Edmonton Boat and Sportsman show

I am heading there tomorrow. What is the "must see" of the show?

The lineup & the Parking!!!!>: >: >:

Man is that organized confusion.

Not really too much exciting, just your normal Boat show type stuff.......except for the Orange Rhino , I can definatley see one of them in the Stable in the next year.

the show is continuing the downward spiral that has been evident the last couple years

Hmmmm....I thought it was the best show in years. Lots more hunting and fishing.

I would have to agree with TJ, lots more Hunting, & tons of Fishing (Charter type) booths. I like that they pretty much had all of hall D dedicated to Hunting.

I guess overall, the show wasnt really bad (kinda hard to see it all with my 4&6 yr olds in tow, but having them there makes it real fun). I need to start dedicating 2 days/yr to the show, 1 with family, & 1 with buddies......The wife may not let me go alone w/out her though, could be rather expensive!

Did I mention the Orange Rhino?

I wish they had a better selection of Kings Camo, at that one booth (cant remember which it was). I was gonna order a bunch this Winter, nice to see its up here now.

Message for Rob,

Shoot me a Pm. I never got back to your booth to buy a membership to the mag. (like I promised) I was the guy who asked about the duck band issue.




Pintailslammer

after careful re-evaluation of the show this afternoon i found it to be better than i previously posted, it was actually not too bad this year.

Made it to the Edmonton Show on Sat. and yes parking and entry was abit of a gong show, lots of people. But after going twice to the calgary show this year I have to say the Edmonton one is much better. Set up well easy to find the things you want to look at. Spent alot of time looking at the ATVS in Edmonton, only the polaris dealer was in cal. and about twice as much hunting stuff to look at in Edmonton as Calgary, glad I was up there to see it.
FallAirFever

Just got the attendance numbers from Edmonton and it explains why it seemed so busy. Attendance was up 9,000 over last year. And plans are already underway for even more hunting and fishing next year. It shows what happens when you have show management that really wants to promote hunting and fishing. Being a non profit group too, they donate a lot of money to conservation and sportsmen groups here is Alberta.

What was the total att in Edmonton and Calgary respectivly SHEEP? Can you tell us this? I too hope more hunting and fishing and less powerboats in the future. Heck I don't even care if there are more super shammy booths etc I know I spent more time downstairs than anywhere else.....hope it keeps gettn better

Edmonton had just over 41,000 people. I'm not certain about Calgary but it is considerably less. I'll take the boats over the chamois but it was nice to see all the hunting and fishing stuff. There are big plans to expand more in Calgary next year and to keep growing in Edmonton.

I wish I could've gone once iwthout the kids too. My 4 yr old caught a trout and had a blast but there was a lot of jawing I wish I could've done that is impossible with an active 4 yr old pulling you everywhere.

I do believe I will be giving a few AHEIA members a call for info/volunteering etc. Sounds like a great org who does worthy work.