FTA convention 2019

Who all is coming to Harrisonburg,VA? June 20-22 Anybody bringing pocket knives to sell? Or honey? I have bought honey @ a trappers convention. You can bring Maple syrup too if you have some to sell.

Red O'Hern brings honey

We will be there. I may end up bringing some syrup. We still have a few gallons that aren't sold yet

Sure planning to be there....finally a convention that I do not have to drive the better part of 24 hours to get to......only 3 1/2 hours this time. Already have reservations and looking forward to it. The folks from VA are working hard to make it a great convention. Gonna be lots going on for sure!

I am not certain yet if I can make it or not .It is about 3hour trip one way for me and I would be driving there in the morning and returning the same day .I would probably be there Fri Maybe I will catch up to you and thank you for the knife donation I purchased on the Trapperman Defense auction recently

I'll be there. Long drive for me, but then it usually is! I'm not looking forward to that part of it! My knives won't fit in your pocket, Run!

I plan on being there. Eric

Anyone else going to FTA convention?

Hey everyone if anyone need a table inside please let me know we have a lot of space left.

I plan to be there on Friday, we have rented a cabin not too far away with my son and his family. Plan to spend the day or part of one at Endless Caverns as that was owned by family years ago. Anyone got any other suggestions for family activities in the area ?

I’ll be there

There's quite a broad range of things to do around Harrisonburg. You can go to the visitors center in downtown Harrisonburg and tell them what your family's interests are. Harrisonburg has 3 Wal-Marts and a Costco. I don't like either store but if you need something, you can go there.

Looking forward to it.

I'm going hope to see ya all their I will be set up outside have a camo suburban

It will be probably be hot weather wise.

Inside booths are supposed to be in an air conditioned building.

I'll be there Saturday, and spend most of the day. I should have 2 or 3 guys riding with me too.

Do you mind posting the cost of inside table and chairs ? , thanks, Bandy.

Lee you should stop by on your way thru or heading back. We aren't far off of I-70. Our Pa. State convention is the next week June 27-29th probably along your way. I don't know if you are planning to attend it or not.

i done got the time off work, so i reckon i'll be there

Bob, thanks for the invite! I'm not sure how much stuff I'll have ready for the Fur Takers, and then to attend another right after! Plus the national is just a month later! If things come together, it may work. I'll have to see when it gets closer. Would love to stop by and visit! I'll be in touch.

I could not find a schedule on the VTA website. Do I have to go to the FTA website?

https://www.furtakersofamerica.com/convention.html

Thanks, Cotton.

Any one else coming to the FTA convention that have not posted yet?

Me and my buddy will be there on Friday and Saturday, looking forward to it!!

I'll be getting there on Wednesday and leaving out Sunday morning.

looking to tailgate,is there any electric available? water?

I’ll be there.

OBXfishnut, carolinawoodsman, and myself will be there along with three more from NC.

I'll be there.

Ill be there friday,Saturday.I can bring some of my yankee honey.It might be last years darker honey, or it could be this years honey if I can manage to take some off this years hives shortly.Its been a good honey year for me the early Spring flow.

I'll have some Skeeter Pee there and will be giving out samples.

Inside booth spaces are 75.00 and tailgaters are 40.00 for the weekend.

Paul after this is over I may need a bottle of skeeter pee.

Tailgating has electric hookups it is 25.00 extra.

Thanks Bandy, for your hard work.

I'll bring you a bottle of Skeeter Pee.

Hope to make it Th or Friday

I'll be there Fri-Sat. My partner was supposed to be joining me, but she's got some sort of important test to take in order to graduate.

Will I need to bring cash? Or is card cool

How much ya selling for? Considering trying my hand at brewing some mead...

We have had a great team working on this show Brian has been our boots on the ground guy and has worked his but off on this show. There is some vendors that take cards but some don't and if you are looking for used traps have cash. We have tailgaters from all over the east coast so there's gonna be some used traps for sale. For everyone that hasn't been to a Fur Takers show get ready for a overload on trapping information when this thing is over we want people to say I couldn't see it all.

Travis, is the campground always open or when can a guy move in?

I'll be there Friday sometime. It's only an hour and a half from me.

Are dogs allowed ?

I’ll be there Friday or Saturday

The camping area opens Wednesday at noon.

Yes dogs are allowed but they have to be on a leash at all times

Don't they usually have an auction of donated items? Wonder when that will take place?

Friday and Saturday for us.

The list of events and times is on the Facebook page if someone knows how to link that here that would be great.

Hi everyone
I'm going to be bringing honey from central PA, if interested ask Paul at the convention or catch up with me there.

Who else is camping?

Here's one link. I don't see anything about the auction.

http://furtakersofamerica.com/convention.html

The auction is Friday night.

The auction is listed 2 threads below this one. Smaller items are auctioned the same time as the adventure items.

Thanks, Handitrapper.

My opinion, the auction should be held on Saturday. Years ago the VTA always had the auction or Saturday of their convention.

Saturday is always the biggest day of a convention. More people, more money and more, higher bidding. Just looking at it from the standpoint of the FTA and the VTA, the donated items are going to sell higher, the more people that you have interested in buying.

Think about it like this: Selling a donated item is just about as close to free money as it gets. And there are going to be a lot of people there Saturday with a pocket full of money.

What we really need is a "universal" auction time, for all conventions. Something like high-noon Saturday, or 1pm.

You guys that are officers and directors of the different trap associations will agree, the convention auction is one of your biggest fundraisers.

I'll be there Saturday.

I don’t totally disagree with you but..... Although Saturdays generally have the largest attendance. I believe most of the trappers and vendors want to get packed up Saturday afternoon or evening and head for home. Leaving fewer people with interest in staying for the auction. Just my thoughts.

Great time. Lots of good seminars. Got to meet a bunch of cool people.

My first time attending the event and although I could only stay for 2 hours I really enjoyed it. I met some great people and wish I could have stayed longer. I got to speak with Tom Miranda for a while and I was really impressed with what a good guy he is. I met Jeff Dunlap and was really impressed with him too. Plenty to do and see and I look for to going again some day.