Bass Pro Shop Land & Wildlife Expo!

We wrapped up in Nashville at the Quality Deer Management Association's National Convention and the Bass Pro Shop Land & Wildlife Expo.  Talked to a lot of people about fish and wildlife management and enjoyed hanging out with old friends and making new ones.  Surprisingly the shows biggest draw was the Turtleman and Friends from the TV show Call of the Wildlman, as their booth was packed the whole show with parents and children wanting to get shirts, autographs and listen to some banjo music.  Also on hand were RJ and Jay Paul Molinere from the TV show Swamp People and professional hunters Tom Miranda and Jerry Martin.  Unfortunately the show was so busy for us we didn't have time to sit in on any of the management seminars, but we heard most of them were very good.  We want to thank everyone for stopping by and hope we answered all your questions. 



Scott Brown, Steve Lopez and Grady Hathaway waiting for the show to begin!

Very nice display!

Looks out of place, but folks seemed to enjoy talking about how it works and to tell us when and where they saw one work.  Even had the Chief of Fisheries from Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency stop by an check the boat out to see if we did a good job setting it up.

Steve talking shop with some passers by!

Good friend and Editor/Publisher of Wildlife Trends Journal Andy Whitaker with his Communicator of the Year Award given to him by the Quality Deer Management Association at this year's National Convention.  Congratulations Andy!  I guess now you will be expecting even better articles from us writers?



Steve Lopez with a couple members of the Turtleman gang from the TV show Call of the Wildman.

Scott hanging with the Turtleman after getting his autograph for his nephew, who religiously watches the show and when I'm at his house he requires I watch it with him!!

Jinkam Jones periodically shows up whenever Allen Deese from The Wildlife Group is in town.  Here Jinkam decides to weigh himself or check the scale's accuracy!  Jinkam is always ready for action, especially now that he has his new helmet.

Photos From The Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza

I wrapped up the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza today and got home this evening.  It was a great show, met a lot of people and had a lot of fun!  Talked to a lot of folks and hopefully answered all their fish and wildlife questions.  Almost three days of laughing with Andy Whitaker from Wildlife Trends Journal and Allen Deese from The Wildlife Group.  Here are a few photos from the weekend.

This was Andy and Allen's booth I worked.  Even inside we are amongst the trees!

This was part of the Driven TV display accross the isle.

Who knows maybe this yacht will someday be needed as a shocker boat?

They held the 2012 Mississippi Big Buck contest.  Lots of Bone!

This ground blind is cool, but weighs 600 lbs.  Even in West Texas you don't have to worry about the wind blowing it away.

This was a taxidermist's display.  Lots of cool mounts from all over the world.

Scotty Brown with the whole Driven TV crew!

Although a big TV star and videographer, Pat Reeve still takes care of the cleaning!  He can't wait for hunting season to start so he can put the vacum away and grab the rifle and bow.