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Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
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06/28/18 07:22 PM
06/28/18 07:22 PM
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
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Just wondering how things went today - I suspect they sold some water and ice cream!
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Green Bay]
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06/30/18 07:47 AM
06/30/18 07:47 AM
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The Beav
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I'm leaving for the convention In about 10 min.
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Tactical.20]
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06/30/18 10:36 AM
06/30/18 10:36 AM
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Cool little bird, babies after hatching are fun to watch A little bird is telling me this post belongs on a different thread. LOL
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Green Bay]
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06/30/18 10:47 AM
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Don't let the heat scare you away, the event is a 'can't miss' in my opinion, course it's just over a 1 hour drive for me.
People didn't seem to be buying as much, but I thought the selection is great and the prices were better than expected with some offering 'show specials.'
Also, with lure prices going up, this was a good chance to get some at the old prices.
Also, the tailgater's were better than I expected. Give them a serious look.
With Wi's annual state event the same weekend as so many other states, this provides a nice opportunity to meet some new vendors. The new vendor that I liked the most (I'd never heard of them) is Funke's (from Iowa).
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Green Bay]
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06/30/18 04:20 PM
06/30/18 04:20 PM
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The Beav
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I delivered some bait ingredients and left. Well I did say hi to some friends.
I've been going to these conventions for 50 years or more It gets a bit old after that amount of time.
It was super slow today and I can't take the heat so I'm home In the AC.
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Green Bay]
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06/30/18 06:13 PM
06/30/18 06:13 PM
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My daughter and her husband are up there, she came in second in the women's trap setting contest.
They are having a good time she said.
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: Green Bay]
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06/30/18 06:50 PM
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I loved it, but to me it didn't seem like as many attendees as the WTA September event. 'Course look at this weekends weather. Plus this is spread over 3 days. There were a lot of vendors, and good vendors at that. To me it didn't seem like folks were buying as much as the vendors would like. My wallet came home light, tho I did find some good deals. I heard some vendors saying they wished the demos were in their usual spot, because they say having the demos across the road led to less people hanging around their booths. I didn't make it over to the demos.
Lots of good stuff going on there for sure!
Last edited by AJE; 06/30/18 06:53 PM.
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: The Beav]
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07/01/18 08:16 PM
07/01/18 08:16 PM
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I delivered some bait ingredients and left. Well I did say hi to some friends.
I've been going to these conventions for 50 years or more It gets a bit old after that amount of time.
It was super slow today and I can't take the heat so I'm home In the AC.
You may have said hi to some friends. But you weaseled out of buying ice cream, again. Even when your friends were standing in line with you. Cheapo!
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Re: Any Report from the FTA National in Marshfield?
[Re: bblwi]
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07/01/18 08:20 PM
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Thank you Dave for agreeing to do your coon demo. Very well received. Yes Tom and Nancy were available the whole three days and were at the demo site at noon Friday and Saturday and had good attendance as well. I spent almost all three days in the demo building and the two days prior. Nick Jensen does an outstanding job with the cameras, audio and screens. Lot of good demos and many thanks to presenters and vendors who came to the show knowing full well we are in a slow sales market. The heat really took a toll on bodies Friday afternoon and really hurt the Saturday attendance. As I was cleaning up at our site today we heard that the FTA auction went very well.
I was told that the #1 rifle out of the total of 50 brought over $5,000.
Bryce $6,500.00 !!!!!!
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