02-23-2015, 10:29 PM
We went to it on Friday afternoon and had a great time. My wife and I and our 2 kids had a lot of fun. The kids got to shoot bows and airguns, talk to the DWR, Unified police and the leave no trace folks all as part of a kids passport. Thought it was good for them. I enjoyed the heck out of catching up with some of my old compadres from my guiding years. The vendors were great and we got to meet Will and Jimmy Primos. They were as awesome in real life as they are on video. The both were gracious and really took an interest in the kids, Signing both of their turkey box calls and gave them their newest video release. I liked the taxidermy competition in years past but not sure why it wasn't there this year. I can only imagine that the cost to rent that large of a space was extremely high. Back in the day when it first got started a 10 by 10 booth was $1500. We attended for 1 year and did book a few hunts but decided not to have a booth again. I do like the large isles at the western hunting expo much better than the ISE show at south town. I always feel like I am stuck in a herd of sheep at the ISE show.
On a side note, what has anyone heard about the Big Outdoors Expo in Utah county that is coming up? I caught part of a blurb on the radio the other day but didn't get much info.
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On a side note, what has anyone heard about the Big Outdoors Expo in Utah county that is coming up? I caught part of a blurb on the radio the other day but didn't get much info.
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