On Monday, May 13th, members of the hunting and firearm industry came together in Stony Plain, Alberta to celebrate and honour three extraordinary individuals: Dianne Harnois from P&D Enterprises, Paul Simms from Westcan Marketing and Bob MacDonald, retired from Cariboo Outdoors.
Colleagues and loved ones gathered to enjoy a delicious dinner, exciting live and silent auction and learn more about the lives and careers of the brilliant legends that were being celebrated. The evening was also a great opportunity for the hunting and firearm industry to meet, network and catch up in a relaxed and welcoming environment.
The dinner was sponsored by Bowmac Gunpar. Stoeger Canada, GForce Arms, North American Hunting Supplies, Korth Group, Caroline Supplies, The Kinetic Group, P&D Enterprises, Gravel Agency, Graywood Sporting Group, Savage Encounters, Eastern Outdoor Sales Inc., and Cariboo Outdoor contributed items for our fundraiser live and silent auction.
The day of the Legends Banquet, industry members attended the Legends Dealer Day Range Day at the Canadian Historical Arms Society (CHAS) Genesee Range in Leduc County.
We want to extent our sincere gratitude to everyone that helped make this evening such a huge success through donations, sponsorships, volunteering, attendance and participation and to the CHAS Genesee Range for being so accommodating.
The Legends Dealer Day gave members of the hunting and firearm industry a unique and exciting opportunity to network with colleagues while experiencing and learning about the products they sell.
The CHAS Range offered a trap field, with traps donated and operated by Over & Under Shooting Supplies, as well as rifle ranges from 50 meters up to 800 meters where guests had to opportunity to inspect and try out a wide range of ammunition, optics, rifles, shotguns and airguns.
Vendors included Acera Insurance, Big Rock Sports, Bowmac Gunpar, Browning Canada, Cariboo Outdoor Distributors, Carlson Choke Tubes, Coonhound Sales + Marketing, Davide Pedersoli, Element Optics, F.A.I.R., Gravel Agency, Graywood Sporting Group, Howa, Korth Group, North American Hunting Supplies, Northern Exposure Sporting Group, Nosler, Pyramex, Sabatti, Savage Arms, Scorpion Outdoors, Spectre Ballistics International, Springfield Armoury, Telos Alpha, The Evans Group, Umarex and Weatherby
Thank you to Umarex and Coonhound Sales + Marketing for keeping guests hydrated supplying fresh water for all.
Thank you, North American Hunting Supplies for sponsoring the hearty lunch.
And of course, a big thank you to Northern Exposure Sporting Group and Pyramex for protecting everyones ears and eyes, providing safety glasses and hearing protection.
A huge thank you to everyone that sponsored, exhibited, helped out and attended the range day and banquet. This event would not have been such a huge success without all of you!!
