**UNITED
      STATES**


**SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**


**Washington,
      D.C. 20549**





**Form 10-Q**


(Mark
      One)


x
            
            **QUARTERLY
                REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                ACT OF
                1934**





For
                the quarterly period ended September 30,
                2006


or


o
            
            **TRANSITION
                REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                ACT OF
                1934**





Commission
      File Number: **1-32227**





**CABELA’S
      INCORPORATED**


(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)


**Delaware**
            
            **20-0486586**(State
                or other jurisdiction of
              incorporation
                or organization)
            
            (I.R.S.
                Employer
              Identification
                Number)**One
                Cabela Drive, Sidney, Nebraska**
            
            **69160**(Address
                of principal executive offices)
            
            (Zip
                Code)





**(308)
      254-5505**


(Registrant’s
      telephone number, including area code)





**Not
      applicable**


(Former
      name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
      report)





Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
      be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
      during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
      registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
      the filing requirements for at least the past 90 days.


Yes x No o





Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
      accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
      filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
      (Check One):





Large
                accelerated filerx
            Accelerated
                filero
            Non-accelerated
                filero





Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
      12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x





Indicate
      the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
      stock, as of the latest practicable date.





Common
      stock, $0.01 par value: 65,318,018 shares, including 8,073,205 shares of
      non-voting common stock, as of October 28, 2006.








CABELA’S
      INCORPORATED


FORM
      10-Q


QUARTERLY
      PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006


TABLE
      OF
      CONTENTS








PART
                I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
            PageItem
                1.
            Financial
                StatementsCondensed
                Consolidated Balance Sheets
            3Condensed
                Consolidated Statements of Income
            4Condensed
                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
            5Notes
                to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
            6Item
                2.
            Management’s
                Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
                Operations
            20Item
                3.
            Quantitative
                and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
            39Item
                4.
            Controls
                and Procedures
            40PART
                II - OTHER INFORMATIONItem
                1.
            Legal
                Proceedings
            41Item
                1A.
            Risk
                Factors
            41Item
                2.
            Unregistered
                Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
            41Item
                3.
            Defaults
                Upon Senior Securities
            41Item
                4.
            Submission
                of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
            41Item
                5.
            Other
                Information
            41Item
                6.
            Exhibits
            41SIGNATURES
            42INDEX
                TO EXHIBITS
            43







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**PART
      I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION**


**Item
      1.**   **Financial
      Statements.**





**CABELA'S
                INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES**
              **CONDENSED
                CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS**
              **(Dollar
                Amounts in Thousands Except Share and Per Share
                Amounts)**
              **(Unaudited)****ASSETS**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **December
                31,**
              **2005**CURRENT
                ASSETS:Cash
                and cash equivalents
            
            $
            73,315
            
            $
            86,923Accounts
                receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,838 at September
                30, 2006 and $1,404
              at
                December 31, 2005
            
            
            31,278
            
            
            35,342Credit
                card loans held for sale (Note 3)
            
            
            91,400
            
            
            77,690Credit
                card loans receivable, net of allowance of $592 at September 30,
                2006 and
                $536 at December 31, 2005 (Note 3)
            
            
            14,882
            
            
            11,968Inventories
            
            
            504,399
            
            
            396,635Prepaid
                expenses and deferred catalog costs
            
            
            63,011
            
            
            42,725Income
                taxes receivable
            
            
            5,419
            
            
            -Other
                current assets
            
            
            73,548
            
            
            42,744Total
                current assets
            
            
            857,252
            
            
            694,027PROPERTY
                AND EQUIPMENT, NET
            
            
            584,957
            
            
            459,622OTHER
                ASSETS:Land
                held for sale or development
            
            
            8,903
            
            
            12,599Retained
                interests in securitized loans (Note 3)
            
            
            40,033
            
            
            34,465Marketable
                securities
            
            
            111,199
            
            
            145,744Other
            
            
            17,192
            
            
            19,823Total
                other assets
            
            
            177,327
            
            
            212,631Total
                assets
            
            $
            1,619,536
            
            $
            1,366,280**LIABILITIES
                AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY**CURRENT
                LIABILITIES:Accounts
                payable
            
            $
            225,994
            
            $
            162,305Unpresented
                checks net of bank balance
            
            
            11,735
            
            
            21,652Accrued
                expenses and other liabilities
            
            
            57,876
            
            
            55,941Gift
                certificates and credit card reward points
            
            
            113,399
            
            
            121,120Accrued
                employee compensation and benefits
            
            
            41,961
            
            
            60,247Time
                deposits
            
            
            40,799
            
            
            62,683Current
                maturities of long-term debt
            
            
            27,356
            
            
            29,049Income
                taxes payable
            
            
            -
            
            
            31,477Deferred
                income taxes
            
            
            11,960
            
            
            3,994Total
                current liabilities
            
            
            531,080
            
            
            548,468LONG-TERM
                LIABILITIES:Long-term
                debt, less current maturities
            
            
            298,416
            
            
            90,777Long-term
                time deposits
            
            
            65,595
            
            
            46,805Deferred
                compensation
            
            
            5,047
            
            
            7,169Deferred
                grant income
            
            
            12,813
            
            
            13,018Deferred
                income taxes
            
            
            27,769
            
            
            20,190Total
                long-term liabilities
            
            
            409,640
            
            
            177,959COMMITMENTS
                AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 10)STOCKHOLDERS’
                EQUITY: (Note 7)Common
                stock, $0.01 par value:Class
                A Voting, 245,000,000 shares authorized; 57,226,463 and 56,691,249
                shares
                issued
              and
                outstanding at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005,
                respectively
            
            
            573
            
            
            568Class
                B Non-voting, 245,000,000 shares authorized; 8,073,205 and 8,073,205
                shares issued
              and
                outstanding at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005,
                respectively
            
            
            80
            
            
            80Preferred
                stock, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or
                outstanding
            
            
            -
            
            
            -Additional
                paid-in capital
            
            
            245,943
            
            
            239,868Retained
                earnings
            
            
            431,796
            
            
            399,363Accumulated
                other comprehensive income (loss)
            
            
            424
            
            
            (26
            )Total
                stockholders’ equity
            
            
            678,816
            
            
            639,853Total
                liabilities and stockholders’ equity
            
            $
            1,619,536
            
            $
            1,366,280See
                notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
                statements.





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**CABELA'S
                INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES**
              **CONDENSED
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME**
              **(Dollar
                Amounts in Thousands Except Per Share and Share
                Amounts)**
              **(Unaudited****)****Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**REVENUE:Merchandise
                sales
            
            $
            450,821
            
            $
            395,588
            
            $
            1,171,493
            
            $
            1,017,546Financial
                services revenue
            
            
            37,392
            
            
            29,033
            
            
            98,946
            
            
            76,928Other
                revenue
            
            
            2,240
            
            
            5,132
            
            
            12,082
            
            
            29,740Total
                revenue
            
            
            490,453
            
            
            429,753
            
            
            1,282,521
            
            
            1,124,214COST
                OF REVENUE:Cost
                of merchandise sales
            
            
            290,747
            
            
            253,623
            
            
            759,079
            
            
            655,840Cost
                of other revenue
            
            
            (582
            )
            
            1,371
            
            
            2,894
            
            
            21,227Total
                cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and
                amortization)
            
            
            290,165
            
            
            254,994
            
            
            761,973
            
            
            677,067GROSS
                PROFIT
            
            
            200,288
            
            
            174,759
            
            
            520,548
            
            
            447,147SELLING,
                GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
            
            
            173,437
            
            
            148,499
            
            
            464,949
            
            
            401,042OPERATING
                INCOME
            
            
            26,851
            
            
            26,260
            
            
            55,599
            
            
            46,105OTHER
                INCOME (EXPENSE):Interest
                income
            
            
            287
            
            
            94
            
            
            1,624
            
            
            544Interest
                expense
            
            
            (4,794
            )
            
            (3,432
            )
            
            (12,929
            )
            
            (7,937
            )Other
                income, net
            
            
            2,000
            
            
            2,350
            
            
            7,600
            
            
            7,962(2,507
            )
            
            (988
            )
            
            (3,705
            )
            
            569INCOME
                BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
            
            
            24,344
            
            
            25,272
            
            
            51,894
            
            
            46,674INCOME
                TAX EXPENSE
            
            
            9,350
            
            
            8,997
            
            
            19,461
            
            
            16,616NET
                INCOME
            
            $
            14,994
            
            $
            16,275
            
            $
            32,433
            
            $
            30,058EARNINGS
                PER SHARE:Basic
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.25
            
            $
            0.50
            
            $
            0.46Diluted
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.25
            
            $
            0.49
            
            $
            0.45WEIGHTED
                AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:Basic
            
            
            65,271,870
            
            
            64,691,228
            
            
            65,180,992
            
            
            64,642,692Diluted
            
            
            66,484,306
            
            
            66,342,727
            
            
            66,492,421
            
            
            66,301,862See
                notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
                statements.





