Family Fish & Game Magazine

You may have noticed that there are some new articles in The Roost section of Uplanders Warehouse (www.uplanders.com).  We just did a deal with Family Fish & Game magazine where they are providing us with some new articles for our Roost and we are promoting their magazine.  They also provided us with a special offer for Uplanders Warehouse customers – only $9.95 for 12 issues of their magazine.  Being a family man with a wife and 4 kids, I think it’s a great publication.  There is a little in there for all of us – and I’ve noticed my kids enjoy reading through it (and looking at the pictures as much as I do.  I think you can see by the few articles we’ve posted that the magazine has some quality writers.

 

While I pulled out a few articles that were upland related, the magazine covers all types of hunting and fishing.  And like myself, I’m betting that birds are only one of the many species you hunt.  Give it a look, and give the magazine a try.  I’m betting you get more value out of it than the $9.95 it will cost you for a full year.

Back from Pheasant Fest

JT working hard, or hardly working???

Wow!  What a week we had!  7 states in the last 7 days (Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado).  February 4th we left for Pheasant Fest in Madison, Wisconsin.  We had great weather the whole way out there – and when you’re driving a truck pulling a trailer, you pray for good roads.  The ride home was a different story.  We had a good stretch of white knuckle driving across South Dakota.  Rain in Minnesota turned to snow in SD, and that last stretch of 100 miles to Rapid City took quite a while at 35 mph.  We were a bit more fortunate than the 4 vehicles we saw that slid off the road.  After a detour to Mt. Rushmore (we had never been there before – and were highly impressed), we finally made it back to Montana Tuesday night.  Just in time for me to fly to Denver at 6am the next morning on other business.  Right now, I don’t care to travel for another year – until we leave for Des Moines and next year’s Pheasant Fest!

Anyway, the show was great.  We made several new friends and met tons of great people. The show was a success and we stayed pretty busy all weekend.  There are literally hundreds of new people now sporting our “i chase tail” t-shirts and hats.  It just warms my heart to see it

Here’s a shout out to a couple new friends from the show:

The Kratzke’s and their metal sign business called Metalcraft (www.metalcraftbyk.com). It’s a family business (Jim, Cathy, JJ, Michelle, etc.) and they have a great product.  They make and sell some cool signs for your yard or business.  Their signs are wind-powered and have some animation (like a pheasant taking off).  Neat stuff – go visit their site and put a sign in your own yard (and tell them that Jared and Dixie sent you).

Travis Akin from RoosterTail Hunts in Mellette, South Dakota.  Travis tells some great stories and has the pictures to back it all up.  If you ever want to hunt wild roosters in South Dakota, check out Travis and Rooster Tail Inc. (www.roostertailhunts.com).  He’s definitely on our list to visit next season!

Corey and crew from Sutton, NE. Self proclaimed "uplanders.com-a-holics"

Here’s another side note that made me laugh. On our drive out to Wisconsin, we got an email from one of our customers (Corey from Sutton, NE) who sent us a picture of him and his gang.  He mentioned that he passed out our t-shirts to all of his buddies on their last hunt of the season.  He said Uplanders Warehouse was his unofficial sponsor of the hunt – and sent us this picture to prove it.  A self-proclaimed “uplanders.com-a-holic” and we love him for it!

Left to Right: Dixie, Gayle (our Benelli winner) and me (JT)

I also need to mention that we took our monthly product giveaway up a notch and we gave away a Benelli Nova shotgun at the show.  The winner was a very ecstatic Gayle from Janesville, WI.  I’ve attached a picture of us in front of our sign promoting the contest.  Congrats Gayle!  And happy hunting with your new Benelli.  The contest was definitely popular and generated a ton of new leads for me to email   A highlight of the show for us and definitely for Gayle.  I’m pretty sure the shotgun giveaway will be back next year for any of you planning to stop by our booth in Des Moines.

Finally, I need to give a big thanks to my wife Dixie (who many of you met at the show). She put in a ton of work to make the whole show happen for us.  She’s a great face for our business not only cause she’s a hottie, but because she’s an outgoing and fun people person (and a great contrast to me – the quiet one).  Thank you and I love you!