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Madie Demaske is a lifelong big game hunter. The 2026 winner of the prestigious Diana Award (highest honor awarded by SCI to female hunters) has traveled the globe in search of the next hunting adventure a dozen times over.  Her true love is mountain hunting for goat and sheep species. Her passion for conservation and legal background lead Madie to a position as full-time member of Safari Club International’s litigation team. Highlights from today’s conversation include:

  • Madie’s upbringing hunting big game in Colorado
  • Passion for sheep and goat hunting across the globe
  • Which of North America’s 4 sheep species is the most challenging to hunt?
  • Time spent in Africa
  • How a law degree lead to a career at Safari Club International
  • Trophy import permitting issues
  • Bontebuck and Cape Mountain Zebra
  • What is the Federal Subsistence Board and what purpose do they serve?
  • Why should Alaska be managed differently than every other state?
  • Federal Subsistence Board’s lengthy history of unscientific wildlife management
  • Who loses out when they overstep their boundaries?
  • SCI’s role in combatting their overreach
  • Moose and caribou primarily in the crosshairs
  • What constitutes a “rural user”
  • Alaska gets it right on predator management, activists interfere
  • Upcoming hunts for this fall