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Bass Pro Shops - Outdoor World is a privately held retail sporting goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The original Outdoor World store is located at the corner of Sunshine and Campbell in Springfield. Bass Pro Shops rings up an estimated $1.9 Billion in sales in about fifty plus retail stores in the United States and one in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It also owns and operates subsidiaries such as Tracker Boats, Big Cedar Lodge, RedHead, XPS, American Rod and Gun, White River Fly Shop and restaurants Islamorada Fish Company, Hemingway's Blue Water Cafe and Riverside Inn. Bass Pro Shops is known for a large selection of hunting, fishing, and other outdoor gear.

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John L. Morris, began his career in sporting goods with a fishing section in the back of a Brown Derby liquor store owned by his dad, located in Springfield, MO on the road to Table Rock Lake and Branson, Missouri. That small fishing department sold homemade bait and worms, proving popular enough that Bass Pro Shops incorporated in 1972. These homemade baits were so popular that many people wanted the opportunity to buy these when they had returned home. Thus began the Bass Pro Shops catalog first mailed in 1974. Soon, it became the world's largest mail order sporting goods store.

In 1975, to meet the burgeoning demand for Bass Pro Shops exclusive products, American Rod and Gun was established. Acting as a separate wholesale entity ARG serves more than 7000 independently owned retail stores world wide. In 1977, Bass Pro Shops introduced the first fish-ready complete boat motor and trailer package with the Bass Tracker.

In 1984, construction began on the Outdoor World Catalog Showroom in Springfield, MO. Big Cedar Lodge opened in 1988 on Table Rock Lake. In 1995 Bass Pro Shops Sportsman's Warehouse opened in Atlanta, GA, this is the first store outside the state of Missouri. In November of 2001, the State of Missouri made use of Outdoor World's popularity as a tourist destination, and opened the Wonders of Wildlife museum next door to the store in Springfield.

A Bass Pro Shops store ranges from 300,000 square feet all the way down to 42,000 square feet, many of them have two levels and are around 150,000 square feet. Around the stores, you will see taxidermy mounts. All of the stores have an indoor water feature that showcase fish species that are indigenous to the area with the larger stores having more than one water feature. In some of these aquariums professional anglers and store pro-staff hold demonstrations showing the use of an artificial bait. Bass Pro Shops is also known for its Outdoor Skills Workshops. These classes are free and open to the public on a first come first served basis. They teach skills as varied as fly-casting, Dutch oven cooking, archery hunting, and GPS navigation. The stores offer people any kind of outdoor equipment they could ever want in one store.

In 1978 Bass Pro Shops introduced the first "fish ready" professionally rigged boat packages and in so doing changed the way the marine industry sold boats. The Bass Tracker came complete with motor, trailer and optional marine gear. The Tracker Marine Group produces more recreational boats then any other company in the world. It's brands include Tracker Boats, Nitro, Sun Tracker, Tahoe, Fisher, Procraft, Kenner, Mako, Myacht and Sea Craft. It sells these boats in showrooms attached to every Bass Pro Shops store, in stand alone Tracker dealerships and to independent marine dealers through out the United States.

Bass Pro Shops and its owner John L. Morris have had a longtime interest in NASCAR racing. Bass Pro Shops has sponsored such racers as Dale Earnhardt, Kerry Earnhardt, and Martin Truex Jr. Truex won the 2004 and 2005 Busch Series championships in the #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevy, and currently drives the #1 Chevy in the NEXTEL Cup series when the team moved up in 2006, and finished 11 in the Chase for The Nextel Cup in 2007.

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Bass Pro Shops and its owner John L. Morris have had a longtime interest in NASCAR racing. Bass Pro Shops has sponsored such racers as Dale Earnhardt, Kerry Earnhardt, and Martin Truex Jr. Truex won the 2004 and 2005 Busch Series championships in the #8 Bass Pro Shops Chevy, and currently drives the #1 Chevy in the NEXTEL Cup series when the team moved up in 2006, and finished 11 in the Chase for The Nextel Cup in 2007.

Outdoors Gear - Outfitters and Retail Shops

Bass Pro Shops Outdoors -
http://www.basspro.com/
800-227-7776 (800-BASS-PRO)
Features fishing tackle and equipment, hunting, camping, marine, outdoors supplies, and clothing.

Boaters World -
http://www.boatersworld.com/
800-826-BOAT
GPS fish finders boat seats garmin furuno raymarine eagle fishing boating

Cabela's -
http://www.cabelas.com/
800-237-4444
Internationally known as a source of affordable, high-quality outdoor equipment.

Campmor -
http://www.campmor.com
Includes climbing and camping gear, apparel, footwear, and travel items.

Capt. Harry's Fishing Supply -
http://www.captharry.com/
Worldwide fishing tackle company servicing the needs of fisherman from around the world for 3 decades.

Cheaper Than Dirt -
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/
Sells all product needs for Ammunition, Gun Gear, Shooting Supplies, and Discounted Weapons Accessories.

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http://www.deergear.com
A collection of historical record book whitetails. (LegendaryWhitetails)

eAngler.com -
http://www.eangler.com/
Fishing equipment, sport fishing information and angling techniques.

North Face -
http://www.thenorthface.com
Makers of expedition tents, packs, shoes, sleeping bags, and apparel.

OuterbanksOutfitters.com -
http://www.outerbanksoutfitters.com/
Fishing equipment, and accessories for your fishing trip.

Patagonia -
http://www.patagonia.com
Designers of technical outdoor clothing for skiing, climbing, snowboarding, paddling, mountain biking and travel, environmentally conscious.

REI -
http://www.rei.com/
Provides gear for camping, hiking, climbing, cycling, paddling, skiing plus clothing. Locations in Northville and Troy.

Sportsman's Guide -
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/
Sportsman's Guide Official Web Site Sells Top-Quality Hunting Boots, Ammunition, and Accessories at Great Prices.

Sportsman's Warehouse -
http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/
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