sportsman show tips

baller25 · 01-28-2006, 06:01 PM

do not wear your cammo gear you got a xmas

do not try and get into a bugling contest in the aisle with a pro or your buddy

catch fish for your kids in the pond...let them do it!!!

stop in the middle of a busy aisle and talk...move to the side

anyone else want to add?

Shortbus Flashers · 01-28-2006, 06:11 PM

How bout spend all your money in the first booth and have to walk around with your "treasures" all day broke.

Limbhanger · 01-28-2006, 06:15 PM

Do not forget to visit the Archers Afield booth for the best in indoor scenery.

baller25 · 01-28-2006, 06:17 PM

that should be in the must do category

shelikeschrome · 01-28-2006, 06:29 PM

Do not park your stroller and kid in the middle of the aisle.

KGBULL · 01-28-2006, 07:28 PM

[too far]

Spotted Owl · 01-28-2006, 07:51 PM

Hey now the skoal setup usually ranks right up there with Archers. Sometimes I wish I still chewed so I would have a reason to go in there and check thing out haven't been in there for years.

Owl

baltz526 · 01-28-2006, 08:06 PM

bring a large stash of rolaids, for the foods you just had to have.

BloodNtheboat · 01-28-2006, 08:11 PM

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Hey now the skoal setup usually ranks right up there with Archers. Sometimes I wish I still chewed so I would have a reason to go in there and check thing out haven't been in there for years.

Its A Gyp now, yeah I know its bad for me, but you used to be able to go and get 4-5 cans of cope, and at least 10 cans of other junk for "back up" (put in your glove box, and boat just in case) and now you go in there write your name down, and they give you a can of pouches, or cherry flavored skoal!!

Magnum · 01-28-2006, 08:43 PM

Leave your credit cards at home. :blush:

Joe Schwab · 01-28-2006, 08:50 PM

Give the vendors a break also. Don't interrupt a friend who is talking to a vendor just because you want to say hi and fill him in on what you have been doing. It's very uncomfortable for both friend and vendor.

And please don't start telling the vendors how you have your own boat, gear and don't need them expensive guides they are trying to get booked. They don't care!

Crappie Chaser · 01-28-2006, 09:22 PM

Thank you Capt Hook! I will add if one has no intention of booking with a vendor keep your conversation short if potential customers are also wanting some time with the vendor. A booth at that show is a sizeable investmemt both in money and time.

k9jeff · 01-28-2006, 10:21 PM

Enjoy yourself,,, please dont stand in the middle of the isle, and PLEASE take a shower before going.

Spotted Owl · 01-28-2006, 11:05 PM

YA that shower thing I like. I hope a whole lot of people see that. I know ifishers like their hygene(sp) but there is a mass of people out there that I am not so sure about.

Owl

gottafish · 01-28-2006, 11:42 PM

I'll be sure to drink a few PBR's and eat some chilli before I go. LOL That'll get people moveing out of my way LOL i'LL THROW IN A FEW PICKLED EGGS FOR GOOD MEASURE. HEhHEEH

Screamin Bulls · 01-29-2006, 01:04 AM

ya when is it ?

Chesapeake · 01-29-2006, 07:19 AM

Seems it's usualy in the first few weeks of february. Probably be the same this year.

dubl_t · 01-29-2006, 08:47 AM

Feb 8-12 in PDX. Tip? do what I do: map out all booths and seminars you want to see, drink on the way to the show, "forget" everything you wanted to do, tell yourself you won't do that next year

jokester · 01-29-2006, 12:05 PM

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I'll be sure to drink a few PBR's and eat some chilli before I go. LOL That'll get people moveing out of my way LOL i'LL THROW IN A FEW PICKLED EGGS FOR GOOD MEASURE. HEhHEEH

You joke about that, but my friend and I followed someone around (still to this day don't know who it was) who had eaten something rotten that morning before they came to the show!! It was INCREDIBLY stinky stuff! My friend thought it was me, and I thought it was him, till we both mentioned it to each other. Man, i'd shake that dude's hand if I knew who he was

-jokester

stoneflyguy · 01-29-2006, 02:38 PM

I'm with you guy's on the standing in the middle of the isle thing. That has got to be the biggest annoyance of the whole show is the stupid ones who stand there BS'n and act like they don't see you. Then they look at you like ' Oh I'm sorry was I in the way" mean while strollers rolling over your toes, someone looking at you like your the one holding things up. I always try to go at times I think I'll beat the crowd but it never works. I hate it when you stop to ask an outfitter or vendor a question and there is some lonely soul talking and chatting like he was the only one around. Whew, sorry about the rant, I'm going and just going to hang in there, especially for the free chew..

Chesapeake · 01-29-2006, 02:50 PM

I always make a stop at the Skoal booth. I dont dip but they think I do 5 cans a week. At least thats what I put on the form. I just get the junk for friends.

Kinda odd, I'm helping my friends kill them selves.

The booth where they sharpen your knife for you is good. I take an extra dull one just for that.

Last year I figured out how to get people to clear the isle for you.

Carry a 250 class elk mount to the measuring booth.

Also gotta stop by the Less Schwab booth for a free hat.

Tilla · 01-29-2006, 03:15 PM

Vendors on Cellphones..what are they thinking? Or what do they really think of you?

Arrow Flinger · 01-29-2006, 09:46 PM

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Do not forget to visit the Archers Afield booth for the best in indoor scenery.

This is very true, if its the area I am thinking about. Very good scenery...

gottafish · 01-29-2006, 11:00 PM

First time I went there I saw them gals and started asking them questions. That was a mistake, LOL dumber than a stump. she then informed me she worked for a modeling agancy. I just said "Oh Sorry" LOL

Hawk · 01-29-2006, 11:24 PM

I'd vote for the "Women in Waders" as the Best Indoor Scenery! Whew, my son and I both bought calendars last year!!! :tongue:

wife&3kids · 01-30-2006, 07:42 AM

Vendors want to talk to everyone.. Most of the good ones are booked out for a few years anyway and are trying to bring people to the point of booking a guide and they know that if they do, it will most likely be them that they use.
To say that they only want to talk to people who are potential customers is just not accurate imho. They, if they are good, want to bring people in to the market and therefore actually increase their chances of booking that client..
Everyone there is a potential customer,. Ifyou disagree, you are probalby not a vendor, or haven't figured it out yet.
I have made the mistake before and paid the price

Keeper · 01-30-2006, 08:08 AM

Do not douse yourself in cologne/perfume

I have yet to figure out why some men enjoy looking at little girls with fake boobs, fake tans and tons of make up

That chicks in waders booth is just plain scary...thank heavens they airbrush the calendar.

Rant over...yes, this kitten has claws!

Now about those guys in Wranglers...

I do love the Sportsman's Show.

Limbhanger · 01-30-2006, 11:04 AM

Keeper, Keeper, Keeper.......It is called the SportsMAN's show for a reason...

nwsoftball · 01-30-2006, 12:52 PM

I was shocked when one of them in the Archer's booth actually had all her teeth! They were pretty scary looking.

Jerry Dove · 01-30-2006, 03:21 PM

Be sure and buy a few raffle tickets from the groups that work to make fishing better for us all. Steel headers, Mult. Anglers, Tillamook Anglers and others.