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**CABELA’S
                INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES**
              **CONDENSED
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS**
              **(Dollar
                Amounts in Thousands)**
              **(Unaudited)****Nine
                months ended****October
                1, 2005****September
                30, 2006**
            
            **As
                Restated**
              **(Note
                14)**CASH
                FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:Net
                income
            
            $
            32,433
            
            $
            30,058Adjustments
                to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating
                activities:Depreciation
            
            
            31,549
            
            
            24,173Amortization
            
            
            669
            
            
            802Stock
                based compensation
            
            
            2,627
            
            
            705Deferred
                income taxes
            
            
            15,275
            
            
            14,544Other
            
            
            2,194
            
            
            1,174Change
                in operating assets and liabilities:Accounts
                receivable
            
            
            1,996
            
            
            3,598Origination
                of credit card loans held for sale, net of collections
            
            
            (13,710
            )
            
            (6,009
            )Retained
                interests
            
            
            (8,818
            )
            
            (4,933
            )Inventories
            
            
            (107,764
            )
            
            (161,047
            )Prepaid
                expenses and deferred catalog costs
            
            
            (20,129
            )
            
            (24,084
            )Other
                current assets
            
            
            (30,694
            )
            
            (7,661
            )Land
                held for sale or development
            
            
            2,729
            
            
            9,570Accounts
                payable (Note 12)
            
            
            42,422
            
            
            14,749Accrued
                expenses and other liabilities
            
            
            1,371
            
            
            (4,273
            )Gift
                certificates and credit card reward points
            
            
            (7,721
            )
            
            (987
            )Accrued
                compensation and benefits
            
            
            (18,363
            )
            
            (12,448
            )Income
                taxes payable/receivable
            
            
            (36,854
            )
            
            (23,106
            )Deferred
                grant income
            
            
            2,093
            
            
            (365
            )Deferred
                compensation
            
            
            (2,122
            )
            
            1,710Net
                cash flows from operating activities
            
            
            (110,817
            )
            
            (143,830
            )CASH
                FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:Capital
                expenditures (Note 12)
            
            
            (134,189
            )
            
            (133,113
            )Purchases
                of marketable securities
            
            
            (16,827
            )
            
            (59,664
            )Retirement
                of marketable securities
            
            
            53,000
            
            
            60,593Purchases
                of short-term investments
            
            
            (131,225
            )
            
            (21,000
            )Sales
                or maturities of short-term investments
            
            
            131,225
            
            
            145,250Change
                in credit card loans receivable
            
            
            (3,323
            )
            
            (4,753
            )Change
                in cash reserves for retained interests
            
            
            3,250
            
            
            750Maturities
                of marketable securities
            
            
            928
            
            
            2,104Other,
                net
            
            
            933
            
            
            (4,590
            )Net
                cash flows from investing activities
            
            
            (96,228
            )
            
            (14,423
            )CASH
                FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:Advances
                on lines of credit
            
            
            248,529
            
            
            398,514Payments
                on lines of credit
            
            
            (232,028
            )
            
            (242,075
            )Change
                in unpresented checks net of bank balance
            
            
            (9,917
            )
            
            (18,159
            )Proceeds
                from issuance of long-term debt
            
            
            215,000
            
            
            -Payments
                on long-term debt
            
            
            (28,092
            )
            
            (27,752
            )Change
                in time deposits, net
            
            
            (3,094
            )
            
            (20,852
            )Other,
                net
            
            
            (449
            )
            
            -Excess
                tax benefits from exercise of stock options
            
            
            340
            
            
            -Proceeds
                from exercise of employee stock options and stock purchase
                plan
            
            
            3,148
            
            
            1,816Net
                cash flows from financing activities
            
            
            193,437
            
            
            91,492NET
                (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
            
            
            (13,608
            )
            
            (66,761
            )CASH
                AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, Beginning of Period
            
            
            86,923
            
            
            123,934CASH
                AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, End of Period
            
            $
            73,315
            
            $
            57,173See
                notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
                statements.


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**CABELA’S
      INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES**


**NOTES
      TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**


**(Dollar
      Amounts in Thousands Except Share and Per Share Amounts)**


**(Unaudited)**





**1.** **MANAGEMENT
      REPRESENTATIONS**





The
      condensed consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited and
      have been prepared by Cabela’s Incorporated and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
      (the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States
      Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote
      disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
      with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
      have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The
      condensed consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2005,
      was
      derived from the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date.
      All other condensed consolidated financial statements contained herein are
      unaudited and reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management,
      necessary to summarize fairly the financial position of the Company and the
      results of the Company’s operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
      All of these adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant
      intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
      Because of the seasonal nature of the Company’s operations, results of
      operations of any single reporting period should not be considered as indicative
      of results for a full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements
      should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial
      statements for the fiscal year ended 2005.





***Reclassifications*** -
      Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year financial statements
      and
      the notes to conform to the current year presentation. The Company has
      reclassified a portion of the retained interest of $4,933 related to its
      Financial Services business from investing activities to operating activities
      in
      the statement of cash flows for the nine months ended October 1, 2005. This
      change did not impact the total net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents.
      There were no covenant calculations affected by this change in the presentation
      of the Company’s cash flow statement line items. The amount was deemed to be
      immaterial to the Company’s financial statements.





***Recast
      -*** On
      March
      22, 2006, the Company changed the manner in which it reports and evaluates
      segment information. The Company changed the fee structure between its Financial
      Services segment and the Company’s other segments to more appropriately reflect
      current market conditions. This change was effective January 1, 2006. As
      required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (“Statement
      131”), consolidated financial statements issued by the Company in the future
      will reflect modifications to its reportable segments resulting from these
      changes, including recasting all comparative prior period segment information.
      Accordingly, in this Form 10-Q, the Company is providing the required recast
      segment information related to prior periods.








**2.** **STOCK-BASED
      COMPENSATION**





Effective
      January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement No. 123
      (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“Statement 123R”), which requires the
      measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment
      awards made to employees and directors including employee stock option awards
      and employee stock purchases made under an employee stock purchase plan. The
      Company previously applied the provision of Accounting Principles Board (“APB”)
      Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and related
      interpretations and provided the required pro forma disclosures under Statement
      No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.”





In
      March
      2004, the Company adopted the Cabela’s Incorporated 2004 Stock Plan (the “2004
      Plan”). The 2004 Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified stock options,
      incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
      stock units and other stock-based awards to employees, directors and
      consultants. A maximum of 2,752,500 shares, subject to adjustment in the event
      of a stock split, consolidation or stock dividend, of the Company’s common stock
      are available for awards under the 2004 Plan. Options granted under the 2004
      Plan will have a term of no greater than ten years from the grant date and
      will
      become exercisable in accordance with the vesting schedule determined at the
      time the awards are granted. As of September 30, 2006, there were 2,692,078
      shares subject to options under the 2004 Plan and 36,934 shares available for
      grant.


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In
      March
      2004, the Company adopted an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), under
      which shares of common stock are available to be purchased by the Company’s
      employees. The maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance
      under the ESPP is 1,835,000, subject to adjustment in the event of a stock
      split, consolidation or stock dividend. Employees are eligible to participate
      in
      the ESPP immediately upon hire. The employee’s purchase price is 85% of the fair
      market value of the stock on the date of purchase. Each employee’s total fair
      market value of purchases may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for the
      year. As of September 30, 2006, 231,057 shares had been issued under the ESPP
      and 1,603,943 shares were available for issuance.





The
      Company’s 1997 Stock Option Plan (the “1997 Plan”) provided for the granting of
      incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of
      the
      Company’s common stock to officers, directors and key employees. As of September
      30, 2006, there were 2,261,899 shares subject to options under the 1997 Plan
      and
      no shares available for grant. During 2003, the Company allowed employees to
      exercise options prior to vesting in exchange for a call option, as provided
      for
      in the 1997 Plan. At the end of fiscal year 2005, 238,546 shares had been
      exercised prior to vesting. There were 18,350 shares remaining unvested as
      of
      September 30, 2006 with an estimated call value of approximately $71. These
      shares have been included in the tables below.





