It was the Grand Opening of Big Country Outpost, in Albany, and it was the day before dove season. More than 100 people arrived after the doors opened at the full-service, small-scale boutique hunting store.
Managing member Chris Allen said the turnout was great.
“It was heavily weighted toward the local Albany crowd turning out to support us,” he said. “Over the weekend we saw plenty of traveling hunters come by.”
People stopping by at the event had food and drinks, including margaritas, and took advantage of discounts on blinds and feeders.
Filling a void in the hunting-centered town, the gun shop within the store garnered a lot of attention. Allen said the first gun sold was a Benelli 828U over-and-under.
“And people bought lots and lots of bags of corn,” he said.
