Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show Bans Tactical Rifles

[TauntoHawk]

I had no intentions on looking at or buying a "black gun" but I did plan on going in as a free american with all my rights.. I hope they are forced to close or cancel the show and refund vendors their deposits. I dont want them making a dime

Its a shame because me and my Wife loved going each year its really sad, We need Bass Pro to pull their free shuttle service

[turkey_slayer]

I had no intentions on looking at or buying a "black gun" but I did plan on going in as a free american with all my rights.. I hope they are forced to close or cancel the show and refund vendors their deposits. I dont want them making a dime

Its a shame because me and my Wife loved going each year its really sad, We need Bass Pro to pull their free shuttle service

Bass pro had told some people that they had no affiliation with the show which they obviously do with the shuttle. I don't own an AR and prob never will but this is wrong

[turkey_slayer]

Few more to pull out

State line bone mine
Jim shockey
Wensel brothers
Bear archery
Bowhunting.com

[lmbhngr]

Add the NWTF to the list and they`re also trying to make room in nashville to accommodate some of the other vendors that pulled out in Harrisburg also.

[Gobble!]

This picked up steam fast! They have a facebook page with over 10,000 likes. NRA and S&W pulled out today.

[Old Gobbler]

For more information, contact Josh Fleming at (803) 637-7698.

NWTF Withdraws from Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show

EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The National Wild Turkey Federation has withdrawn from the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pa., due to the decision to ban the display of modern sporting rifles.

As a leading advocate for the preservation of our hunting heritage, the NWTF believes it is an important time to take a clear stance on its support of sportsmen and the Second Amendment and the clear link between the two.

The NWTF has canceled its booth space and will be rescheduling the NWTF sanctioned calling contest that was slated to take place at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show once a suitable venue is determined.

"We feel strongly about the importance of the Second Amendment in pursuit of our mission of preserving our hunting heritage," said Skip Motts, President of the NWTF Pennsylvania State Chapter. "We reached out to our chapters from across the state and received overwhelming support for taking this stand."

The NWTF works to pass on the right to hunt to future generations, including reducing legal barriers to creating new hunters and introducing almost 100,000 people to outdoor sports annually. The right to bear arms is another pillar of the hunting tradition that the NWTF fully supports. The efforts to preserve our hunting heritage can be undone if new barriers to hunting are created by limiting the tools that the vast majority of sportsmen depend on to hunt.

The NWTF will host its National Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn., from Feb. 15 to 17. The NWTF welcomes any attendees or exhibitors to consider coming to the NWTF Convention and Sport Show. The NWTF is working to add booths to the already sold out show in an attempt to accommodate companies that have decided to change plans about exhibiting at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show. Contact April Flowers at aflowers@nwtf.net for information on reserving a booth.

A national nonprofit organization, the NWTF is the leader in upland wildlife habitat conservation in North America. Through dynamic partnerships with state, federal and provincial agencies, the NWTF has helped restore turkey populations throughout North America, investing $412 million to conserve 17.3 million acres of habitat. The NWTF and its dedicated volunteers also introduce about 100,000 people to the outdoors every year through NWTF outreach programs. National Wild Turkey Federation 770 Augusta Rd., Edgefield, S

[turkey_slayer]

Here's a good site that keeps the most up to date list I've found. They haven't added nwtf as of yet but they will soon.

http://mynortheastoutdoors.com/esos-boycott-supporters/

[CT Spur Collector]

 A nice shout out to Skip Motts.  The NWTF and Skip made a great decision and I'm proud as a member to say "great job"! 

United we will stand, divided we will surely fall.

[TauntoHawk]

Updated list is getting extensive with 10 days to go, I have heard several reports of class action law suits being prepared against REED.