***Pro
      forma Information for Periods Prior to the Adoption of Statement
      123R:***





Because
      the Company went public in 2004, all options granted prior to 2004 are accounted
      for in accordance with APB No. 25. The Company’s calculations are based on a
      single option valuation approach and forfeitures are recognized as they occur.
      The Company’s ESPP was deemed non-compensatory under the provisions of APB No.
      25. Stock-based compensation costs were reflected in net income where the
      options granted under those plans had an exercise price that was less than
      the
      fair value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Previously
      reported amounts have not been restated.





The
      pro
      forma information for the three months and nine months ended September 30,
      2006
      and October 1, 2005 was as follows:





**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Net
                income - as reported
            
            $
            14,994
            
            $
            16,275
            
            $
            32,433
            
            $
            30,058Add:
                Stock based employee compensation recognized, net of tax
            
            
            -
            
            
            152
            
            
            -
            
            
            455Deduct:
                Pro-forma stock-based employee
              compensation
                expense determined
              under
                fair value
                based method for
              shares
                granted
                prior to being a public
              Company,
                net of tax
            
            
            (61
            )
            
            -
            
            
            (186
            )
            
            -Deduct:
                Pro-forma stock-based employee
              compensation
                expense determined
              under
                fair value
                based method for all
              shares
                granted as
                previously reported,
              net
                of
                tax
            
            
            -
            
            
            (687
            )
            
            -
            
            
            (6,115
            )Net
                income - pro forma
            
            $
            14,933
            
            $
            15,740
            
            $
            32,247
            
            $
            24,398Earnings
                per share:Basic
                - as reported
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.25
            
            $
            0.50
            
            $
            0.46Basic
                - proforma
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.24
            
            $
            0.49
            
            $
            0.38Diluted
                - as reported
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.25
            
            $
            0.49
            
            $
            0.45Diluted
                - proforma
            
            $
            0.22
            
            $
            0.23
            
            $
            0.47
            
            $
            0.36





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***Impact
      of the Adoption of Statement 123R using the modified prospective transition
      method beginning January 1, 2006***





During
      the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, share-based compensation expense
      was recorded for awards granted since 2004 but not yet vested as of January
      1,
      2006. For these awards, the Company continues to recognize compensation expense
      using the accelerated amortization method. In May 2006, there were 884,500
      awards granted. Compensation cost for awards granted after the adoption date
      is
      recognized using a straight-line amortization method.





The
      impact on results of continuing operations of recording share-based compensation
      for the three-month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2006 were as
      follows:





**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30, 2006**
            
            **September
                30, 2006**Selling,
                general & administrative
            
            $
            993
            
            $
            2,627Impact
                of Statement 123R, net of tax
            
            $
            621
            
            $
            1,642Impact
                on consolidated net income per share:Basic
            
            $
            0.01
            
            $
            0.03Diluted
            
            $
            0.01
            
            $
            0.02





There
      was
      no share-based compensation capitalized in assets as of September 30, 2006.
      On
      January 6, 2006, a modification of shares resulted in a charge to compensation
      expense of $239 under Statement 123R.





For
      the
      nine months ended September 30, 2006, the excess tax benefit realized from
      exercised stock options and similar awards was $340. As of September 30, 2006,
      the total unrecognized deferred share-based compensation balance for unvested
      shares issued after becoming a public company, net of expected forfeitures,
      was
      approximately $5,939, net of tax, which is expected to be amortized over the
      next 4.75 years.





Prior
      to
      the adoption of Statement 123R, the Company presented all tax benefits resulting
      from the exercise of stock options as operating cash inflows in the consolidated
      statements of cash flows, in accordance with the provisions of the Emerging
      Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-15 “Classification in the Statement of
      Cash Flows of the Income Tax Benefit Received by a Company upon Exercise of
      a
      Nonqualified Employee Stock Option.” Statement 123R requires the benefits of tax
      deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options
      to be
      classified as financing cash inflows rather than operating cash inflows, on
      a
      prospective basis. This amount is shown as “Excess tax benefit from exercise of
      stock options” on the consolidated statement of cash flows.





***Valuation
      Assumptions***





The
      fair
      value of options granted on and subsequent to May 1, 2004 was estimated on
      the
      date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
      following weighted-average assumptions: the expected stock price volatility
      was
      50%; the risk free interest rate at grant date ranged from 3.57% to 5.01%;
      and
      the expected term ranged from 4.5 years to 6.0 years. Due to being a newly
      public company, the volatility factor was derived from using a historical
      volatility model as well as comparisons to peers in the Company’s market sector.
      In May 2006, there were 884,500 awards granted. The fair value of these awards
      was determined using the following assumptions: the expected stock price
      volatility was 50%; the risk free interest rate at grant date was 5.01%; and
      the
      expected term was 6.0 years.





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***Share-Based
      Payment Award Activity***





The
      following table summarizes equity share-based payment award activity for the
      nine months ended September 30, 2006:





**Nine
                months ended September 30, 2006****Options**
              **Available**
              **for
                Grant**
            
            **Options**
              **Outstanding**
            
            **Weighted**
              **Average**
              **Exercise**
              **Price**Outstanding
                - beginning January 1, 2006
            
            
            751,979
            
            
            4,695,748
            
            $
            12.36Granted(2)
            
            
            (884,500
            )
            
            884,500
            
            
            19.35Exercised
            
            
            -
            
            
            (433,878
            )
            
            5.45Forfeited(1)
                (2)
            
            
            169,455
            
            
            (192,393
            )
            
            18.57Outstanding
                - ending at September 30, 2006
            
            
            36,934
            
            
            4,953,977
            
            $
            13.97





(1)
            Options
                forfeited under the 1997 Plan do not become available for grant under
                the
                2004 plan.(2)
            Options
                forfeited under the 2004 Plan are immediately available for
                grant.





The
      stock
      options outstanding and exercisable for equity share-based payment awards as
      of
      September 30, 2006 were in the following exercise price ranges:





**Options
                Outstanding**
            
            **Options
                Exercisable****Exercise**
              **Price**
            
            **Shares**
            
            **Weighted**
              **Average**
              **Exercise
                Price**
            
            **Average**
              **Remaining**
              **Contractual
                Life**
            
            **Shares**
            
            **Weighted**
              **Average**
              **Exercise
                Price**$0.00
                to $5.00
            
            
            452,327
            
            $
            3.86
            
            
            1.4
                years
            
            
            294,515
            
            $
            3.72$5.01
                to $10.00
            
            
            737,097
            
            
            8.26
            
            
            4.6
                years
            
            
            254,492
            
            
            8.30$10.01
                to $15.00
            
            
            1,595,817
            
            
            11.63
            
            
            4.7
                years
            
            
            644,365
            
            
            11.65$15.01
                to $20.00
            
            
            2,162,736
            
            
            19.73
            
            
            8.7
                years
            
            
            916,506
            
            
            19.99$20.01
                     to $25.00
            
            
            2,000
            
            
            21.77
            
            
            8.2
                years
            
            
            2,000
            
            
            21.77$25.01
                to $30.00
            
            
            4,000
            
            
            27.26
            
            
            7.8
                years
            
            
            4,000
            
            
            27.264,953,977
            
            $
            13.97
            
            
            6.1
                years
            
            
            2,115,878
            
            $
            13.79





The
      aggregate intrinsic value of awards exercised during the nine months ended
      September 30, 2006 was $3,373. The total number of in-the-money awards
      exercisable as of September 30, 2006 was approximately 2,109,878. Based on
      the
      Company’s closing stock price of $21.73 as of September 30, 2006, the aggregate
      pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by award holders had
      all
      award holders exercised their vested awards that were in-the-money was $16,816.








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**3.** **SALE
      OF CREDIT CARD LOANS**





The
      Company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, World’s Foremost Bank (“WFB”), sells a
      substantial portion of its credit card loans. WFB has established a master
      trust
      (the “Trust”) for the purpose of routinely selling and securitizing credit card
      loans. WFB retains the servicing and certain other interests, including
      interest-only strips, cash reserve accounts and Class B certificates. During
      the
      three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005,
      WFB
      recognized gains on sale of $3,436, $5,223, $12,114 and $12,934, respectively,
      which are reflected as a component of credit card securitization income.





