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audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - It's called the Great American Outdoor Show and of course like many misnomers, it's held indoors. And more to the point, it's arguably the world's largest gun and trophy animal spectacle. Attendee's come from around the world and all 50 states. The 9-day show injects more than $10 million dollars a day into the Harrisburg area which has been an institution in the states' capital for nearly 60-years. There has been an international outcry against trophy hunting among animal lovers since it emerged that American dentist Walter Palmer killed Cecil, a rare black-maned lion that was a familiar sight at Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. One entire exhibition hall comprising 4 of those 11 football fields is filled with animals, all stuffed to perfection and in varying forms of display; walls of heads, full bodied beasts striking deadly repose and the more docile of big game seen in herd formation. There are dozens of tour operators who have the skill and experience to take you on the hunt of your choice - from Newfoundland to Africa or deep in the Bayous to high in the Pacific Northwest to kill a guaranteed number and assortment of big game; attendee's line-up to set their sights on the dream vacation of a lifetime. More than 1 in 8 Americans hunt and fish today, and the fastest growing segment are women whose ranks have grown by 72 percent since 2010. Americans in fact, according to the group National Hunting and Fishing Day, hunt 228 million days per year. Three U.S. airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A family checks the accuracy of their shots in the large archery pavilion at the Great American Outdoor Show (GAOS).
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A young boy looks on at a display of Mossberg rifles and semi-automatic weapons at the show.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A booth that sells trophy heads at prices reflective of their size and points.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A young boy checks the sights of a camouflage shotgun while his father looks on.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - An archer checks his ''kill zone'' shots at the archery pavilion.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A selection of big African game at a premier taxidermy booth.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - The next generation - a family walks the floor at the show. The sweatshirt on the young girl is from Cabela's, the largest sportsman's outdoor store chain in the US.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - Archers ready their shots at the archery pavilion at the show. These bows can cost in the many thousands of dollars.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A young boy is seen through the stand supporting a 50 caliber automatic weapon.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A married couple pursuing the American dream with a small business that offers shotgun shell holders.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - Show goers picking their favorite fox pelts.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - African Crocodiles on display at a taxidermy studio at the GAOS.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A display of gun theme knives at a booth at the GAOS guns guns guns.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A booth at the GAOS that markets game hunting in your choice of locations.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - The gun ''Library'' inside a Cabela's store in central Pennsylvania. These are the high-end hunting guns costing in the many thousands of dollars.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A display of small ''pocketbook'' size handguns for personal protection.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A display of horned animals at a booth dedicated to selling hunting excursions.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - 'Wildlife Studios' a business specializing in taxidermy.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A display of horned animals at a booth dedicated to selling hunting excursions.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - Archers at the ready in the archery pavilion shooting at simulated big game targets.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - Inside a semi-truck trailer display where a variety of weapons are uniquely lit for effect. This man accompanied by his family, has his eyes on a semi-automatic machine gun.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - Woody's guide service promising you the hunt of your life with a real stuffed bear head to greet you.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - If you need a real fur hat- this one's for you.
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Feb. 13, 2015 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. - A young boy examines a pistol display at the GAOS. Some pistols are ''female friendly pink''.
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