Family Fun, Conservation Highlight 52nd Annual Outdoorama
NOVI, MI — If you enjoy your time in the outdoors – hunting, fishing, boating, camping etc. – then Suburban Collection Showplace is the place for you and your family Feb. 20-23 when the 52nd Annual Outdoorama returns to town. Traditional favorites including Big Buck Night East, a huge display of Boats and Boating Accessories, The Trout Pond, Live Birds of Prey, Outfitter Expo, Trophy Scoring by Commemorative Bucks of Michigan, a star-studded Seminar Lineup and more await patrons at southeast Michigan’s oldest outdoors show.
New this year is JUMP! – The Ultimate Dog Show, which showcases a crowd-pleasing, action-packed canine thrill show. JUMP features energetic canine sporting activities including Speed Agility, Weave Pole Racing, Frisbee Tricks, Dock Diving, and lots of Novel Pet Tricks.
Conservation continues to be the cornerstone of Outdoorama, but family fun also keeps folks coming back year after year. There is something for everyone, young and old, to enjoy at Outdoorama.
Aside from the exciting features and seminars, patrons will find door-buster deals at Outdoorama. With hunting, fishing and marine gear, boats, and outfitters and guides from across North America and beyond, deals abound for everyone.
“Thousands of outdoors enthusiasts circle the dates for Outdoorama as soon as we announce them because they know that family fun, conservation, and outdoors education await at the longest-running outdoors show in southeast Michigan,” says Show Manager Ben Nielsen. “The convention halls at Suburban Collection Showplace will be overflowing with plenty of outdoors relief in an indoor setting to help you get ready for spring.”
Big Buck Night-East, an annual family staple on Michigan Out-of-Doors TV, will be filmed on Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. It’s free with admission and doors open at 5:30 p.m. C’mon out and see some of the biggest bucks taken in Michigan during the 2024 hunting season.
Outfitters Expo provides show patrons with exciting family vacation and adventure travel opportunities including hunting and fishing destinations throughout North America and beyond. Book a fishing trip to Canada, an elk hunt in Idaho, a safari in Africa, or any number of other trips and destinations.
Commemorative Bucks of Michigan measurers will be on hand all four days of the show providing free scoring of trophy deer, bear, elk, and turkey. Patrons who have their trophies scored are encouraged to display them on the Outdoorama Buck Boards.
On Saturday deer hunters can learn how to process their own deer when Steve Francis, owner of Country Smokehouse in Almont, gives a demonstration on field dressing, skinning, butchering, and packaging a white-tailed deer.
An added bonus for Outdoorama patrons is free crossover admission to the 18th annual Cottage & Lakefront Living Show, held concurrently at Suburban Collection Showplace.
The first 250 attendees on Thursday and Friday receive a free, collectible Dardevle spoon. The first 250 attendees on Saturday and Sunday will receive a K&E Bass Stopper.
Outdoorama is Feb. 20-23. Show hours are: Thursday, 1 to 8; Friday, 12 to 8; Saturday, 10 to 8; Sunday, 10 to 5. Admission: $12 adults, $5 children 6 to 14, free for children 5 and under. On-site parking is $10. GreatLakesBass.com will be in booth 5767 near the west wall of the big show.
For more information, visit http://www.Outdoorama.com or call (616) 447-2860.
Discount weekday tickets are available online at Outdoorama.com. You can also follow late-breaking news and developments at: www.facebook.com/ULTIMATESPORTSHOWTOUR and at www.twitter.com/Outdoorama.