Carp Spring Outdoors show Apr 4, 5 & 6

[Legend Killer]

Will be heading there tomorrow... Maybe pick up a few items for turkey season and mainly to check out some of the Big Bucks

[burns]

Just got back from there, not bad this year. I have found its getting more about the hunting now. Without ed from Paddletails there isn't much fishing gear other than the other larger store and small booths. Did anyone even see the Boaters Card booth this year? That Hunting Store had quite the impressive gun selection there, more than I remember them having at their store. I'll have to drive out to Richmond and check them out again.

[Legend Killer]

It was alright... A little underwhelming. A few booths had a nice selection of guns/turkey stuff. Highlight for me was seeing that MASSIVE set of sheds at one of the turkey booths.

Big Buck Contest had like 7-8 bucks?

I wish the area had a much bigger/better outdoors show every year... Is there an appetite for it in this area?

[TurkeyRookie]

My dad and brother picked up a bunch of stuff, including some Gobblestalker calls for me

[Oddmott]

I wish the area had a much bigger/better outdoors show every year... Is there an appetite for it in this area?

No. Eastern Ontario is a fairly small hunting population so there's little justification for spending tons of $$$ on a high-end show. Also, the organizers know that most of the hunters in the area will show up and pay the entry fee even if the show is usually crap.

I think with the increasing popularity of turkey hunting, coyote hunting and the possibility of the spring bear hunt returning the hunting component of the show(s) will continue to improve.

[Fox]

I was at the Renfrew one and saw no need to go to the carp one, I am planning on hitting all of the mom and pop shops around Eastern Ontario once the tax refund comes in though

[rockandbrush]

I ended up going and it was decent . I picked up a Mosin Nagant for cheap

[MikePal]

"not bad this year"..."It was alright"..."it was decent".......Holy Crap, on this forum that's HIGH praise !!!!

[TurkeyRookie]

"not bad this year"..."It was alright"..."it was decent".......Holy Carp, on this forum that's HIGH praise !!!!

There, I fixed it for you

[RideauOutdoors]

No. Eastern Ontario is a fairly small hunting population so there's little justification for spending tons of $$$ on a high-end show.

Are you kidding me? Small hunting population? Maybe that's true in the big smoke but here in the sticks here it's sort of a big deal. Hit a Timmies in October at 4:00AM and see the trucks and trailers full of us heading to the fields for goose hunting. Heck, here in Lanark County during the first week of November it is a ghost town when we move into deer camps. Many small businesses close that week.