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(boycott)Eastern sports and outdoor show

3.1K views 49 replies 23 participants last post by  TNAL45  
#1 ·
Any one else seeing what is happening to the eastern sports and outdoors show? They changed their stance and are not allowing venders to bring certain types of rifles. In reply to their decisions there has been many, many vendors pull out of the show. These companies are losing a lot of money by pulling out, but all have made statements that they stand behind the second ammendment and, will not be making an appearance at places that do not fully support the second amendment. Kudos to all the vendors that are withdrawing. I encourage you all to find out which companies have stood up and support them, and shop through them. here is a link that has a list of vendor withdraws.

http://www.shadowspear.com/vb/threads/g ... ons.16831/
 
#3 ·
***Updated 7:15 PM ***
Here's an updated list for you Over 200 exhibitors/supportors, 22 speakers, and 3 out of 5 sponsors. Good Job!

*Sponsors*

Cabela's
Cross Canyon Arms - Official Gun Sponsor
The Outdoor Channel

*Speakers/Personalities* -22

Abner Druckenmiller - Furtakers TV
Allen Morris
Angie & Scott Denny - THE LIFE at Table Mountain
Blaine Anthony, The Bear Whisperer
Bob Folkrod
Bob J Mercier
Brad Farris - Primos
Chris Brackett - Fear No Evil
Chuck Adams
Eddie Salter
Fred Eichler - Fulldraw Outfitters
Jay Gregory
Jim and Eva Shockey
Jimmy Primos - Primos
Jimmy Wren
Larry Weishuhn
Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of The Crush
Major League Bowhunters
Matt Morett
Michael Waddell's Bone Collector
Pat Reeve and Nicole Jones - Driven TV
Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo - Archers Choice Media
Stan Potts
Tom Dokken
Trent Cole - Blitz TV

