On to Waterloo... Trad&Primitive Archery Expo

[suburbanirma]

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

[suburbanirma]

I forgot to add that Sauers Veneers will be at the expo with Terry and Jeff Sauers of North Carolina. Tom

[Leland]

Looking forward to it,had a great time last year.
Leland

[JJB]

I looking forward to being there this year.  It looks like there will be lots of things to check out.
-Jay

[Bernie B.]

I'll be there!  Had a great time last year!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[Longbow917]

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..      
Count me and the boys in for sure, TBS guys r awesome!

[suburbanirma]

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

[Robhood23]

I will be there on Saturday!

[Blackhawk]

Tom, I loved that show last year and bet this one will be bigger and better.

[Bow man]

Great line up of of speakers and vendors !!!!

[katie]

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!

[Altiman94]

Hoping I can make it up if I'm not travelling to MS on a fishing trip.  Sounds like a good time.

[Kevin Hansen]

Sounds like a great time!

[Archie]

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.

[Bow man]

Originally posted by Altiman94:
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

[Jim Rocole]

can't wait. planned a trip to see old fiends to coincide with the Expo.

[Shaun]

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.

[suburbanirma]

Looking forward to seeing you at the show, Shaun, and meeting your famous hog tracking dachsie. Tom

[schlaggerman]

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

[suburbanirma]

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