***Retained
      Interests:***





Retained
      interests in securitized loans, which are carried at fair value, consisted
      of
      the following at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:





**September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **December
                31,**
              **2005**Cash
                reserve account
            
            $
            14,244
            
            $
            16,495Interest-only
                strip
            
            
            20,085
            
            
            15,567Class
                B certificates
            
            
            5,704
            
            
            2,403$
            40,033
            
            $
            34,465





Credit
      card loans held for sale and credit card loans receivable consisted of the
      following at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:





**September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **December
                31,**
              **2005**Composition
                of credit card loans held for sale and credit card
              loans
                receivable:Loans
                serviced
            
            $
            1,412,058
            
            $
            1,340,820Loans
                securitized and sold to outside investors
            
            
            (1,298,000
            )
            
            (1,247,000
            )Securitized receivables with certificates owned by WFB
              which are classified as retained interests
            
            
            (5,704
            )
            
            (2,403
            )108,354
            
            
            91,417Less
                adjustment to market value and allowance for loan losses
            
            
            (2,072
            )
            
            (1,759
            )Total
            
            $
            106,282
            
            $
            89,658Delinquent
                loans in the managed credit card loan portfolio
              at
                September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:30-89
                days
            
            $
            9,238
            
            $
            6,85690
                days or more and still accruing
            
            $
            2,752
            
            $
            2,176





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**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Total
                net charge-offs on the managed credit card
              loan
                portfolio for the three months and nine
              months
                ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005
            
            $
            6,412
            
            $
            5,040
            
            $
            17,956
            
            $
            16,198Average
                credit card loans:Managed
                credit card loans
            
            $
            1,394,377
            
            $
            1,128,336
            
            $
            1,315,000
            
            $
            1,058,134Securitized
                credit card loans including
              seller's
                interest
            
            $
            1,362,236
            
            $
            1,107,110
            
            $
            1,284,002
            
            $
            1,039,060Total
                net charge-offs as an annualized
              percentage
                of average managed credit card
              loans
            
            
            1.84
            %
            
            1.79
            %
            
            1.82
            %
            
            2.04
            %








**4.** **DEBT**





On
      February 27, 2006, the Company issued $215,000 in unsecured notes, with
      principal payable in full in ten years and interest payments made semiannually
      at a rate of 5.99%. Covenants related to this agreement include the
      following:





·
            A
                consolidated adjusted net worth in an amount not less than the sum
                of (i)
                $350,000 plus (ii) 25% of positive consolidated net earnings on a
                cumulative basis for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year
                2005.·
            A
                fixed charge coverage ratio (the ratio of consolidated cash flow
                to
                consolidated fixed charges for each period of four consecutive fiscal
                quarters) of no less than 2.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any
                fiscal
                quarter.·
            A
                consolidated funded debt to total funded capitalization of no more
                than
                60%.





The
      Company was in compliance with all covenants as of the end of the periods
      presented.





The
      Company is party to a credit agreement that provides for a $325,000 unsecured
      revolving credit facility that expires on June 30, 2010. The credit agreement
      permits the issuance of up to $150,000 in letters of credit and standby letters
      of credit, the nominal amount of which are applied against the overall credit
      limit available under the revolver. There was $13,389 in principal outstanding
      on the line of credit, and $58,491 outstanding on letters of credit and standby
      letters of credit, as of September 30, 2006. During the first nine months of
      fiscal 2006, the average principal amount outstanding on the line of credit
      was
      $7,460, and the weighted average interest rate of borrowings on the line of
      credit was 5.64%.





The
      Company is party to inventory financing agreements that allow certain vendors
      providing boat and all terrain vehicle merchandise to give the Company extended
      payment terms. The vendors are responsible for all interest payments for the
      financing period and the financing company holds a security interest in the
      specific inventory held by the Company. The Company’s revolving credit facility
      limits this security interest to $20,000. The Company records this merchandise
      in inventory with an offsetting liability in accounts payable. The loans and
      payments are reflected in the financing lines of credit in the Company’s cash
      flow statement. The extended payment terms to the vendor do not exceed one
      year.
      The outstanding liability was $4,555 as of September 30, 2006.





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WFB
      is
      party to an unsecured Federal Funds Sales Agreement with a financial
      institution. All federal funds transactions are on a daily origination and
      return basis. Daily interest charges are determined based on mutual agreement
      by
      the parties. The maximum amount of funds which can be borrowed is $25,000.
      There
      were no amounts outstanding as of September 30, 2006.





WFB
      is
      party to an unsecured Federal Funds Line of Credit agreement with a financial
      institution. The maximum amount of funds which can be borrowed is $40,000.
      The
      interest rate for the line of credit is based on the current federal funds
      rate . There
      were no amounts outstanding as of September 30, 2006.





The
      Company amended and restated the lease agreement for its distribution facility
      in Wheeling, West Virginia on April 26, 2005. The building was expanded,
      doubling its size. The new amended lease term began on July 1, 2006 and extended
      the original term to June 2036. The monthly installments were increased to
      $83,
      and the lease contains a bargain purchase option at the end of the lease term.
      The Company is accounting for this lease as a capital lease and has recorded
      the
      additional leased asset at the present value of the future minimum lease
      payments using a 5.9% implicit rate. The additional leased asset was recorded
      at
      $5,649 and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over 30
      years.








**5.** **DERIVATIVES**





The
      Company is exposed to market risks including changes in currency exchange rates
      and interest rates. The Company may enter into various derivative transactions
      pursuant to established Company policies to manage volatility associated with
      these exposures.





***Foreign
      Currency Management*** - The
      Company may enter into forward exchange or option contracts for transactions
      denominated in a currency other than the applicable functional currency in
      order
      to reduce exposures related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
      This
      primarily relates to hedging against anticipated inventory
      purchases.





Hedges
      of
      anticipated inventory purchases are designated as cash flow hedges. The gains
      and losses associated with these hedges are deferred in accumulated other
      comprehensive income/(loss) until the anticipated transaction is consummated
      and
      are recognized in the statement of income in the same period during which the
      hedged transactions affect earnings. Gains and losses on foreign currency
      derivatives for which the Company has not elected hedge accounting are recorded
      immediately in earnings. For the three months and nine months ended September
      30, 2006 there was no ineffectiveness associated with the Company’s foreign
      currency derivatives designated as cash flow hedges.





Generally,
      the Company hedges a portion of its anticipated inventory purchases for periods
      up to twelve months. As of September 30, 2006, the Company had hedged certain
      portions of its anticipated inventory purchases through June 2007.





The
      fair
      value of foreign currency derivative assets or liabilities is recognized within
      other current assets or other current liabilities. As of September 30, 2006
      and
      December 31, 2005, the fair value of foreign currency derivative assets was
      $0
      and $0, respectively, and the fair value of foreign currency derivative
      liabilities was $61 and $11, respectively.





As
      of
      September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the net deferred (loss) recognized
      in
      accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) was $(44) and $(158), net of
      tax,
      respectively. The Company anticipates a loss of $(38), net of tax, will be
      transferred out of accumulated other comprehensive income and recognized within
      earnings over the next twelve months. Gains or losses of $1, $61, $(6) and
      $55,
      net of tax, were transferred from accumulated other comprehensive income into
      cost of revenue for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006
      and October 1, 2005, respectively.





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***Interest
      Rate Management*** -
      On
      February 4, 2003, in connection with the Series 2003-1 term securitization,
      the
      Trust entered into a $300,000 notional swap agreement in order to manage
      interest rate exposure. The exposure is related to changes in cash flows from
      funding credit card loans, which include a high percentage of accounts with
      floating rate obligations that do not incur monthly finance charges. The swap
      converts the interest rate on the investor bonds from a floating rate basis
      with
      a spread over a benchmark note to a fixed rate of 3.699%. Since the Trust is
      not
      consolidated, the fair value of the swap is not reflected on the financial
      statements. Additionally, the Company entered into a swap with similar terms
      with the counter-party whereby the notional amount is zero unless the notional
      amount of the Trust’s swap falls below $300,000. The Company has not elected to
      designate this derivative as a hedge and, therefore, the derivative is marked
      to
      market through the statement of income. As of September 30, 2006, market value
      was determined to be zero. WFB pays Cabela’s a fee for the credit enhancement
      provided by this swap, which was $153, $153, $455 and $455 for the three months
      and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005, respectively.








**6.** **EARNINGS
      PER SHARE**





Basic
      earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income by the weighted
      average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted
      earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted
      average number of shares outstanding plus all additional common shares that
      would have been outstanding if potentially dilutive common share equivalents
      had
      been issued. Options exercised prior to vesting have not been considered in
      the
      basic EPS calculation, but are considered in the computation of diluted EPS.
      There were 1,276,736 and 6,000 and 2,166,736 and 6,000 options outstanding
      that
      were considered anti-dilutive for the three months and nine months ended
      September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005, respectively. The following table
      reconciles the number of shares utilized in the earnings per share calculations:





**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Weighted
                average number of shares:Common
                shares - basic
            
            
            65,271,870
            
            
            64,691,228
            
            
            65,180,992
            
            
            64,642,692Effect
                of dilutive securities:Stock
                options
            
            
            1,212,436
            
            
            1,651,499
            
            
            1,311,429
            
            
            1,659,170Common
                shares - diluted
            
            
            66,484,306
            
            
            66,342,727
            
            
            66,492,421
            
            
            66,301,862




**7.** **STOCKHOLDERS’
      EQUITY**





The
      authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 245,000,000 shares of Class
      A voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 245,000,000 shares of Class
      B
      non-voting common stock, par value $0.01 per share; and 10,000,000 shares of
      preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of September 30, 2006, there
      were
      57,244,813 shares of Class A voting common stock outstanding, including 18,350
      shares of unvested early exercised options, and 8,073,205 shares of Class B
      non-voting common stock outstanding.








