King’s Outdoor World Blog

(From L-R) Jim Giles from King's Camo, Eric Tysksen from MDF and Ryan Foutz from SFW

King’s Camo officially announced on March 3, 2010 the total donation to the (WHCE) Western Hunting and Conservation Expo of $23,820.00. The expo is supported by the (MDF) Mule Deer Foundation and (SFW) Sportsman’s for Fish and Wildlife. The Proceeds will be split equally between the two foundations and will be going towards habitat projects throughout the country.

Thanks in part to a successful WHCE Expo drawing that was held and put on by King’s Camo to help raise money, over 70 different prizes were given away. The grand prize was a Yamaha Snowmobile dipped in King’s Snow Camo. In all, over $30,000 in prizes were given away through the drawing and all of the proceeds were set aside for habitat and conservation projects.

“King’s Camo is a believer in helping foundations throughout the country give back to wildlife and habitat to ensure the beauty of the outdoors and wildlife management continues for future generations,” Jim Giles, President of King’s Camo, relates. “King’s is proud to donate the $23,820 back to two key organizations that will help put this money to good use and benefit all of us.”

Sorry if you are seeing some weird things tonight. I am in the process of doing some major back end updates to the Blog.  You might see some errors and/or some very basic, cheesy looking stuff.  Be patient as I am going through a few things and hopefully have this up and new and improved shortly.

Thanks.
Dave

UPDATE: The update went as planned. Things are now running smoother, cleaner, and quicker here on the King’s blog. I threw up another template just for the fun of it. I am working on an all new template and look for the blog coming up.

Here are the list of 70 Plus winners from the King’s Camo Drawing at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo held Feb. 10-14, 2010. We raised a lot of money and all of the proceeds are going back to wildlife and conservation.

We had a great show at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo. We appreciate all of the support we received and most importantly we had a great opportunity to use this as a way to raise a bunch of money for wildlife and conservation. We focused on this big drawing we put together and with the help of many great companies in this industry who helped donate a lot of great prizes, we were able to give some money back. I will talk about that and how much money a little later.

But now, we have some great news to deliver. Maybe not for the rest of you, but we have one happy camper in the name of Terrance Critchley. Terrance is the lucky winner of the King’s Snow Camo Yamaha Nytro Snowmobile. This was our grand prize and congratulations to Terrance for putting in and $20 later came away with a sweet new sled.

Winner Terrance Critchley along with (L-R) Jim Giles, Scott Tycksen, Heidi Giles and Dave King from the King’s Crew.

I will post more about the show and the rest of the 70 plus winners coming up.

We are in full swing at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City, UT. For those of who you have still planning on coming or even those of you who are thinking about it, now is the time. Why?

Come by the King’s booth and enter the drawing to over 70 prizes, including a Grand Prize King’s Snow Camo Yamaha Snowmobile. Other prizes include a new C-A 15 from Christensen Arms, Howa rifles, gun safe, Jazz vs. Celtics tickets and so much more.

Hurry, show ends this Sunday Feb. 14th and all proceeds go back to wildlife and conservation.

Yesterday we received a letter with $30 cash in it. The letter reads as follows:

Dear King’s Camo

I, a young naive man, come to you in sorrow and in the deepest humility seeking forgiveness of a horrible thing which I did to your company. January of 2009 while at the Hunting Expo in Salt Lake City, I stole items from your booth. My friends and I were intrigued by the calendars and decals you had on display out on the outer rim.

I used the bags that are freely given by the Expo to gather the free items from around the Expo to hide my crime. I placed two calendars and two decals in the bag before running off with my friends. I have placed in this envelope the money that would pay for those items. At the Expo the calendars were 8 dollars each and the decals were either 4 or 2, I do not remember. So to be safe enclosed is 30 dollars cash. I know that no amount of money can repay my crimes to this company, but the least I can do is officially pay for the items that I have used and taken.

I again ask you for you to forgive a stupid mistake made by someone who is truly and greatly sorry. I hope that you can find it in your hearts to forgive me. As a fellow hunter, I am grateful for what you have done for the hunting community in Utah, and I am sorry for taking advantage of that. Thank you so much for your time, and again, I really truly am sorry.

- A Utah Hunter

The reason I posted this letter is I don’t know who this person is. So hopefully he may see this blog post and know that we here at King’s are proud of his decision for doing the right thing, being a better person because of this and maybe an example to his friends. Thanks for your effort to try and make this right. As a business, it is very much appreciated.

The Internet is a great place to shop and gather information about products. However, it can be dangerous if you are not careful. Shopping from secure and trustworthy on-line stores is crucial. Providing customer confidence is key when shopping on-line. King’s has been on-line since 1997 and selling products on-line since 1999.

To continue with customer confidence I wanted to make sure our customers knew that King’s is doing everything possible to provide a safe and secure shopping experience. Our checkout process is secure and encrypted through GeoTrust. We are an authorized Merchant through Authorize.net and PCI Compliant and confirmed through Security Metrics.

What is PCI?
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements designed to ensure that ALL companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Essentially any merchant that has a Merchant ID (MID).

So Shop Safe and Secure at our King’s On-Line Store for some great Camouflage Apparel and Gear along with some very cool gift products and more.

Last week while in Las Vegas for SHOT Show 2010, I had the opportunity to attend the Moose Awards. This is a live awards show by the Outdoor Channel showcasing the best shows on the Outdoor Channel. The event was held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

After the show Ted Nugent did a concert. It was great. Ted did an awesome performance and it just got better and better as the show went on. For just three guys up on stage, they put on quite a live show. Ted is a master guitarist and I was really impressed with his base player. That dude could play and also sing. Great show.

Here are some pics from the show. I was able to get right up to the stage…

David King and Les Johnson with Les’ Best Show Award

At SHOT Show 2010 Les Johnson, host of Predator Quest TV, was awarded BEST SHOW on the Sportsman Channel. Les came by the booth and shared with us the award as King’s Camo is a sponsor for Les and the Predator Quest TV program.

Les is a professional coyote caller and one of the top predator hunters in the industry today. Les uses King’s Camo exclusively and you can see firsthand just how effective King’s Desert Shadow and King’s Snow Shadow Camo are when calling coyotes on Predator Quest TV.

Congratulations to Les Johnson for winning Best Show. You guys/gals must like it too!

We just got back from SHOT Show 2010 held in Las Vegas at the Sands Convention Center. We had a great show and some really positive feedback and support from customers, sponsors, dealers, media, etc.

King’s Camo will have some new updated products for 2010 that I will be posting on a little later. Once again, King’s Camo patterns are a strong force in the camouflage industry and the popularity continues to grow stronger and stronger.

We put together our booth and I took some pics from my phone as it started coming together. Here are some photos of our booth.

Just getting started

Getting all the pieces together

Starting to take shape

Almost There

Finishing it up

Looks good

Looks good from the other side too