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LURE OF BASS PRO SHOPS HOOKED, MANY PEOPLE ARE REELED IN TO EXPLORE ITS OFFERINGS.(FRONT)
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The Virginian Pilot
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November 14, 2003
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Byline: carolyn shapiro THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
HAMPTON -- Vernon Smoker has stalked black bear in Canada and rare sheep in Alaska. But he seemed just as excited Thursday about hunting for gear closer to home in Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.
Smoker, a Yorktown resident, was among the 800 or so early birds who began lining up Thursday around 4:30 a.m., four hours before Bass Pro's grand opening.
Inside for an hour, he had only seen half the store.
"I'm in hog heaven right now," he said, pushing a cart laden with 16-inch rubber hunting boots. "I'm a deer hunter. I bow hunt, and I muzzle-load hunt, and I shotgun hunt."
Bass Pro caters to consumers who like to ...
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