DSC Sets New Records for Attendance, Fund Raising at 2016 Convention

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DALLAS - Attendees from around the world, united in their appreciation for wildlife and hunting's crucial role in conservation, helped the 2016 DSC Convention continue its record-breaking ways with more than 51,000 attendees during the event's four-day run. Inside the convention center, 1,035 exhibitors and 1,850 different exhibits filled more than 800,000 square feet of exhibit hall space - all new records for this extremely important and rapidly growing event.

"The annual convention is our largest fundraiser of the year, a chance for hunters and conservation-minded people from across the globe to gather and generate the revenue necessary for DSC to fulfill its mission statement," DSC Executive Director Ben Carter said. "In all, the 2016 DSC Convention raised over $6 million to directly support wildlife conservation, outdoor education and the protection of hunters' rights around the world."

The 2016 DSC Convention saw 450 new members added to the group, growing the global membership totals to well over 6,000. In keeping with the event's record-setting theme, each night's banquet sold out with more than 1,300 attendees at each event where several awards were presented to deserving recipients from the hunting world.
  • Weatherby Award: Barbara Sackman, of New York, N.Y.
  • Conklin Award: Jim Shockey, of British Columbia
  • Dixie Yeatts Award of Excellence: Scott Toberman, of Irving, Texas
  • DSC Literary Award: Dave Baxter, of Flint, Texas
  • Educator of the Year: Lloyd Love of Pasadena (Texas) Memorial High School
  • Colin Caruthers Young Hunter Award: co-winners Tucker Ribman, of Dallas, and Garret Davidson, of Plano, Texas
  • Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award: International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC)
  • DSC Outstanding Hunting Achievement Award: Suzie Brewster, of Marietta, Okla.

The DSC Convention returns to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Jan. 5-8, 2017, with even more attendance and fund-raising records expected to be broken as hunters and conservationists again rally to defend wildlife and habitat around the world.


About Dallas Safari Club (DSC)
A member of IUCN, DSC is a mission-focused conservation organization, funded by hunters from around the world. In the past five years, more than $6.7 million has been channeled to qualified projects, organizations and programs in support of that mission. Get involved with DSC at www.biggame.org.



Source: Dallas Safari Club (DSC)
 
Jerome
What about DSC's Outfitter of the year award? The one that Hunters Namibia Safaris has won, and then Omujeve Safaris...

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Jacques
 
ive not been to either of these shows YET, but give me a real hunting / conservation event in a real place , over a real hunting / conservation event in a plastic town any day of the week
can see why more real people are attending DSC........
 

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