Well, it's just a few days until the opening of the Midwest Traditional and Primitive Archery Expo at Waterloo, Iowa. It will be held at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center/Ramada Inn starting at 2 p.m. Friday, March 9. Friday's hours are 2-8 p.m. Saturday's show starts at 9 a.m. and runs til 6 p.m. with a door prize drawing for a Pine Hollow custom sinew-backed longbow. Seminar speakers for Saturday are Gene Winter (selfbows), Tim Strickland (shooting) and Dennis Harper (Compton scoring method). Sunday's show starts at 9 a.m. and runs til 2 p.m. Some of the vendors at this show include Black Widow Bows (Roger Fulton), Pine Hollow Longbows (Mike Yancey), Hunter's Image (G.Fred Asbell), Ace Archery Tackle (Bob Mayo), St. Joe River Bows (David and Tracey Balowski), Dwyer Longbows (Dave and Sue Dwyer), Great Plains Bows (Bill Forman), Lost Nation Archery (Larry Murray), RER bows (Kevin and Sue TerMaat), The Footed Shaft, Holm-Made Bows, Prairie Longbows (Joe Blake), Mule Creek Outfitting, Best Friend Longbows (Scott Rentschler), New Wood Longbows (Chris Hartwig), Bearfoot Traditions (Tom Norris), JerryCo (Jerry Coulter), Ricke Custom Knives (Dave Ricke), Compton Traditional Bowhunters (Marv Cochran), Rapids Archery Club, Da Wool Lady (Mary Deppe), Winter Bow Shoppe (Gene Winter), Iowa Traditional Bowhunters Society, Strickland Archery (Tim Strickland), Tortorelli Traditions (Nick Tortorelli), TradArchers' World magazine (Tom Colstad) and Klug's Country Gold (Dale Klug).There will be a bow try-out area, concessions and an opportunity to purchase a banquet ticket for Saturday's Iowa Traditional Bowhunters Society banquet starting at 6-7 p.m.
I encourage everyone to come to this second annual event. There is easy access to the building via free ramp parking across the street. Hope to see you there. Tom Colstad
I forgot to add that Sauers Veneers will be at the expo with Terry and Jeff Sauers of North Carolina. Tom
Looking forward to it,had a great time last year.
Leland
I looking forward to being there this year. It looks like there will be lots of things to check out.
-Jay
I'll be there! Had a great time last year!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Wow, I live in the Waverly area (30 minutes north) and haven't heard a thing about it! Thanks for posting on it!
Mr. Laclair, sure would be nice to play with some shrews if ya could fit it into your schedule, only an 8 hour drive.. :thumbsup:
Count me and the boys in for sure, TBS guys r awesome!
TradGangers should stop by the TradArchers' World magazone booth to sign in with your handle. Let's see if we can break last year's record of 36. Tom
I will be there on Saturday!
Tom, I loved that show last year and bet this one will be bigger and better.
Great line up of of speakers and vendors !!!!
I will be there on Saturday.
Glad to see Bearfoot will make it. He always has a ton of great bows ( new and used) to shoot!
Hoping I can make it up if I'm not travelling to MS on a fishing trip. Sounds like a good time.
Sounds like a great time!
I went to this last year, and ended up with my first-ever custom bow as a result. I saw some beautiful veneers that a vender had, and ended up placing an order for a bow to put them on. I'm really glad I went. There were lots of bows to try out, lots of great venders, and some great people to meet. If you've never been to a show like this, you should give it a try if you can; this is a good one.
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Hoping I can make it up if I'm not travelling to MS on a fishing trip. Sounds like a good time.
You won't regret taking the time to walk around a while
can't wait. planned a trip to see old fiends to coincide with the Expo.
I'll be sitting the Mule Creek Outfitting booth with my tracking Dachshund.
Not only lots of great vendors and speakers, but a chance to see many old and new friends from the trad community.
Looking forward to seeing you at the show, Shaun, and meeting your famous hog tracking dachsie. Tom
Hey Jim, It'll be good to see you again. Will be there helping Tom and trying to peddle some of my own stuff. Dale
Another reminder, there will be a door-prize drawing for a Pine Hollow sinew-backed longbow crafted by Mike Yancey at the conclusion of Saturday's show. The winner must be present to receive it, though. It's a real beauty. Tom
Looking forward to this. Two of us coming from the Newton, Kellogg area.
i am coming and dragging some cheese heads with me.
Is the spring edition of TAW going to be out soon. The last issue of TAW and the last TBM issue have been read over a couple of times now. :pray:
The Spring 2012 issue of TradArchers' World was mailed out this week and I will be bringing "extra" copies to the expo. Tom
:bigsmyl:
Thanks Tom. Good luck with the show.
St. Joe River Bows donated a Predator camo pants, shirt and hat to be given as a door prize, and Jerry Coulter offered a cube foam target as a door prize, also. Thanks for the support. Tom
TTT
This time next week we will be getting ready for day 2 !!!!!Don't miss this if you are in the mid west
Remember to sign in at the TAW booth with your "handle" and real names. Tom
One more cheese head coming, and possibly another too. Look forward to it.
Tom,
Wayno and I will there on Saturday. See you then.
Ned
Only two day's away now hope you have made plans to attend
I will be there in the Ricke Knife booth with Dave. Looking forward to it!
I will be there on Saturday. 5' tall with short brownish hair. Stop me and say hi!
Matt Smith will man my booth while I head to Florida to chase hogs. Stop by and say hi. I will have 4 recurves and 8 or so longbows. Chad
Starts today at 2 pm. See everyone there
Is there any sort of vendor list available that shows everyone at the show? I'll be in Waterloo/Cedar Falls and will likely swing by.
I believe there is on the thread on the events page
Day one was great. Almost time for day 2
Had fun today. Nice to see everyone. Shot some great bows. Love the St Joe River 54" recurve. Dead quiet!
Went to get carbon shafts and came home with bamboo shafts:)
Another great show! An amazing amount of quality bows by some very gifted bowyers. I enjoyed it a lot! :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Had a great time also,got to meet and visit with some nice people.The seminars were good(I learned a few things)bought some needed items(thank-you vendors) and picked up my Dwyer bow.It was nice to meet you Katie,you can shoot.Hope it's a go for next year.
Leland
Leland
Good to meet you as well! I felt my shooting was a bit off so thanks for the build up:)
We got to the show late. I had a meeting that took longer than I had thought. Plus I thought it closed at six not five. So I did not get everything I needed. Will have to pay shipping now:(
It was a great way to spend the day. I'm looking forward to next years expo already.
-Jay