ESOS BOYCOTT

Vendors Pulled Out (307)
Many Not Yet Found / Added


2 Million Bullets
24/7 Hunting TV
AAA Alsakan Outfitter
Absaroke-Beartooth Outfitters
Alaska's Ravencroft Lodge
Alaskan Outdoors TV
Ambush Firearms
American Tactical
American Whitetails of PA
Antler Insanity
Apex Tactical
Appalachian Big Game TV
Archery Tag
Arrowhead Outdoors
Artistic Visions Wildlife Studio
Athens Archery
Atlantic Tactical
Atsko, Inc. / Sno-Seal Inc.
Avian X Decoys
Backwoods Whitetails Outfitters
Bad Boy Inc.
Bad Dog Accessories
Banded Calls
Bangin Redhedz Turkey Gear
Bear Archery
Beavertail Products
Benelli Firearms
Big Game Butter
Blackwater Hunting Services
Blitz TV
Bob Shank Photography
Body Guard 360
Bohning Archery
Boulder Basin Outfitters
Boondock Outdoors
Border Bucks Outfitters
Bow Hunter's Den
Bowhunting.com
Bow Life, LLC
Bramco / Golden Valley Enterprises
Briley Outfitters
Buck Bomb
Bullseye Outfitters
Burt Coyote Lumenok
C&D Outfitters
Cabela's
Cabinet Mountain Outfitters
Camo Addiction
Campbell Cameras
CanCooker
Central Penn Sporting Clays & Game Preserve
Chaparral Hunting Adventures
CMO Scents
Cochrane River Outfitters
Cody Turkey Calls
Cold Steel Knives
Combative Edge
Comre Safaris
Comcast
Con Yeager Spice Company
Continental Divide Outfitters
Cove Creek Outfitters
Crimson Trace
Cross Canyon Arms
Cutting Edge Bullets
D.A. Bow Shop, LLC
Darkwoods Blind
DCVR
Dan Christ Gallery / Artist
Dead Ringer
Deer and Deer Hunting.com
Deerassic Park Education Center
Direct Action Tactical Firearms
Dirty Buck Soap and Scents
Dirty Dog Outdoors
Domari Nolo Defense Consulting
Dominance is Everything Hunting System
Dominator 365
Dokken Oakridge Kennels
Down N Dirty Outdoors
Drakes Migration Nation
Driven TV
Droptine Outfitters
DuckWater Boats
Dunn Knives
Dusk to Dawn Bowfishing
Eastern Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation
Eastern Outdoors
Easton Bow Hunting
Excalibur Crossbow US, Inc
Extreme Whitetails and Exotics
EZ Cut Pruners
Farmland Trophies Outfitting
Fear No Evil
Field Proven Calls
Firearms Industry Consulting Group
Firenock
First African Outfitter / Hartzview Hunting Safaris
Fish Outdoor Properties
Flatline Productions
Flyway Customs
Foiles Migrators, Inc
Food Plots By Design
Forbes Turkey Calls
FOXPRO High Performance Game Calls
Franchi
Freds Waterfowl Adventures
Full Circle Outdoors
Furtakers TV
Game Keeper Cooler
GhillieSuits.com
Ghost River Outfitters – Alberta
Gobbler Getter Turkey Calls
Goey Hunting Calls
Gone Wild Outdoors
Goodling Rifles
Grand-Safari.com – South Africa/Tanzania/Cameroon
Grow The Bone Deer Attractant
GunBroker.com
Gut N Tag, LLC
Hart Rifles
H.S. Specialities
Heartland Whitetails
Herd Guard
Hevi-Shot
High Lonesome Outfitters
HookHunt
Hoyt Archery Inc
Honey Creek Outfitters
Hungry Wolf Guides
Hunter Calls
Hunter Safety Systems
Hunter Specialties w/ Rick White
Hunters and Guides Connection
Hunters Comfort, LLC
Hunter's Specialties
Huntin' Is Good! TV
Hunting Network, LLC
IceHole Coolers
Indian Creek Lodge Outfitters
Interlocs
International Bowhunting Organization
Iron Kin Hunt Club
IScope
J & M Traditions
Katahdin's Shadow Outfitters
Keystone Country Store
Keystone Elk Country Alliance
King of the Mountain Inc.
Kinsey's Outdoors
Kodabow
Lac Suzie Outfitter
Lancaster Archery Supply
Lanco Tactical