*Exhibitors/Supporters* - 200
2 Million Bullets
24/7 Hunting TV
Alaska's Ravencroft Lodge (Exhibitor)
Alaskan Outdoors TV
Ambush Firearms
American Whitetails of Pennsylvania (Exhibitor)
Antler insanity (Supporter)
Anything About Guns (supporter)
Apex Tactical
Appalachian Big Game TV (Supporter)
Archers Choice Media - Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo (Exhibitor)
Arrowhead Outdoors
Atlantic Tactical (Exhibitor)
Athens Archery (Supporter)
Atlantic Tactical
Avian X Decoys
Bangin Redhedz Turkey Gear
Bear Archery (Exhibitor)
Big Game Butter
Blaine Anthony, The Bear Whisperer (Exhibitor)
Blitz TV
Bloodline With Alex (supporter)
Blue Rock Outfitters (Supporter)
Bob J Mercier (Exhibitor)
Bohning Archery (Exhibitor)
Boondock Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Bow Hunter's Den
Bow Life, LLC
Bowhunting.com (Exhibitor)
BowHunterPlanet.com (Supporter)
Broken Arrow Wilderness (supporter)
Brothers of the bow (Supporter)
Cabela's (Sponsor)
Camo Addiction (Exhibitor)
Campbell Cameras (Exhibitor)
Can Cooker (Exhibitor)
Chasing Trophy Whitetails (supporter)
Cochrane River Outfitters
Cody Turkey Calls
Cold Steel (Exhibitor)
Combative Edge (Exhibitor)
Continental Divide Outfitters (Supporter)
Cross Canyon Arms - Official Gun Sponsor (Sponsor)
Cutting Edge Bullets (Exhibitor)
Darkwoods Blind
DCVR
Dead Ringer (Exhibitor)
Deer and Deer Hunting.com
Direct Action Tactical Firearms (Exhibitor)
Dirty Dog Outdoors
Down N Dirty Outdoors - Eddie Salter- The Turkey Man (Exhibitor)
Domari Nolo Defense Consulting (Exhibitor)
Dominance is Everything Hunting System
Dominator 365
Down N Dirty Outdoors
Drop Tine Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Driven TV - Pat Reeve and Nicole Jones (Exhibitor)
DuckWater Boats Dover Ohio (Exhibitor)
Dirt Dog Outdoors - Guide Service (Supporter)
Eastern Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation (Supporter)
Eastern Outdoors With Mark & Gina (Supporter)
Easton Bow Hunting
Eddie Salter- The Turkey Man - Down N Dirty Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Excalibur Crossbow US, Inc
Family Traditions TV - With Haley Heath (Supporter)
Farmland Trophies (Exhibitor)
Fear No Evil
Field Proven Calls
Firearms Industry Consulting Group
Flatline Productions
Foiles Migrators, Inc. (Exhibitor)
Forbes Turkey Calls
FOXPRO Digital Game Calls (Exhibitor)
Fred Eichler - Fulldraw Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Full Circle Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Furtakers TV
Gene & Barry Wensel (Supporter)
Ghost River Outfitters - Alberta
Gone Wild Outdoors
Goodling Rifles
Grow the Bone (Supporter)
Golden Valley Enterprises (Exhibitor)
Gut N Tag, LLC
H.S. Specialities
Haley Heath (Supporter)
Hank Parker (Supporter)
Heartland Bowhunter Television (boycott suppoter)
Heartland Whitetails
Hevi-Shot (Exhibitor)
High Lonesome Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Honey Creek Outfitters (Exhibitor)
HookHunt (Exhibitor)
Horton Archery (Exhibitor)
Hoyt Archery (Exhibitor)
Hunter Safety System (Exhibitor)
Hunters Comfort, LLC
Hunters and Guides Connection (Exhibitor)
Hunter's Specialties (Exhibitor)
Huntin' Is Good! TV
IceHole Coolers
International Bowhunting Organization (Exhibitor)
Iron Kin Hunt Club
iScope (Exhibitor)
J & M Traditions
Jim and Eva Shockey (Personality/Expert Speaker)
Keystone Country Store (Supporter)
Keystone Elk Country Alliance
King of the Mountain, Inc. (Exhibitor)
Kinsey's Outdoors (Exhibitor)
KodaBow (Exhibitor)
Lancaster Archery Supply (Exhibitor)
Larry Weishuhn (Exhibitor)
Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of The Crush (Exhibitor)
Lynchburg Live Media (Supporter)
Mathews Inc. (Supporter)
Muddy Outdoors (Supporter)
Major League Bowhunters (Exhibitor)
Men in Treestands Productions
Midwest Whitetail Adventures (Exhibitor)
Mindful of Nature LLC
Mountain Dog Chews (Exhibitor)
Muddy Outdoors
Muskie Moose, LLC
Nashunt (Exhibitor)
National Wild Turkey Federation (Exhibitor)
Nature Blinds, LLC (Exhibitor)
NebraskaOutfitter.com (Supporter)
Roger Raglin
Northern Outdoor Lodge
Northern Wilderness Outfitters
Old Goat Outdoors
Open Season TV (Exhibitor)
Outdoor Channel Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Outdoor Edge Knives (Exhibitor)
Outdoor Specialist Group
Outdoorsnative.com
Ozonics (Exhibitor)
PA Taxadermy Association (Exhibitor)
Pat Strawser Custom Calls (Exhibitor)
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs (Supporter)
Pennsylvania Trappers Assoc.
Perry's No Peep Archery Site
Pipeline Ridge Hunting Preserve
Primal Urge Outdoors (Supporter)
Primos Hunting (Exhibitor)
Proc's Huntin Buddy
PSE Archery
Radical Hunter
Ranew's Outdoor Equipment
Red Star Arms
Real Scent (Exhibitor)
Revolution Hunting (Supporter)
Rhino Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Exhibitor)
Rocky Branch Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Rougeaux's Taxidermy (Supporter)
Royal Mountain Adventures
Ruger (Exhibitor)
S & W Outfitter
Savage Outdoors TV (Exhibitor)
SecureIt Tactical Inc (Exhibitor)
Skull Shine
Smith & Wesson (Exhibitor)
Snake Hound Machine (Supporter)
Southern Game Calls (Exhibitor)
Ted Nugent's Spirit of the Wild (Exhibitor)
Spook Span (Supporter)
Sportsmen of North America TV
Stan Potts
State Line Bone Mine
Staudt's Gun Shop
Stay Ready Inc
Steady Form Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Stokerized Stabilizers
Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Association (Exhibitor)
Table Mountain Outfitters (Exhibitor)
Team Overkill
TenPoint Crossbow Technologies (Exhibitor)
Tex Mex Outdoors
The Bear Whisperer
The Outdoor Loop
The Radical Hunter (Supporter)
The State Line Bone Mine a NW Missouri and Iowa outfitter
The Warm Bag (Exhibitor)
The Wild Outdoors with Jay Gregory (Exhibitor)
ThermaCELL Hunting
Thompson/Center
Timberline Outfitters
Tough Country Products (Exhibitor)
Trent Cole - Blitz TV (Exhibitor)
Trijicon, Inc. (Exhibitor)
Triple Mag TV
Trop Gun Shop (Supporter)
Turnbull Manufacturing (Supporter)
U Slide Bow Hunter
Ultimate Camo
Umax Outdoors
Upper Canyon Outfitters
Wallaston Lake Lodge
Watson Air Lock
Watt's Truck Center
Whitetail Adrenaline
Whitetail Bosses (Exhibitor)
Whitetail Freaks TV (Supporter)
Whitetail Heaven Outdoors
Whitewolfsurvivalsupply.com
Winchester Archery (Boycott Supporter)
Wired Outdoors (Exhibitor)
Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania (Supporter)
Wyvern Creations (Supporter)
X- Stand Treestands (Exhibitor)
Zink Calls
Zook Cabins (Exhibitor)