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**8.** **COMPREHENSIVE
      INCOME**





**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Net
                income
            
            $
            14,994
            
            $
            16,275
            
            $
            32,433
            
            $
            30,058Change
                in net unrealized holding gain or (loss) on
              marketable
                securities, net of tax of $770 and $(1,350)
              for
                the three month periods and $409 and $(1,409) for
              the
                nine month periods ended September 30, 2006 and
              October
                1, 2005, respectively.
            
            
            1,284
            
            
            (2,441
            )
            
            650
            
            
            (2,550
            )Less:
                adjustment for net realized gain or (loss) on
              marketable
                securities, net of tax of $(110) and $6 for the
              three
                month periods and $(102) and $(12) for the nine
              month
                periods ended September 30, 2006 and
              October
                1, 2005, respectively.
            
            
            (184
            )
            
            11
            
            
            (169
            )
            
            (21
            )Change
                in net unrealized holding gain or (loss) on
              derivatives,
                net of tax of $(27) and $(7) for the three
              month
                periods and $(16) and $(127) for the nine month
              periods
                ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005,
              respectively.
            
            
            (45
            )
            
            (13
            )
            
            (25
            )
            
            (231
            )Less:
                adjustment for reclassification of derivative
              included
                in net income, net of tax of $0.5 and $34 for
              the
                three month periods and $(3) and $31 for the nine
              month
                periods ended September 30, 2006 and
              October
                1, 2005, respectively.
            
            
            1
            
            
            61
            
            
            (6
            )
            
            55Comprehensive
                income
            
            $
            16,050
            
            $
            13,893
            
            $
            32,883
            
            $
            27,311




**9.** **RELATED
      PARTY TRANSACTIONS**





The
      Company entered into an employee lease agreement with an affiliate of the
      Company’s Board Chairman dated January 1, 2005, pursuant to which such affiliate
      leases the services of certain Company employees. In the three months and nine
      months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005, total reimbursements for
      these expenses were $95, $73, $248 and $226, respectively. The Company has
      received notice from this affiliate that it desires to terminate the employee
      lease agreement effective December 31, 2006.








**10.** **CONTINGENCIES**





***Litigation*** -
      The
      Company is engaged in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course
      of
      business. After taking into consideration the evaluation of such actions by
      legal counsel, management is of the opinion that the ultimate outcome will
      not
      have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of
      operations or liquidity.





***Self-Insurance*** -
      The
      Company is self-insured for health claims up to $300 per individual. A liability
      of $4,225 and $4,201 has been estimated and recorded as of September 30, 2006,
      and December 31, 2005, respectively, for those claims submitted and for those
      incurred prior to the end of the quarter but not yet reported.





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The
      Company is also self-insured for workers’ compensation claims up to $500 per
      occurrence. A liability of $2,895 and $2,533 has been estimated and recorded
      at
      September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, for those claims
      submitted and for those incurred prior to the end of the quarter but not yet
      reported.





The
      Company’s liabilities for health and workers’ compensation claims incurred but
      not reported are based upon internally developed calculations. These estimates
      are regularly evaluated for adequacy based on the most current information
      available, including historical claim payments, expected trends and industry
      factors.








**11.** **SEGMENT
      REPORTING**





The
      Company has three reportable segments, Direct, Retail and Financial Services.
      The Direct segment sells products through direct-mail catalogs and an e-commerce
      website (Cabelas.com); the Retail segment consists of destination retail stores
      in various sizes and formats; and the Financial Services segment issues
      co-branded credit cards. The reconciling amount or Other segment is primarily
      made up of land sales, employee discounts, corporate overhead and shared
      services. The Company’s executive management, being its chief operating decision
      makers, assesses the performance of each operating segment based on an operating
      income measure, which is net revenue less merchandise acquisition costs and
      certain directly identifiable and allocable operating costs as described below.
      For the Direct segment, these operating costs primarily consist of catalog
      costs, e-commerce advertising costs and order processing costs. For the Retail
      segment, these operating costs primarily consist of labor, advertising,
      depreciation and occupancy costs of destination retail stores. For the Financial
      Services segment, operating costs primarily consist of advertising and
      marketing, third party services for processing credit card transactions,
      salaries and wages and other general and administrative costs. Corporate and
      other expenses consist of unallocated shared-service costs, general and
      administrative expenses, various small companies such as real estate
      development, travel and lodging, which are not aggregated with the other
      segments, and eliminations. Unallocated shared-service costs include receiving,
      distribution and storage costs of inventory, merchandising and quality assurance
      costs, as well as corporate headquarters occupancy costs. General and
      administrative expenses include costs associated with general corporate
      management and shared departmental services such as management information
      systems, finance, human resources and legal.





Segment
      assets are those directly used in or clearly allocable to an operating segment’s
      operations. For the Direct segment, these assets primarily include prepaid
      catalog costs, fixed assets and goodwill. Goodwill makes up $970 of assets
      in
      the Direct segment. For the Retail segment, these assets primarily include
      inventory in the stores, land, buildings, fixtures and leasehold improvements.
      For the Financial Services segment, these assets primarily include cash, credit
      card loans, buildings and fixtures. Corporate and other assets include corporate
      headquarters, merchandise inventory, and shared technology infrastructure as
      well as corporate cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses and $324 of
      investment in an equity method investee. Segment depreciation and amortization
      are correspondingly allocated to each segment. Corporate and other depreciation
      and amortization and capital expenditures are related to corporate headquarters,
      merchandise distribution and technology infrastructure. Unallocated assets
      include corporate cash and equivalents, inventory for the Retail or Direct
      segment entities, the net book value of corporate facilities and related
      information systems, deferred income taxes and other corporate long-lived
      assets. The accounting policies of the segments, where applicable, are the
      same
      as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in the
      annual financial statements. Intercompany revenue between the segments has
      been
      eliminated in the consolidations.





On
      March
      22, 2006, the Company changed the fee structure between its Financial Services
      segment and its other segments to more appropriately reflect current market
      conditions. This change was effective January 1, 2006. This updated fee
      structure includes (1) an increase in the fee paid by the Financial Services
      segment for originating a new credit card account, (2) an increase in the amount
      that the Financial Services segment pays for rewards earned by its cardholders
      and (3) an additional fee paid by the Financial Services segment for marketing
      equal to the amount by which the profitability of the Financial Services segment
      exceeds a 2% pre-tax return on the Financial Services segment’s average managed
      credit card loans. The segment information below reflects this change as if
      it
      had taken place in all periods presented.





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**Three
                months ended September 30, 2006**
            
            **Direct**
            
            **Retail**
            
            **Financial**
              **Services**
            
            **Corporate**
              **Overhead**
              **and
                Other**
            
            **Total**Revenue
                from external
            
            $
            231,665
            
            $
            218,378
            
            $
            37,545
            
            $
            2,865
            
            $
            490,453Revenue
                from internal
            
            
            507
            
            
            271
            
            
            (153
            )
            
            (625
            )
            
            -Total
                revenue
            
            
            232,172
            
            
            218,649
            
            
            37,392
            
            
            2,240
            
            
            490,453Operating
                income (loss)
            
            
            35,727
            
            
            29,630
            
            
            7,689
            
            
            (46,195
            )
            
            26,851As
                a % of revenue
            
            
            15.4
            %
            
            13.6
            %
            
            20.6
            %
            
            N/A
            
            
            5.4
            %Depreciation
                and amortization
            
            
            1,086
            
            
            4,659
            
            
            239
            
            
            5,600
            
            
            11,584Assets
            
            
            356,168
            
            
            619,360
            
            
            303,488
            
            
            340,520
            
            
            1,619,536





**Three
                months ended October 1, 2005**
            
            **Direct**
            
            **Retail**
            
            **Financial**
              **Services**
            
            **Corporate**
              **Overhead**
              **and
                Other**
            
            **Total**Revenue
                from external
            
            $
            221,207
            
            $
            173,411
            
            $
            29,186
            
            $
            5,949
            
            $
            429,753Revenue
                from internal
            
            
            585
            
            
            385
            
            
            (153
            )
            
