Go Back   Alberta Outdoorsmen Forum > Main Category > General Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-17-2020, 10:19 AM
Dewey Cox's Avatar
Dewey Cox Dewey Cox is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: 204
Posts: 5,397
Default No castor gun show today

I had posted a few weeks ago that the castor gun show was this weekend (according to the town newsletter)
I just got back from the hall, and the lights are out, and no one is there.
Hopefully there's not anyone driving out for it.
__________________
"I like to quote my own quotes" ~ Dewey Cox
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-17-2020, 11:16 AM
Dean2's Avatar
Dean2 Dean2 is online now
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Near Edmonton
Posts: 14,970
Default

Be interested to hear why it was cancelled as I saw no notice is wasn't happening either. If the weather was better I would have been on my way out there.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-17-2020, 12:13 PM
Grizzly Adams's Avatar
Grizzly Adams Grizzly Adams is offline
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Central Alberta
Posts: 21,399
Default

Guys that put these things on have a responsibility to keep people informed, not difficult in the electronic age.

Grizz
__________________
"Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal."
John E. Pfeiffer The Emergence of Man
written in 1969
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-17-2020, 02:21 PM
KegRiver's Avatar
KegRiver KegRiver is offline
Gone Hunting
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North of Peace River
Posts: 11,346
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean2 View Post
Be interested to hear why it was cancelled as I saw no notice is wasn't happening either. If the weather was better I would have been on my way out there.
Most gun shows were canceled last spring.
I haven't done a single show this year.

I wonder if maybe the town didn't know that and thought it was a go when it wasn't.

All the shows I do notify me well in advance when a show is pending.

I don't do that show but I know people who do. I could ask them if the were notified. My guess they were, last spring.
__________________
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-17-2020, 02:31 PM
Dewey Cox's Avatar
Dewey Cox Dewey Cox is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: 204
Posts: 5,397
Default

It normally goes on the start of June.
I was pretty excited to see it listed in the town newsletter. That is the only place I saw it posted, though.
Maybe they'll post the cancelation in next month's newsletter....
__________________
"I like to quote my own quotes" ~ Dewey Cox
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-17-2020, 02:39 PM
Dean2's Avatar
Dean2 Dean2 is online now
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Near Edmonton
Posts: 14,970
Default

Turned out fine as I didn't go anyhow, so no big deal. To be honest, there is so much wrong information on so many things I would have called before heading out to verify it was a go. Would be a real pee off if you drove 2 hours each way for a cancelled show.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-17-2020, 07:56 PM
tranq78 tranq78 is online now
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Edmonton & Hinton
Posts: 504
Default

Edmonton gunshow is still on.

I sent an email last week to the organizer of the Edmonton gunshow. I know, it's actually in Stony Plain. He confirmed green light for Oct 24-25.

One of the regular vendors from BC also told me he was going to be there.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-17-2020, 07:58 PM
KegRiver's Avatar
KegRiver KegRiver is offline
Gone Hunting
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North of Peace River
Posts: 11,346
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean2 View Post
Turned out fine as I didn't go anyhow, so no big deal. To be honest, there is so much wrong information on so many things I would have called before heading out to verify it was a go. Would be a real pee off if you drove 2 hours each way for a cancelled show.
That would be almost as bad as an exhibitor setting up for a show and only one customer shows up.

The organizer of the Dawson Creek show told me that is what happened at the DC show this spring.

I had a table at that show and would have been there if it hadn't been for concerns about my heart.

BTW, it's a four hour drive one way, for me.
__________________
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:42 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.