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http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/article143446.htm
https://www.facebook.com/BoycottTheE...how?ref=stream
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boyco...76843375684130
 
#9 ·
marshbanks12 said:
Damn, The whole reason I wanted to go was to see the boys at zink...
You got your black hoody on? :no:
 
#11 ·
marshbanks12 said:
Yeah and my barrel stickers are all set for next year....btw anyone know a good spot to shoot ducks in MD ;)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbsup:
 
#13 ·
Funny story about that, I went out one morning by myself and fell off my boat without my wader belt on... Nothing like 35 degree water to wake you up at 530 in the morning....
My black hoodie was ruined that day :no:
 
#21 ·
I think its great how many companies have chose to stand up for the second amendment. It floors me how many companies that aren't technically involved in the use or sale of guns that have stood up (thermacell, crossbow manufactures, archery shops, etc). It would be easy for them to say well it doesn't affect us, but rather they join the many others. Speaks volumes for all of them.
 
#22 ·
Even more amazing is who was actually hurt by the ban. From what I read, it was ONE retailer that was completely shut out. Several other companies had items in their displays that would have been banned, but they could have continued with the show with the other products they sold. One company was all tactical and they had a section dedicated to AR related stuff.
 
#24 ·
I feel bad for the outfitters and guides who rely on this show to get people to book hunts. Its to bad their bottom line will be hurt by some POS promotters who don't give a damn about our country and only their pockets.
 
#25 ·
dfrauenkron said:
I will go out of my way to support the companies that boycotted this show.
Same here. I absolutely LOVE it when stuff like this happens. When the result of politically correct nonsense is an immediate, decisive kick in the nuts. You sure are entitled to do what you want, and so are we. So we're outta here. Man, I love it. That place will be damn near empty, and I'll be surprised if it goes on at all.
 
#26 ·
And if I had bought tickets before this happened, I'd be raising hell to get my money back. And if not, I'd go and be a bother to whomever I could find in charge, repeatedly expressing my displeasure.