            (817
            )
            
            -Total
                revenue
            
            
            221,792
            
            
            173,796
            
            
            29,033
            
            
            5,132
            
            
            429,753Operating
                income (loss)
            
            
            35,072
            
            
            21,268
            
            
            5,793
            
            
            (35,873
            )
            
            26,260As
                a % of revenue
            
            
            15.8
            %
            
            12.2
            %
            
            20.0
            %
            
            N/A
            
            
            6.1
            %Depreciation
                and amortization
            
            
            1,499
            
            
            3,238
            
            
            245
            
            
            3,807
            
            
            8,789Assets
            
            
            323,393
            
            
            459,362
            
            
            217,170
            
            
            361,875
            
            
            1,361,800





**Nine
                months ended September 30, 2006**
            
            **Direct**
            
            **Retail**
            
            **Financial**
              **Services**
            
            **Corporate**
              **Overhead**
              **and
                Other**
            
            **Total**Revenue
                from external
            
            $
            654,768
            
            $
            514,272
            
            $
            99,401
            
            $
            14,080
            
            $
            1,282,521Revenue
                from internal
            
            
            1,284
            
            
            1,169
            
            
            (455
            )
            
            (1,998
            )
            
            -Total
                revenue
            
            
            656,052
            
            
            515,441
            
            
            98,946
            
            
            12,082
            
            
            1,282,521Operating
                income (loss)
            
            
            97,420
            
            
            58,870
            
            
            21,815
            
            
            (122,506
            )
            
            55,599As
                a % of revenue
            
            
            14.8
            %
            
            11.4
            %
            
            22.0
            %
            
            N/A
            
            
            4.3
            %Depreciation
                and amortization
            
            
            3,320
            
            
            13,076
            
            
            680
            
            
            15,142
            
            
            32,218Assets
            
            
            356,168
            
            
            619,360
            
            
            303,488
            
            
            340,520
            
            
            1,619,536





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**Nine
                months ended October 1, 2005**
            
            **Direct**
            
            **Retail**
            
            **Financial**
              **Services**
            
            **Corporate**
              **Overhead**
              **and
                Other**
            
            **Total**Revenue
                from external
            
            $
            635,736
            
            $
            379,418
            
            $
            77,383
            
            $
            31,677
            
            $
            1,124,214Revenue
                from internal
            
            
            1,248
            
            
            1,144
            
            
            (455
            )
            
            (1,937
            )
            
            -Total
                revenue
            
            
            636,984
            
            
            380,562
            
            
            76,928
            
            
            29,740
            
            
            1,124,214Operating
                income (loss)
            
            
            96,079
            
            
            37,411
            
            
            16,455
            
            
            (103,840
            )
            
            46,105As
                a % of revenue
            
            
            15.1
            %
            
            9.8
            %
            
            21.4
            %
            
            N/A
            
            
            4.1
            %Depreciation
                and amortization
            
            
            4,297
            
            
            8,564
            
            
            861
            
            
            11,252
            
            
            24,974Assets
            
            
            323,393
            
            
            459,362
            
            
            217,170
            
            
            361,875
            
            
            1,361,800





The
      components and amounts of net revenue for our Financial Services segment for
      the
      three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005 were
      as follows:





**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Interest
                and fee income
            
            $
            6,372
            
            $
            4,639
            
            $
            17,360
            
            $
            13,189Interest
                expense
            
            
            (1,299
            )
            
            (726
            )
            
            (3,600
            )
            
            (2,339
            )Net
                interest income
            
            
            5,073
            
            
            3,913
            
            
            13,760
            
            
            10,850Non-interest
                income:Securitization
                income
            
            
            44,294
            
            
            35,576
            
            
            120,074
            
            
            94,495Other
                non-interest income
            
            
            10,505
            
            
            8,069
            
            
            28,586
            
            
            22,640Total
                non-interest income
            
            
            54,799
            
            
            43,645
            
            
            148,660
            
            
            117,135Less:
                Customer reward costs
            
            
            (22,480
            )
            
            (18,525
            )
            
            (63,474
            )
            
            (51,057
            )Financial
                services revenue
            
            $
            37,392
            
            $
            29,033
            
            $
            98,946
            
            $
            76,928





The
      Company’s products are principally marketed to individuals within the United
      States. Net sales realized from other geographic markets, primarily Canada,
      were
      collectively less than 3% of consolidated net merchandise sales in each reported
      period. No single customer accounted for ten percent or more of consolidated
      net
      merchandise sales. No single product or service accounts for a significant
      percentage of the Company’s consolidated revenue.





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**12.** **SUPPLEMENTAL
      CASH FLOW INFORMATION**





The
      following table sets forth non-cash financing and investing activities and
      other
      cash flow information.





**September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Non-cash
                financing and investing activities:Unpaid
                purchases of property and equipment included in accounts
                payable(1)
            
            $
            26,653
            
            $
            25,739Capital lease obligation
            
            $
            5,649
            
            
            -





**Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Other
                cash flow information:Interest
                paid, net of amounts capitalized of $338 and $215 in the nine
              months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005
            
            $
            16,550
            
            $
            11,753Income
                taxes
            
            $
            40,561
            
            $
            25,211





(1)
            Amounts
                reported as unpaid purchases are recorded as purchases of property
                and
                equipment in the statement of cash flows in the period they are
                paid.








**13.** **RECENTLY
      ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS**





On
      December 16, 2004, the FASB issued “Statement No. 123 (revised 2004),
      Share-Based Payment” (“Statement 123R”). Statement 123R requires the Company to
      recognize compensation expense for stock options and discounts under employee
      stock purchase plans granted to employees based on the estimated fair value
      of
      the equity instrument at the time of the grant. On March 29, 2005, the SEC
      issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 (“SAB 107”). SAB 107 provides the
      staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for
      public companies. SAB 107 does not modify any of the conclusions or requirements
      of Statement 123R. On November 10, 2005, the FASB issued FSP FAS 123R-3 which
      “Provides a Transition Election for Calculating the APIC Pool Under Statement
      123R.” Statement 123R requires companies to calculate the pool of excess tax
      benefits available to absorb tax deficiencies recognized subsequent to the
      adoption of Statement 123R (the “APIC pool”). The FASB issued FSP FAS 123R-3 to
      provide an elective transition alternative to calculating the APIC pool. A
      company may take up to one year from the later of its initial adoption of
      Statement 123R or November 11, 2005, to make its election. The Company is
      evaluating the transition method for calculating the APIC Pool.





In
      February 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid
      Financial Instruments - an amendment to FASB Statements No. 133 and 140”
(“Statement 155”). Statement 155 eliminates the exemption from applying
      Statement 133 to interests in securitized financial assets so that similar
      instruments are accounted for similarly regardless of the form of the
      instruments. It also allows the Company to elect fair value measurement at
      acquisition, at issuance, or when a previously recognized financial instrument
      is subject to a remeasurement (new basis) event, on an instrument-by-instrument
      basis, in cases in which a derivative would otherwise have to be bifurcated.
      This statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued
      after the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September
      15, 2006. The adoption of Statement 155 will not have a material impact on
      the
      Company’s financial statements.




In
      March
      2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial
      Assets - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140” (“Statement 156”). Statement
      156 requires that an entity separately recognize a servicing asset or servicing
      liability when it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset under
      a
      servicing contract in certain situations. Such servicing assets or servicing
      liabilities are required to be initially measured at fair value, if practicable.
      Statement 156 also allows an entity to choose one of two methods when
      subsequently measuring its servicing assets and servicing liabilities: (1)
      the
      amortization method or (2) the fair value measurement method This statement
      is
      effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after
      September 15, 2006. The adoption of Statement 156 will not have an impact on
      the
      Company’s financial statements.


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On
      May
      18, 2006, the State of Texas enacted House Bill 3 (“the Bill”), which replaces
      the State’s current franchise tax with a “margin tax.” The margin tax is
      assessed at one percent of Texas-sourced taxable margin (except for retailers
      and wholesales, which will be assessed at 0.5 percent). Although the Bill states
      that the new tax is not an income tax, it has characteristics of an income
      tax
      and accordingly should be accounted for as an income tax under FASB Statement
      No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The margin tax is effective for returns
      originally due on or after January 1, 2008. However, as required by Statement
      109, all effects of a tax law change should be accounted for in the period
      of
      the law’s enactment. The impact on the Company’s effective tax rate was not
      material for fiscal 2006.





