According to a report in the Pittsburgh Tribune on Monday of this week, Walmart is at it again.  They are now reporting that they told companies that supply fishing tackle to them, that they would be cutting back on their orders or may even remove tackle from some stores completely!  We saw this happen a couple of years ago with firearms and ammunition in their stores, now fishing tackle!  I guess good ‘ol Wally World doesn’t want our business anymore!  They have shown their true colors about how they feel towards the outdoors men of this nation.  A month or so ago I wrote a story about how Wally World is going to start tracking firearms sales at their stores, as a way to help start a gun registry program, that is at the stores where they still sell firearms, now they are cutting back on fishing tackle.  I just read a report about how much sportsmen of this country spend annually on hunting and fishing supplies, I guess Walmart doesn’t want to profit from the sale of these goods to one of the biggest spending groups in this nation. 

     What gets me, is that their stores are generally in rural areas or smaller cities where most sportsmen live.  Even in the larger areas where they have stores, there are still outdoors men there that need these supplies.  I guess we will have to take our business elsewhere.  I really didn’t shop there much at all before the gun registry program became an issue, but now I don’t shop there at all.  But it is still sad to see such a huge store that has traditionally supported the outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing, take a turn away from these great pastimes.  I have a feeling they will loose some customers over this one.