We've seen this convention come to town before, and now they're back in some pretty large numbers.
The president of the club says between 10,000 and 15,000 people are attending from around the world.
"We're very much an international group. In fact, I would say a majority of our vendors are from outside of the U.S. Canada is also very well represented in our exhibitor make-up here as well as some of our artist as well are from around the world," says Steve Skold, President of Safari Club International (SCI).
Along with art, members who attend can buy anything from clothing, to jewelry, to riffles and even safari packages for hunting and/or fishing.
Skold says a lot of these attendees are looking for their next adventure or they're looking for a specific animal, so they'll come to book a trip.
Not everyone is thrilled when the convention comes to town, but Skold says their primary focus is to help with animal conservation.
"We're pretty excited about hopefully finding an elk. My son is almost ten and so I am looking for a place that's going to be safe and comfortable environment for him to hopefully shoot his first or second deer. Maybe an elk as well when he gets a little bit older with a cross bow," says SCI member Jeffery J. Kimbell.
Skold says a lot of what they do is toe help maintain healthy wildlife populations around the world. He says animal populations in western states are an example of that.
"Nevada and all of the western states are very very strong hunter traditionalist. Lots of federal land, lots of opportunities, and they've been highly successful in managing their animals," says Skold.
Skold says this is the conventions last time in Reno for quite some time, they will be moving to Las Vegas next.
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