In
      the
      June 2006 EITF meeting the Task Force reached a consensus on Issue No. 06-3,
      “How Taxes Collected From Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities
      Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That Is, Gross versus Net
      Presentation)”. Issue No. 06-3 concluded that entities should present taxes
      imposed concurrently on a specific revenue-producing transaction between a
      seller and a customer in the income statement on either a gross or a net basis
      based on their accounting policy. Additionally, if such taxes are significant,
      and are presented on a gross basis, the amounts of those taxes should be
      disclosed. The effective date for this disclosure is for financial statements
      for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2006.





On
      July
      13, 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in
      Income Taxes.” The interpretation establishes a “more likely than not”
recognition threshold. To recognize a benefit from a tax position, a company
      must conclude that the position is more likely than not of being sustained
      upon
      audit based solely on the technical merits of the position. Once the recognition
      threshold is met, the best estimate of the amount that would be sustained on
      audit should be recognized. This interpretation is effective for fiscal years
      beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is reviewing this interpretation
      and has not yet determined the impact on its financial statements.





On
      August
      9, 2006, the Michigan Legislature approved a legislative initiative that repeals
      the Michigan Single Business Tax (“MSBT”) for tax years beginning after December
      31, 2007. No replacement tax was included with the repeal. The Company cannot
      measure the impact of this change until the replacement tax is
      enacted.





In
      September 2006, the FASB issued Statement 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(“Statement 157”). Statement 157 enhances existing guidance for measuring assets
      and liabilities using fair value. The new Statement provides a single definition
      of fair value, together with a framework for measuring it, and requires
      additional disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets and
      liabilities. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after
      November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company
      does not believe this statement will have a material impact on its financial
      statements.





In
      September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering
      the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in
      Current Year Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 provides interpretive
      guidance on how the effects of prior-year uncorrected misstatements should
      be
      considered when quantifying misstatements in the current year financial
      statements. SAB 108 requires registrants to quantify misstatements using both
      an
      income statement and balance sheet approach and then evaluate whether either
      approach results in a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and
      qualitative factors are considered, is material. If prior year errors that
      had
      been previously considered immaterial now are considered material based on
      either approach, no restatement is required so long as management properly
      applies its previous approach and all relevant facts and circumstances were
      considered. If prior year’s financial statements are not restated, the
      cumulative effect adjustment is recorded in opening accumulated earnings
      (deficit) as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. SAB 108 is
      effective for the Company at the end of 2006. The Company is currently assessing
      the impact the adoption of SAB 108 will have on its financial
      statements.








**14.** **RESTATEMENT
      OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**





In
      preparing the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
      for the second quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company’s management determined that
      its historical financial statements should have presented investments held
      in
      auction-rate securities as short-term investments and not as cash equivalents,
      as previously reported. Auction-rate securities are highly-liquid investments
      that are reset through a “dutch auction” process that occurs every 7 to 49 days,
      depending on the terms of the individual security, however they should not
      be
      considered cash equivalents. As a result, the Company has restated the
      accompanying condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months
      ended October 1, 2005. This restatement did not impact the Company’s revenue,
      net income, total assets, stockholders’ equity or earnings per share.


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Following
      is a summary of the effects of the correction of the error on the Company’s
      statement of cash flows for the nine months ended October 1, 2005.





**Nine
                months ended October 1, 2005****Statement
                of Cash Flows**
            
            **As
                previously reported**
            
            **As
                Restated***Cash
                flows from Operating Activities**:*Retained
                interests (1)
            
            $
            -
            
            $
            (4,933
            )Net
                cash flows from operating activities
            
            
            (138,897
            )
            
            (143,830
            )*Cash
                flows from Investing Activities:*Purchases
                of short-term investments
            
            $
            -
            
            $
            (21,000
            )Sales
                or maturities of short-term investments
            
            
            -
            
            
            145,250Change
                in cash reserves for retained interests (1)
            
            
            (4,183
            )
            
            750Net
                cash flows from investing activities
            
            
            (143,606
            )
            
            (14,423
            )NET
                (DECREASE) IN CASH OR CASH EQUIVALENTS
            
            $
            (191,011
            )
            $
            (66,761
            )CASH
                AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, Beginning of the Period
            
            
            248,184
            
            
            123,934


_____________________________________________________________________


(1)
            As
                discussed in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements,
                the Company has changed its presentation of cash flows regarding
                retained
                interests related to the Company’s Financial Services
                business.








**Item2.** **Management's
      Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
      Operations.**





This
      report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” that are based on our
      beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events, taking into account
      the
      information currently available to us. All statements other than statements
      of
      current or historical fact contained in this report are forward-looking
      statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.
      The words “believe,” “may,” “should,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “objective,” “seek,” “plan,” and similar statements are intended to
      identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks
      and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or financial
      condition to differ materially from the expectations of future results,
      performance or financial condition we express or imply in any forward-looking
      statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
      the
      ability to negotiate favorable purchase, lease and/or economic development
      arrangements; expansion into new markets; operational and regulatory challenges
      involved in opening and operating a destination retail store in Canada; market
      saturation due to new destination retail store openings; the acceleration of
      new
      destination retail store openings; the rate of growth of general and
      administrative expenses associated with building a strengthened corporate
      infrastructure to support our growth initiatives; increasing competition in
      the
      outdoor segment of the sporting goods industry; the cost of our products; supply
      and delivery shortages or interruptions caused by system changes or other
      factors; adverse weather conditions, unseasonal weather conditions which impact
      the demand for our products; fluctuations in operating results; adverse economic
      conditions causing a decline in discretionary consumer spending; the cost of
      fuel increasing; delays in road construction and/or traffic planning around
      our
      new destination retail stores; road construction around our existing destination
      retail stores; labor shortages or increased labor costs; changes in consumer
      preferences and demographic trends; increased government regulation; compliance
      with the data security requirements of the payment card industry; inadequate
      protection of our intellectual property; decreased interchange fees received
      by
      our financial services business as a result of the current interchange
      litigation against VISA; other factors that we may not have currently identified
      or quantified; and other risks, relevant factors and uncertainties identified
      in
      our filings with the SEC (including the information set forth in the “Risk
      Factors” section of our Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
      (our “2005 Form 10-K/A”)), which filings are available at the SEC’s website at
      www.sec.gov. Given the risks and uncertainties surrounding forward-looking
      statements, you should not place undue reliance on these statements. Our
      forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Other
      than
      as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise
      forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
      events or otherwise.


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The
      following discussion and analysis of financial condition, results of operations,
      liquidity and capital resources should be read in conjunction with our audited
      consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2005 Form
      10-K/A, as filed with the SEC, and our unaudited interim condensed consolidated
      financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Form
      10-Q.





Management’s
      Discussion and Analysis has been revised for the effects of the restatement
      discussed in Note 14 to the financial statements.





**Overview**





We
      are
      the world’s largest direct marketer, and a leading specialty retailer, of
      hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise. We serve people
      who
      enjoy the outdoor lifestyle through our well-established direct business and
      our
      growing number of destination retail stores. Additionally, we benefit from
      our
      credit card operation, which offers us the opportunity to enhance our
      merchandising business revenue by reinforcing our brand and increasing customer
      loyalty. To best reflect our operations, we organize the financial reporting
      of
      our business into the following segments:





·
            Direct,
                which consists of our catalogs and website;·
            Retail,
                which consists of our destination retail stores;·
            Financial
                Services, which consists of our credit card business, which is managed
                and
                administered by our wholly-owned bank subsidiary, World's Foremost
                Bank;
                and·
            Other,
                which consists of aggregated non-merchandising outfitter services,
                our
                real estate land sales and our corporate and other expenses.





In
      the
      discussion below, where we refer to our "merchandising business" we are
      referring to our Direct and Retail segments, collectively. Where we refer to
      our
      "bank," we are referring to our Financial Services segment.





**Revenue**





Revenue
      consists of sales of our products and services. Direct revenue includes sales
      from orders placed over the phone, by mail and through our website and includes
      customer shipping charges. Retail revenue includes all sales made at our
      destination retail stores and is driven by sales at new stores and changes
      in
      comparable store sales. A store is included in our comparable store sales base
      on the first day of the month following the fifteen month anniversary of its
      opening, completion of major remodeling or expansion by greater than 25% of
      total square footage. Financial Services revenue includes securitization income,
      interest income and interchange and other fees net of reward program costs,
      interest expense and credit losses from our credit card operations. Other
      revenue consists primarily of land sales around our destination retail stores
      and our non-merchandising outfitter services.





**Cost
      of Revenue**





Cost
      of
      revenue for our merchandising business includes cost of merchandise, shipping
      costs, inventory shrink and other miscellaneous costs. However, it does not
      include occupancy costs, depreciation, direct labor or warehousing costs, which
      are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Our Financial
      Services segment does not have costs classified as cost of revenue. Other cost
      of revenue includes the basis in land that we have sold and
      eliminations.





