News & Events

2008 Tracy Area Sportsman's Show
76th Annual
April 19 -20, 2008

World Champion LumberJills...enjoy daily shows featuring axe throwing, cross-cut sawing, underhand chopping and log-rolling! The 3D Pop-Up Bowhunters Challenge is a simulated bowhunting environment for archers of all skill levels. It's a great way to learn while testing your bowhunting skills and equipment. Pop & Walk-Out 3-D Target Stations, plus stationary Decoy Targets, keep you thinking -- you never knowing which target is coming next, or what the distance will be. It's fast, fun, and educational. Remote Control Boat Races...exciting and fun for all ages! Race screaming remote control boats, rooster tail and all, down a 72-foot-long aquatic drag strip. Maxum Get in the Game Boat Giveaway...Don't miss the opportunity to see and win this custom football-themed Maxum boat! And, if you are attending the show on opening night (Wed), you'll have the opportunity to meet pro football player Cedrick Griffin from 5p.m.-8p.m. The Crocs Test Drive...Don't miss this chance to wear, or "test drive", a pair of Crocs during your visit to the show. Once you realize why Crocs are the hottest thing around in casual footwear, you'll have the option to purchase the pair worn during the show or return them for an online coupon. Wood Duck House Building...This is a youth project sponsored by the Minnesota Waterfowl Association (MWA), where youth will be able to build their own wood duck houses with the help of MWA volunteers and take them home. Traveling Fish Tank...Don't miss this 40-foot-long giant aquarium filled with 5,000 gallons of water and stocked with a variety of native fish. Daily fishing demonstrations by Gary Hain give you a rare underwater view of how fish react to and strike at various types of bait and fishing techniques. Laser Shot Gallery...The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Firearms Safety Program will have FREE laser hunting games to teach children both the fun and importance of safety in hunting.

PLM will have a booth set up to talk with landowners and habitat enthusiasts.  Bring in your "aerial photo" and PLM can review and discuss the property limiting factors and options for habitat and program options.  PLM will also have an extensive line of food plot items for sale.  STop by and check it out!

This show is the 2nd oldest deer hunting show in the nation and one of the largest hunting shows in the upper mid-west. Over 250 commercial booths!  Acres of free parking! Over 600 trophies entered annually!  Annual Taxidermy Display!  3-D Pop-up Archery Event, Trout Pond!  Fun kids archery instruction and hands-on events for the family including electronic shooting games and much more!  Measuring at the show for the state and national record books! Free hourly seminars (3 areas) by national and regional experts.  Lee & Tiffany Lakosky of the TV show "Gettin Close with Lee & Tiffany" on the Outdoor Channel will be guests of the Minnesota Deer Classic for the 2008 show.  Roger Raglin.  Roger is one of the most successful deer hunters in America today.  His big buck collection is recognized industry-wide as being the best group of bucks taken by a single hunter anywhere in the world.  "The Wall" now contains over 150 trophy bucks. Roger will have a 40' display of some of his personal trophies at the show and will speak every day.

Kyle Thompson, owner and found of PLM, will be giving a seminar each day on "Small Property Management for Whitetails".  Ths seminar will describe ways to take your property from a "travel through" property to an "attract and hold" property by increasing the carrying capacity to reduce the size of doe home ranges and increase the number of doe groups on your property.  Every time you can increase a doe group...you increase the potential for another dominant buck!!  You won't want to miss this seminar.