Hunt Expo Report!

i wanted to go but wasnt able to

Not me!

i was able to make it down wednesday night about 5:00, ran out of time and wasnt able to make it through the whole thing, so went back friday about 11:30 and took in the sights for a few hours. Great show!

9er

Yea, I was there-all day friday then went to the concert that night and was there most of the day on saturday. I saw you there saturday Brett. It was a good show. Parking might be worse, but the Salt Palace is a better venue for the show than the South Towne Expo Center.
Tomorrow we will find out who the lucky ones are. xcrossx

Kenny,

Were you helping with the Sportsmans booth? Sounds like you spent some good time there, what was your overall impression?

Yep, some lucky people will be very happy tomorrow. I'd take the Kings 4-wheeler also if they don't want to give me a tag. :)

I went there for a few hours on Wednesday and got in on the lottery. There were some really cool displays and I enjoyed the show. Now I just hope to get some good news about drawing the Henry Mountains for deer and the Pahvant for elk [-o< .

I was there most of the afternoon and evening on wednesday. It was a great show. Lot's of cool stuff and interesting people to talk to.

When will they announce the winners of the lottery? :-k

Hiker

I was told they will announce/post them on the website tomorrow.

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I agree! [-o< [-o< I hope you guys draw a tag. :thumb

I would love to see more pictures if they are handy. I would have loved to have been there.

o yes i wanna see more

i would of loved to go looks packed

Brett, I did not have to work at the Sportsman's booth. I was just there friday with the kids and there is a guide service I had a little to do with, saturday Wade and I checked it out with some of the other guys we work with and chatted with alot of the people we saw and knew at the show.

The show over all I thought was very good. The isles were wider making it easier to walk and view the booths even on saturday, the south town expo center gets more crowded. They had it set up very nicely with alot of great mounts, the occasional mount in the middle of the isle was a nice touch-you could view them up close. It was nice to see the quick taxidermy work on all of 2006's animals so they could be viewed at the show.

The results for the lottery tags will be posted on the expo site tomorrow.

The Governors tag for elk brought about 100k and the San Juan and Pahvant both brought high dosages as well.
The Banquet season is just getting ready to warm up so it ill be intersting to see what some of these tags will go fr this year after such a great year in 2006.

It was great knowing that the money being rasied at this expo is going to wildlife management and improvement.
It was one of the better displays of animals at a show I have seen.

I would agree on the having more "smaller contests" maybe an archery shoot ( although I know those take alor of work to get put together successfully, especially if you were to do it on that scale). Maybe even some small raffles, I think that some of the drawings may have seemed out of reach for some that don't have alot of money to spend on that stuff. But, I also understand that they are trying to raise money and this expo was meant to be "big". Small raffles with only a small or certain amount of tickets offered I think would be good for people.

I did win some free concert tickets using my expert casting skills with a fishing pole, I already had great tickets so i gave them to a guy I talked earlier in the show that was wanting to take his son.

Overall it was a fun weekend and a great boost for wildlife and sportsman.
Lets look forward to the next oneand until then do what we can to get involved! =D>

I got back late last night. I went out to SLC on Thursday to help out the Mule Deer Foundation and to see the show. I just start the Midwest Chapter of the MDF and thought it would be a good idea to attend.

I thought the show was great! I was very impressed with the whole show!

I just checked the website, but i didnt draw any of the permits... ](*,)

I guess there's always next year!

Andy

Here's a link to the the draw results..........
http://www.huntexpo.com/Winners.htm

Dang, no winners for me. :)

Here are some more pics from the expo...

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Looks like a good time. Wish I would of had time to check it out. Maybe next year.

ya looks fun. got any more pics :) lol

For about 15 minutes!!!
We didn't realize that the expo only went until 7pm on Friday, so we got there about 15 minutes before it closed up shop.

Ann's Pros: 1.) We didn't have to pay to get in 2.) There weren't as many people there that didn't have to do with hunting (i.e. Timeshare people, etc...) 3.) Focused more on hunting, not so much on everything else.

Ann's Cons: 1.) Hours weren't long enough for the weekend. 2.) Too many of the same people I see at every expo

Harlan's Pros: 1.) Great artwork, and sculptures. 2.)Muley Crazy's booth 3.) Uh...I can't think of anything else....

Harlan's Cons: 1.) Hours weren't long enough. 2.) n' stuff

Man that 2nd photo is a classic, that man is looking to get in a fight with that big ol bull. Any bets on who the winner is, the man looks like he might put up a purdy good fight but I don't know. That bull has fire in his eys. :thumb

Did any one see carl malone i got to meet him he's a tall ol man
shorty