the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Dallas The DSC Convention expects to bring together an estimated 40,000 individuals in total attendance, and approximately 900 exhibitor partners representing 72 different countries from around the globe, while spanning across 700,000-sq. -ft. of exhibit hall space inside the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center Dallas.

DSC supports this mission primarily through an annual convention that attracts upwards of 1000 international exhibitors and 40,000 attendees.

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Jan 31st - Feb 3rd, 2024. 52nd Annual Hunter's Convention. Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1970 and headquartered today in Washington, D.C., Safari Club International (SCI) exists with a mission to protect the freedom to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation worldwide.

C.J. McElroy Safari Club International was founded by C.J. McElroy and fellow hunters in 1972. Early chapters were founded in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Arizona, and Mississippi.

Safari Club International (SCI) is the leading defender of the freedom to hunt and supporter of wildlife conservation worldwide. SCI is unique in the scope of our ability to defend and advance our freedom to hunt, mobilizing our 152 chapters and affiliate network representing 7.2 million hunters around the world.

22.5 million Dallas attracts 22.5 million annual visitors, contributing to the total 68.4 million who visit the Metroplex area each year.

Safari Club International was founded by C.J. McElroy and fellow hunters in 1972. Early chapters were founded in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Arizona, and Mississippi.

Casper Johnny McElroy First, in 1971, SCSC evolved into Safari Club of Los Angeles, and then almost immediately SCLA evolved into SCI - when SCI Los Angeles and SCI Chicago merged. By January 1972, SCI Los Angeles and SCI Chicago were both chapters of SCI. The man behind it all was Casper Johnny McElroy.

Known for its iconic cowboy culture, delicious Tex-Mex cuisine, and thriving arts scene, Dallas is a city that has long captured the hearts of locals and visitors alike.

The world's largest model train on permanent exhibit is in Dallas. The Dallas Children's Medical Center hosts the diorama, with eight engines running simultaneously through a Dallas skyline. The world's tallest cowboy is in Dallas. The 52-foot “Big Tex” statue greets visitors to the annual State Fair of Texas.

The Safari Club was a covert alliance of intelligence services formed in 1976 that ran clandestine operations around Africa at a time when the United States Congress had limited the power of the CIA after years of abuses and when Portugal was dismantling its colonial empire in Africa.