Helgie Eymundson (front), who shot the monster Alberta buck featured on the cover of our February issue, visits with NAW editor Duncan Dobie at the 2008 SHOT Show.
Leaving Las Vegas February 22, 2008
The 2008 SHOT Show in Las Vegas now has come and gone, and it provided us at North American Whitetail with an interesting preview of this year's lineup of products for deer hunters and managers.
In recent years, we've seen a trend toward more advanced garments, footwear, firearms, ammunition and optics, as well as scouting cameras, GPS devices and other electronics designed to improve and enhance the hunting experience. And this year's SHOT Show was no exception. Spread throughout the hunting and shooting industry's largest trade show were interesting items on every long aisle.
We'll be covering a lot of the latest products with our magazine's next issue (July), but we certainly won't stop there. Throughout the remainder of our 2008 isues you'll be treated to regular coverage of gear designed to make you a more effective whitetail hunter and manager. As always, we'll try our best to cover the various categories of hunting gear in a seasonal fashion, so you'll know a lot about what's on retailers' shelves and in online stores before you ever head out to shop.
But as always, NAW's presence in Las Vegas wasn't limited to gawking at the goodies. Editor Duncan Dobie also got a chance to visit with Helgie Eymundson, the fortunate Alberta hunter who downed the amazing non-typical buck featured on our February cover. Helgie is sales manager for Wild TV (www.wildtv.ca), on which our own TV show airs in Canada. Duncan even arranged for Helgie to make an appearance at our booth in Las Vegas, where he signed complimentary copies of the February issue for deer hunters passing by.
With Helgie's monster non-typical having been shot in late November, there was no way to get an official score into the February issue. But the mandatory 60-day drying period for Boone and Crockett ended in late January, and when Helgie got to Las Vegas, he had an official entry score to pass along to Duncan: 276 1/8 inches! That makes the Eymundson buck the potential No. 3 non-typical ever recorded in Canada, and apparently the world's largest whitetail of 2007. Congratulations to a great guy for a great deer!
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