Leupold & Stevens Inc.
LHR Sporting Arms
Livin' Country USA
Lone Oak Retreivers
Major League Bowhunter
Masterpiece Outdoors, Inc.
Men in Treestands Productions
Midwest Bucks
Midwest Finest Whitetails
Midwest Whitetail Adventures
Mindful of Nature LLC
Mineral Mizer
Molt Gear
Moon Shine Attitude Attire
Montana Mountain West Outfitters
Montana Whitetails
Mountain Dog Chews
Mountain Hollow Game Calls
MN Outdoors
Muddy Outdoors
Muskie Moose, LLC
www.MyNortheastOutdoors.com
NasHunt Outdoors
National Wild Turkey Federation
Nature Blinds, LLC
NasHunt Outdoors
National Rifle Association
National Skeet Shooting Association
Nine Bar Ranch
Northern Hideaway Outfitters
Northern Outdoor Lodge
Northern Wilderness Outfitters
North Mountain Pepper Works
Ocean Side Country Lodge
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc.
Old Goat Outdoors
Open Season TV
Outdoor Channel Outfitters
Outdoor Edge Knives
Outdoor Specialist Group
Outdoorsnative.com
Ozonics Hunting
PA Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
PA Taxidermist Association, Inc
Pat Strawser Custom Calls
Pennsylvania Trappers Assoc.
Pennsylvania Whitetail Pursuit
Perry's No Peep Archery Sights
Pipeline Ridge Hunting Preserve
Port Lions Lodge
Predator Hunting Mounts
Predator Nation TV
Primal Urge Outdoors
Primos Hunting Calls
Proc's Huntin Buddy
PSE Archery
QDMA (PA Chapter)
R.W. Hart & Son, Inc.
Radical Hunter
Ramcat Broadheads
Ranew's Outdoor Equipment
Red Star Arms
Reflections Of The Wild
Revolution Hunting
Rhino Outdoors
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Rougeaux Taxidermy
Rough Country Outfitters
Ruffed Grouse Society
Ruger Firearms
Rydon Corporation
S & W Outfitter
Savco LLC
Savage Arms
Sean Mann Outdoors
SecureIt Tactical
Shootingthex.com
SK Knives
Skull Shine
SKW Firearms
Smith and Wesson
Southern Game Calls
Southfork Mountain Lodge, Buffalo WY
Southland Outfitters
Southwest Outdoors / Cherry Creek Lodge
Spook Span
SportEAR
Sportsmans Liquidators
Sportsmen of North America TV
Starkey Hollow Whitetails
State Line Bone Mine
Staudt's Gun Shop
Stay Ready Inc
Stoeger
Stokerized Stabilizers
Strong Case
Strother Archery
Summit County Outfitters
Summit Treestands
Sunflower Camo
Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Assoc
Sweetwater Creek Bowhunting
Table Mountain Outfitters
Tall Pines Bow Company
Tarjac
Team Overkill
Team UPO
Team Urban Nocks
Ten Point Crossbows
Tex Mex Outdoors
The Outdoors Channel
The Warmbag
The Archery Shop
The Bear Whisperer
The Outdoor Loop
The Sportsman's Shop
The Warmbag
ThermaCell
Thompson Center Arms
Timberline Outfitters
TNT Archery
Tough Country
Trijicon, Inc
Triple Mag TV
Trop Gun Shop
Trophy Ridge Outfitters
Turnbull Manufacturing
U Slide Bow Hunter
Ultimate Camo
Umax Outdoors
Unified Sportsmen of PA
Upper Canyon Outfitters
Wallaston Lake Lodge
Watson Air Lock
Watt's Truck Center
Weavers Archery
Wessners Taxidermy
West Slope Outfitters
Whitetail Adrenanline
Whitetail Bosses
Whitetail Freaks
Whitetail Heaven Outdoors
Whitetail Journey
Witetail Outdoors
Whitewolfsurvivalsupply.com
Wilburn Outdoors / Millennium Tree Stands
Wild Evolution
Wildlife Studios Premiere Taxidermy
Wired Outdoors
Wolfpack Lodge
Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania
X-Stand Treestands
Zink Calls
Zook Cabins



