintain a bit of space between them. Place the meatballs into a preheated oven set at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. If serving in a sauce, transfer the cooked meatballs to the pot of sauce and simmer for an additional 30-40 minutes. If serving the meatballs without sauce, transfer them from the cookie sheet over to a paper towel lined platter to blot some of the extra oil and grease from the surface of the meatball. I usually serve this with sauce over pasta. I enjoy it with my favorite Chianti.
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A Monthly Reminder on Hunting Ethics
SCI HUNTERS’ CODE OF ETHICS
Recognizing my responsibilities to wildlife, habitat and future generations, I pledge:
- To conduct myself in the field so as to make a positive contribution to wildlife and ecosystems.
- To improve my skills as a woodsmen and marksman to ensure humane harvesting of wildlife.
- To comply with all game laws, the concept of fair chase, and to influence my companions accordingly.
- To accept my responsibility to provide all possible assistance to game law enforcement officers.
- To waste no opportunity to teach young people the full meaning of this code of ethics.
- To reflect in word and behavior only credit upon the fraternity of sportsmen, and to demonstrate abiding respect for the game, habitat and property where I am privileged to hunt.
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