


I went Saturday and enjoyed the nice weather --best weather in years for this event. There were several new products this year, although many were in the very expensive category ----- ProLine Motors(approx $4500); a new type of mud motor with console steering mounted on a Legend Craft boat w/trailer (approx $12,000); etc. Got to see John Devney with Delta Waterfowl and got an update on the duck breeding conditions. Found a great t-shirt from a new conservation group from Alabama named "TheMorningWoody.com", promoting wood duck production in the South ---the inscription on the t-shirt read :"Duck Hunters Always Start Off With A Woody" --pretty funny, and appears to be a great cause. And the scenery, as always, was very nice indeed.

There were definately less vendors at the show this year --noticably absent were Polaris, Honda, several gun manufacturers, several decoy manufacturers, and many of the normal food vendors. Maybe the cost of the booth space was too high as suggested above.
I think Webfoot's suggestions above are good and would help the vendors sell more stuff. I also think that DU should look at lowering the admission price and the vendor costs to increase attendance to previous levels. But, it was still a fun day out of the house.