Speaker / Celebrites Pulled Out (44)
Abner Druckenmiller – Furtakers TV
Angie & Scott Denny – THE LIFE at Table Mountain
Blaine Anthony, The Bear Whisperer
Bob Folkrod
Bob Mercier
Brad Farris – Primos
Buck Buckannon
Chris Brackett
Eddie Salter
Fred Eichler – Fulldraw Outfitters
Greg Zipadelli
Hal Shaffer
Jamie Gray
Jay Gregory
J Paul Jackson – Drakes Migration nation
Jim and Eva Shockey
Jimmy Primos – Primos
Josh Miller – SportDOG
Kevin Knighton
Kyle Wieter
Larry Weishuhn
Lee & Tiffany Lakosky "The Crush"
Marc Anthony – Speaker / Pro Hunter
Mark Night
Matt Morett
Max Row
Michael Lee
Mike Stroff – Savage Outdoors TV
Montana Whitetails
Nicole Jones
Pat Reeves
Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo – Archers Choice
Sean Mann
Stan Potts
Bone Collector
Tom Dokken
Trent Cole
Woody Sullivan

Other Boycott Supporters (66)
Advantage Taxidermy Studio Inc
American Tactical Imports
Anything About Guns
Apex Gunsmithing
Members of ATVingPA.com
Backwoods Life
Bloodline With Alex Ruthledge
Blue Rock Outfitters

Bowhunter Planet
Bowhunting Addiction TV
Broken Arrow Wilderness
Bowhunters TV
Members of CampingPA.com
Chasing Trophy Whitetails
Citizens for a Responsibly Armed Society
Colorado Buck TV
Cresson Sportsmans Association
Crossbow Nation
Dark Star Gear
Dave's House of Hair, Harrisburg PA
Dead Dog Walkin' TV
Driven TV
Drop Zone TV
Eddie Salter
Family Traditions TV
G & B Gator Gear
Gotcha Productions / Kelly Gotch
Haley Heath
Hank Parker
Hard Core Hunting TV
Horton Crossbows
Hunt Wicked Close TV
Idaho Center of Emergency Medical Training
Kicks Industries, Inc.
Juniata River Adventures
Just Kill'n Time TV
Keystone Gun Sales
LooseRounds.com
Mark & Beau Rodgers – Real Deal Outdoors
MarylandWhitetail.com
Millers Hunting and Fishing, Cresson PA
Mosquito Creek Outdoors, FL
NatureExposure.com
NebraskaOutfitter.com
Needleman & Pisano
Off Grid Survival
OrgaPro Ltd.
Outdoors Unlimited
Pink Rack
Preparednes Asso
Racing To Hunt TV
Roger Raglin
Shelly & Tara Seiler – Working for Whitetails TV
Southern Lancaster Cty Farmers Sportsmen
Stanley Scruggs Hunting Products
SWAT Magazine
Team Bone Thugs
The Banded Nation TV
The Best Of The West TV
The Fowl Life TV
The Kronik Hunter and staff
The Pennsylvania Crossbow Federation
The Resistence TV
Trey Wetherington / Host Huntin' Is Good
Wyvern Creations

[Jay]

Show has been cancelled. Wonder why

[MDbowman]

SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!


http://www.publicopiniononline.com/latestnews/ci_22440785/pa-outdoor-show-fo


OOPS SORRY jAY, DIDN'T SEE YOUR POST.

[turkey_slayer]

I also seen where they were going to refund the vendors. Only time will tell. I wonder who is going to put on the SHOT show next year?

[CT Spur Collector]

I hope the gun grabbers in D.C. are watching.