RELATED: Batzko teaches people how to cook with wild gameĪttendees at the 2020 Sports Show needn't worry: The trout pond will be filled with lively fish and the only competition will come from human anglers. RELATED: Touch of the Wild exhibit is hands-on RELATED: 'Turkey Commander' to share 40 years of hunting experience RELATED: Wolf management issues will be focus of presentation and panel RELATED: Green Bay offers world-class walleye fishing But it lost its welcome after it discovered the trout pond and cut into the fish population. There was a time, too, when a seal performed at the show. The Labrador retrievers from Donnybrook Kennels will command the pool - willingly - this year. The animal was never too keen about the act, according to reports. In the 1950s the show featured a diving mule. Milwaukee Mayor Carl Zeidler sang "God Bless America" at the first show and a cannon blast heralded the opening.įor the 80th, you'll be welcomed by an announcement over the public address system each day. Like a tree, the show's "rings" tell a story. Where else in March in Wisconsin can you shoot a bow, fish for trout, talk to lodge owners and outfitters, learn from angling experts, see dogs compete and watch lumberjacks strut their stuff? When this year's gathering opens, it will renew a relationship that spans three generations of Wisconsinites who keep coming back to its unique combination of attractions. The 2020 Sports Show runs March 4-8 at State Fair Park in West Allis. The event is the state's longest-running and largest traditional gathering of fishing, hunting and boating products, travel destinations and entertainment. Like a burr oak on a Wisconsin savanna, the show is strong and rich in experience but still sprouting new life. It's a fitting choice for something that stands such a long test of time.Īs the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show celebrates 80 years in 2020, the imagery is especially appropriate. Oak is the traditional symbol for an 80th anniversary. View Gallery: All the wacky stuff people saw at the Sports Show, 1940-2009
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