Western Hunt Expo recommendations

[Mike D Texas]

We’ve been the last 2 years in a row. I’ve not found Saturday and Sunday to be unbearable.


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[elkliver]

If you want to be able to visit with a certain vendor... Either hit them very first thing when the doors open or go Thursday Friday. For the popular vendors it is challenging to to get to the front of the line

 

[wildwilderness]

Before you start buying the 200 tags look at the odds. To say they’re a long shot would be a gross understatement.

Very true- I don't get excited about draw odds til it's a 50/50 chance!

That said I did win an expo tag 10+ years ago, so you're saying there's a chance!

 

[passinggas33]

I've heard some people like the cinnamon salty nuts.

Infinite Outdoors is launching a new program with cool new tent tech.

A S2H scope should be on hand.

Weatherby should have a Capra

I'm interested to see how they fill the Black Ovis space.

Stone Glacier will be in Gear Fool.

The archery vendors have expanded

I've graduated from Nacho Daddy to Chile Tepin

I'll be in the Butler Bags Booth

I wonder if Exo will have an X on hand

@realunlucky is always accepting of long lingering hugs

From my understanding on Exo, they won’t have an K4X on hand, but they said they might possibly have the new MtnGear Chassis to fondle. Which might be another reason for me to swing by that booth…

 

[realunlucky]

I'm interested to see how they fill the Black Ovis space

Looks like best of the west and a newly thrown in open space lounge fill that space now.

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[sndmn11]

Looks like best of the west and a newly thrown in open space lounge fill that space now.

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Will that be where we go for Sam's semi-free hugs?
I had envisioned with assumption they would move those who were in the off-shoot annex thing last year over to that space, but haven't looked at the map yet.

 

[Beendare]

My take; Guys trashing this show are out of line. It's the biggest and best show of this sort I have been to. YES it gets ungodly busy on the weekend. I have a bunch of buddies that fly in specifically for this show- a good place to run into hunt buddies. My one buddy won one of the limited elk tags last year in the raffle.

If you want to compare gear in person- try on packs, check optics against each other- it's excellent.
The taxi displays are worth the price of admission.

That said, I'm skipping it.....I have all of the gear I could possibly need....

 

[NMNomad]

I would like to go. But it is a 12-hour drive from where I live in New Mexico. And my oldest son playing competitive sports, has us traveling up into Colorado every weekend. This may have to wait till next year...Bah!

 

[CorbLand]

My take; Guys trashing this show are out of line. It's the biggest and best show of this sort I have been to. YES it gets ungodly busy on the weekend. I have a bunch of buddies that fly in specifically for this show- a good place to run into hunt buddies. My one buddy won one of the limited elk tags last year in the raffle.

If you want to compare gear in person- try on packs, check optics against each other- it's excellent.
The taxi displays are worth the price of admission.

That said, I'm skipping it.....I have all of the gear I could possibly need....

I agree.

Along with being able to check out a ton of gear in person there is no other place that you can observe so many 45 year old wanna be 20 year old again men and women in one place.

I also don’t know what some of those guides are doing but they really have figured out how to kill the exact same animal every year for the last 7-8 years. Seriously impressive.

If you’re really adventurous, start picking random peoples brains. You can’t give up the chance to learn all you can from all those people that are passing 340 bulls and 180 bucks on OTC tags year in and year out.

They do a great job at keeping the air flowing in the place so make sure you tuck your ears into your hat. You can’t risk them catching the right angle and you taking flight.

It is a good show but some of the things you see, really ramps up the entertainment value.