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Hunters hitting the woods in off-road golf carts.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Hunters hitting the woods in off-road golf carts.(Randy Watkins Golf Cars' business growth and management)

Article Excerpt
RIDGELAND -- Several years ago, Randy Watkins' hunting buddies asked him to convert a few electric golf carts into hunting vehicles. Intrigued with the idea, he had Club Cars raised several inches off the ground, added a stronger motor and painted them camouflage. His sportsmen pals were pleased. By the time those friends told their friends, Watkins had grown a successful market niche.

"It's a big part of my business now," said Watkins, owner of Whisper Lake and Patrick Farm Golf Clubs and Randy Watkins Golf Cars in Ridgeland. "Instead of four-wheeling, deer and turkey hunters especially are going with 'no scent, no noise' transportation in the woods."

Serious sportsmen are paying up to $10,000 for customized carts converted with lift kits, embellished with mud tires, and loaded with all sorts of...

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