Traditional Bowhunters Expo West needs your help

[Burnsie]

Heck many vendors from out West show up for the Expo in Kzoo. Doesn't seem like many Eastern vendors make the trip the other way.  The Kzoo expo seems to be going strong (I'm going again this year) and it isn't exactly a prime airport hub.  Maybe its because distances are just generally longer between population centers out west.  An event held in the Midwest is going to be within a 3-4 hour drive of many large/medium sized cities and a lot of rural areas. The northwest is a hotbed of top-notch bowyers and other vendors, I would think an Expo with the proper format and location could be successful.
Burnsie

[elk ninja]

Well said Burnsie!  It is just a matter of someone MAKING it happen instead of Traditional Bowhunter Magazine doing it a side gig or Spectra productions as a side show.... another location would be much better as well (other than Boise unfortunatly)
Mike

[Rooselk]

Originally posted by Dick in Seattle:
many won't like this answer, but...   if they conducted a study to locate this thing where the fewest people and hardest access are, they'd about come up with where it is.    Put it in Seattle or Portland, with large airports that are almost all weather open and I-5 access from BC, WA and OR, and it might stand a chance.  i was going to attend two years ago, but the passes were snow closed.

I agree. It makes sense that the show should be in the population centers somewhere on the I-5 corridor. Portland, Seattle, and even Monroe, Washington (in the Seattle vicinity) have big, successful sportsman's shows every year.