Weather was actually real nice. A little breeze kept it comfortable in the day and the evenings actually cooled off to nearly long sleeves. Kids got cold at night trying to swim at the hotel.
NTA Vickie Wright and John Daniels and their help did a great job. The FBU people and Chris McCalister did a bang up job as well.
The AZ trappers association came together and did what they needed to do. Vendors came from near and far, not a lot of them but enough to get anything you might need.
The kids were kept busy with the candy cannon ( I think NM association did that) , flint Knapping, knife and tomahawk throw, bag toss, trap setting, skillet toss for the ladies and some stuff I am forgetting.
The Demos were as good as any I have been to and ran non stop for two days.
But ya - very low attendance. Just not the population base there to support it. We got a folks from all the neighboring states, the Rez and folks from as far away as SD and KS just not very many of them. Arizona sells what, 150-200 trapping licenses a year?
Thanks a bunch to the NTA, FBU and AZTA.
Vendors that I can recall:
Wayne Derrick
Lesel Reuwsatt
Moyle Mink
Camtrip Cages
Western Cats Inc
a dude selling some high end air rifles
Bookcliffes traps
Kansas trap supply Ed Schnieder
Dead Center Traps? Can't recall the exact name but guy was from MT. His foot traps had no dead spot. The pan goes straight down. Like a double dogless trap.
There were more but I don't recall. Several tailgaters.
The Holbrook Fairgrounds were actually pretty nice and could have accommodated quite a few more people/vendors.
A local group of Native American Dancers provided entertainment at the trappers feed and everything at the live auction sold at good levels despite the small crowd.
The Lady from Moyle Mink paid over five hundred for a forty dollar bottle of Tequilla!