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.