Farthest you traveled to a convention

For me, the most was about 475 miles to Coyote Days in eastern Wyoming. How about you? What is your limit? Do you try to mix in other things to do besides attending the convention? I usually go straight to the convention and come straight back home unless there is something to see directly on the route to and from.

County that I live in....

NTA at Little Rock, Arkansas. 1100 miles give or take

Don't know the mileage for sure, I am thinking it was over a thousand to Wisconsin in 2010.

On the other hand the shortest convention for me was a PA convention when it was in Port Royal, that was about 16 miles.

Around 12 miles.

Kenora-around 1200 km-but still in Ontario,lol.
Farthest in the states to an NTA was to Rochester Minnesota-around 1400 km..

540 miles. Stronghurst IL to Hutchinson KS.

103 miles

880 to Spencer last year.

About 1600 miles each way. But that was when I was much younger!!

Made several trips to the WTA in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Also Marshfield when the NTA was there. An NTA in Iowa, one in Kansas, a couple in Minnesota. Most of those were driving. Gas was a lot cheaper then. And they were buying/selling trips, not just socializing.

As far as western conventions, about 700 miles each way when the western NTA was in New Mexico. That was a total DUD of a convention!!

1175 to Spencer last year

1040 miles to Holbrook Az.

That was a fun convention.

860 mile one way to Lusk Wyoming for me .Harrisonburg Va. was 512 mile.

However far it is from St. Joseph, Mo to Marshfield. Three college buds crammed into a single cab manual ford ranger. Back when the coon market was good, we loaded up on duke dps and 1.5s. Flirted with Miss Wisconsin for awhile, got extremely drunk and woke up with standing water and mosquitos in our tent. Pretty good storm blew through that night. Had less than 10 dollars to my name by the time I got back to MO. Good times.

I remember that convention. We too woke up with water in our tent...what little we got to sleep with a wet, disgruntled fox in a cage yapping outside our tent all night, lol.

About 150 one way, do that every year since 2005 to Marshfield. The nationals I have attended have been that far or less.

Bryce

270 Miles one way to Harrisonburg, VA

500+ to Bloomington il. Went to see slim and chrisM give demos, it was worth the drive. Drove 700+ to Ga to take instruction from slim when he started doing instruction again. That was well worth it too.

spring field mo 2019

Just over 1000 this year to powell,wy. Great people in Wyoming hope to get back there.

I do not know the mileage but I left southeastern P A near the Maryland line and drove to Crossville Tenn . in 1984 That was my first NTA convention While we where there we spent some time in and around Nashville and Gatlinburg (Dollywood ,Great Smokey mountains ) At the time I thought the NTA might never be closer to my home We had a great trip The convention was an eye opener considering I had never been to something that was focused around trapping .And the other things we did where enjoyable .However I was dead wrong about the NTA convention being closer to my home .I do not recall the year but sometime after 1984 the convention was held in Clearfield county PA .I was not able to go to that one . And THAN I think is was in 1992 the NTA national convention was held at the York fairgrounds in York PA .That is about 10 miles from my house . I spent several hours through the week helping the PTA set up for the convention and was able to attend all 3 days of the show .It was a lot of fun to see so much trapping related stuff all in one place and almost in my back yard .The world has changed a lot since than and I sure am glad I made time to attend the ones that I was able to go to .

1,294 to Junction Texas.

240 mi. to Columbia Mo. in 2004 I think.

I did 325 miles one way, spent the day and drove back a couple times. The guy that went with me didn't want to spend the night.

You guys know that the Alaska Trappers Association has a booth at the convention right?!!!

Pete

3067 miles from here to Kalamazoo.

I would have to say Hutchinson KS I believe that is farther for me than Hamburg NY was?

Mac

Show off!!!

Now that would be a road trip .I have relatives that live in Kalamazoo but I have never been there

Las Vegas, Nevada to Pennsylvania.

Well.........not to be critical or anything but........if I ever went there again it would be in an air conditioned oxygen tent. What a miserable climate !

I went to KZOO also...it was very hot and humid. I shot skeet at the gun range there ...I had to beat the heat from melting the clays or else they would melt before I could blast em !

NTA Escanaba Michigan -1600 miles give or take depending how many detours you take along the way. Escanaba was real nice place to visit. Some big delicious smoked whitefish they have there.

205 miles to Lima Ohio. Done that 2 times.
Shortest was to Midland Michigan, 50 miles.

Had a great time.

14 hrs to Coyote days in Lusk Wyoming.

Don't know the mileage but went from Nome to Columbia, Mo. I think that beats White!

1100 miles currently from home while at lima. Looks like next year will be a little harder to get to.

900+ miles, 16 hrs..... Gaylord, MI

Truly. He told me he hitchhiked there...

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