WILTON – It’s an adventure of a lifetime – the opportunity to hunt caribou in “God’s country” is how Roland St. Pierre of Auburn describes a weeklong hunting trip to northern Quebec.

St. Pierre was setting up a booth Friday for Luco Caribou Adventure, one of 209 entries in the 2008 Pine Tree State Sportsman and Gun Show to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Nichols Expo Center on Weld Road. The fourth annual show will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

It’s Maine’s largest sportsmen’s show in terms of number of booths, said organizer Vic Morin of West Enfield. Last year the show had 12,000 visitors, but Morin hopes to top that and bring in 15,000 this year.

Several hunting and fishing booking agents such as Luco Caribou Adventure will be at the show, he said.

This is the 27th year St. Pierre has booked trips from August to October in an area that boasts 450,000 caribou. Groups fly in on a charter plane from Montreal to spend a week exploring the land and searching for game.

But the show isn’t only about hunting; there’s also fishing, boating, ATVs and snowmobiles – any sport for any time of the year, Morin said.

Morin’s work with the Northwoods Sporting Journal takes him to several sporting shows where he has access to vendors that he brings to Wilton to make the show here bigger and better, he said. They come from New England, New York and Pennsylvania, and also from as far away as Labrador, Newfoundland and Alaska.

The Benoit Brothers from Vermont, one of the show’s best attractions, he said, will share their success as a white tail deer hunting family and offer seminars on trailing big bucks.

For the children, Bawana Jim’s Wildlife Show will return with large reptiles, armadillos, possums, foxes and more. Live talon birds will be on display and for $2 children can fish for a trout. More than 100 trout are being stocked in the trout pond for the weekend.

Crafts and jewelry, some created from deer antlers, will be there as well as Maine-made candles and other products, guns, fishing gear, food and taxidermists displaying their work.

Door prizes include a kayak and a handmade fly rod, Morin said. A craftsman will make a bamboo fly rod in his booth over the weekend that will be given away Sunday.

Several seminars will also be offered.

Admission is $7, or $15 for the three days. It’s free for children under 10 with a parent.

More information can be found at www.pinetreestatesportsmanshow.com