Tremendous response to Wolverine Days 2018

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Published on Thursday, July 12, 2018

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In total, just over 1,000 people took part in Wolverine Days, an annual event hosted by Wolverine Supplies.

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An outdoor shooting event with something for everyone!  If you were looking to try a shooting sport, pick a new hunting rifle or try out a handgun this was the place to be.

  Wolverine Days (WD18) took place on location June 23-24 at Wolverine Supplies in Virden and the Fort La Bosse Wildlife Association Range.  This year’s event was the seventh open house and fifth range event; and both components to WD18 were a great success!

With the doubled range space and new firearm products from Blaser, Mossberg, Kodiak Defence, Caracal, FN and Desert Tech there was no shortage of variety for all the different firearms enthusiasts out there!  This year also featured Wolverine Supplies’ inaugural showing of PSE, BowTech, Diamond, Excalibur and Crossman archery products.  Manufacturer and store reps were on site to showcase these products and offer instruction and knowledge to anyone interested in the Archery sport.

For kids at heart

Another new component to Wolverine Days - for the kid at heart, was a Crossman pellet pistol shooting gallery for those who wanted to race to see how fast they could knock over the resetting targets.  Lots of laughs were heard from many!

In store there were many savings to be had on firearms and accessories.  The Discount Den had savings on smoke grenades and fireworks for those who were getting ready for Canada Day!

As the range was now substantially wider to accommodate the growing support from the public, Wolverine Supplies was able to provide a simpler layout, which made the many different stations and products easier to navigate.  Your calibre selection started with .22 long rifle and increased up to the.50 BMG, with a wide variety of calibers in between for customers to try.

It is estimated that over 1,000 friends and customers stopped by over the two-day event. Wolverine Supplies was ecstatic to see an increase in attendance again this year, and also welcome a diverse crowd of all ages, with many families in attendance from near and far!

Support to STARS

During Wolverine’s open house event they also held a fundraiser for STARS Air Ambulance, where “morale patches” are available for purchase with three prize packages up for grabs.  The goal is to raise $20,000.00 for the STARS program across Western Canada. If you haven’t gotten your patch yet – there might still be some available!

Wolverine Supplies would like to thank the many volunteers who assisted with making this event great success. These volunteers included the Virden and Area Scouts, courtesy vehicles from Virden Chrysler Dodge, the Southwest Strutters (Canadian Wild Turkey Federation), the CCFR (Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights), Wallace District Fire Department for parking, and Jodi Baxter our first aider.

And of course, we would also like to send a big thank you out to all our customers for continuing to support Wolverine Supplies and this annual Wolverine Days event!

We look forward to seeing all of you in 2019 which will be our 30th anniversary year!