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**Gross
      Profit**





We
      define
      gross profit as the difference between revenue and cost of revenue. As we
      discuss below, we believe that operating income presents a more meaningful
      measure of our consolidated operating performance than gross profit because
      of
      the following factors:





·
            our
                Financial Services segment has no cost of revenue which results in
                a
                disproportionate gross profit contribution for this
                segment;·
            we
                do not include occupancy costs, depreciation, direct labor or warehousing
                costs in cost of revenue, which affects comparability to other retailers
                who may account differently for some or all of these costs;
                and·
            we
                have historically attempted to price our customer shipping charges
                to
                generally match our shipping expenses, which reduces gross profit
                as a
                percentage of Direct revenue.





**Selling,
      General and Administrative Expenses**





Selling,
      general and administrative expenses include directly identifiable operating
      costs and other expenses, as well as depreciation and amortization. For our
      Direct segment, these operating costs primarily consist of catalog development,
      production and circulation costs, Internet advertising costs and order
      processing costs. For our Retail segment, these costs primarily consist of
      payroll, store occupancy, utilities and advertising costs. For our Financial
      Services segment, these costs primarily consist of advertising costs, marketing
      fees, third party data processing costs associated with servicing accounts,
      payroll and other administrative fees. Our Other expenses include shared-service
      costs, general and administrative expenses and the costs of operating our
      various other small businesses described above which are not included in any
      of
      our segments. Shared-service costs include costs for services shared by two
      or
      more of our business segments (principally our Direct and Retail segments)
      and
      include receiving, distribution and storage costs, merchandising, quality
      assurance costs and corporate occupancy costs. General and administrative
      expenses include costs associated with general corporate management and shared
      departmental services such as management information systems, finance, human
      resources and legal.





**Operating
      Income**





Operating
      income is defined as revenue less cost of revenue and selling, general and
      administrative expenses. Given the variety of segments we report and the
      different cost classifications inherent in each of their respective businesses,
      it is difficult to compare our consolidated results on the basis of gross
      profit. Consequently, we believe that operating income is the best metric to
      compare the performance and profitability of our segments to each other and
      to
      judge our consolidated performance because it includes all applicable revenue
      and cost items.





**Retail
      Expansion**





Significant
      amounts of cash will be needed in order to open new destination retail stores
      and implement our retail growth strategy. Depending upon the location and a
      variety of other factors, including store size and the amount of public
      improvements necessary, and based upon our prior experience, opening a single
      large-format destination retail store will require expenditures in the range
      of
      $30 to $50 million. This includes the cost of real estate, site work, public
      improvements such as utilities and roads, buildings, equipment, fixtures
      (including taxidermy) and inventory.





Historically,
      we have been able to negotiate economic development arrangements relating to
      the
      construction of a number of our new destination retail stores, including free
      land, monetary grants and the recapture of incremental sales, property or other
      taxes through economic development bonds, with many local and state governments.
      We are able to negotiate these agreements as we generally have located our
      destination retail stores in towns and municipalities that do not have a large
      base of commercial businesses. We attempt to design our destination retail
      stores to provide exciting tourist and entertainment shopping experiences for
      the entire family. We believe these factors increase the revenue for the state
      and local municipality where the destination retail store is located, making
      us
      a compelling partner for community development and expansion. Where appropriate,
      we intend to continue to utilize economic development arrangements with state
      and local governments to offset some of the construction costs and improve
      the
      return on investment of our new stores.


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The
      stores we opened in 2005, and a number of our stores announced for 2006 and
      2007, are located closer to larger populations. We believe this strategy will
      make our stores more convenient for our customers and will increase our market
      share.





At
      the
      end of the third fiscal quarter we operated seventeen destination retail stores.
      In addition, we completed the remodeling of our Sidney, Nebraska destination
      retail store during the third quarter. During fiscal 2005, we increased our
      total retail square footage by 59% to 2,097,840 total square feet with the
      opening of four new destination retail stores. So far in fiscal 2006, we have
      opened three new destination retail stores and plan to open a fourth destination
      retail store in the fourth quarter. These four new stores will add approximately
      603,139 square feet, or 29%, to our retail square footage in fiscal 2006.





**Critical
      Accounting Policies**





Our
      condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
      with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
      The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates
      and
      judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues
      and
      expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. The
      estimates and assumptions are evaluated on a periodic basis and are based on
      historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be
      reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ significantly
      from
      these estimates.





Our
      critical accounting policies and use of estimates are discussed in our 2005
      Form
      10-K/A, as filed with the SEC, and should be read in conjunction with the annual
      financial statements and notes thereto.





**Results
      of Operations**




Our
      third
      fiscal quarter ends on the Saturday closest to September 30. The three months
      ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005 each consisted of 13 weeks, and
      the
      nine months then ended each had 39 weeks. Our operating results for the three
      months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005, expressed
      as a percentage of revenue, were as follows:








**Three
                months ended**
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Revenue
            
            
            100.0
            %
            
            100.0
            %
            
            100.0
            %
            
            100.0
            %Cost
                of revenue
            
            
            59.2
            %
            
            59.3
            %
            
            59.4
            %
            
            60.2
            %Gross
                profit
            
            
            40.8
            %
            
            40.7
            %
            
            40.6
            %
            
            39.8
            %Selling,
                general and administrative expenses
            
            
            35.4
            %
            
            34.6
            %
            
            36.3
            %
            
            35.7
            %Operating
                income
            
            
            5.4
            %
            
            6.1
            %
            
            4.3
            %
            
            4.1
            %Interest
                income
            
            
            0.1
            %
            
            0.0
            %
            
            0.1
            %
            
            0.0
            %Interest
                expense
            
            
            (1.0
            )%
            
            (0.8
            )%
            
            (1.0
            )%
            
            (0.7
            )%Other
                income (net)
            
            
            0.4
            %
            
            0.5
            %
            
            0.6
            %
            
            0.7
            %Total
                other income/(expense)
            
            
            (0.5
            )%
            
            (0.3
            )%
            
            (0.3
            )%
            
            0.0
            %Income
                before provision for income taxes
            
            
            4.9
            %
            
            5.8
            %
            
            4.0
            %
            
            4.1
            %Income
                tax expense
            
            
            1.9
            %
            
            2.1
            %
            
            1.5
            %
            
            1.5
            %Net
                income
            
            
            3.0
            %
            
            3.7
            %
            
            2.5
            %
            
            2.6
            %





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**Segment
      Information**





On
      March
      22, 2006, we changed the fee structure between our Financial Services segment
      and our other segments to more appropriately reflect current market conditions.
      This change was effective January 1, 2006. This updated fee structure includes
      (1) an increase in the fee paid by the Financial Services segment for
      originating a new credit card account, (2) an increase in the amount that the
      Financial Services segment pays for rewards earned by its cardholders and (3)
      an
      additional fee paid by the Financial Services segment for marketing equal to
      the
      amount by which the profitability of the Financial Services segment exceeds
      a 2%
      pre-tax return on the Financial Services segment’s average managed credit card
      loans. The segment information presented in this Form 10-Q reflects this change
      as if it had taken place in all periods presented. The following table sets
      forth the revenue and operating income of each of our segments for the three
      months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1,
      2005.


**Three
                      months ended**
                  
                  **Nine
                      months ended****(Dollars
                      in thousands)**
                  
                  **September
                      30,**
                    **2006**
                  
                  **October
                      1,**
                    **2005**
                  
                  **September
                      30,**
                    **2006**
                  
                  **October
                      1,**
                    **2005**Direct
                      revenue
                  
                  $
                  232,172
                  
                  $
                  221,792
                  
                  $
                  656,052
                  
                  $
                  636,984Retail
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  218,649
                  
                  
                  173,796
                  
                  
                  515,441
                  
                  
                  380,562Financial
                      services revenue
                  
                  
                  37,392
                  
                  
                  29,033
                  
                  
                  98,946
                  
                  
                  76,928Other
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  2,240
                  
                  
                  5,132
                  
                  
                  12,082
                  
                  
                  29,740Total
                      revenue
                  
                  $
                  490,453
                  
                  $
                  429,753
                  
                  $
                  1,282,521
                  
                  $
                  1,124,214Direct
                      operating income
                  
                  $
                  35,727
                  
                  $
                  35,072
                  
                  $
                  97,420
                  
                  $
                  96,079Retail
                      operating income
                  
                  
                  29,630
                  
                  
                  21,268
                  
                  
                  58,870
                  
                  
                  37,411Financial
                      services operating income
                  
                  
                  7,689
                  
                  
                  5,793
                  
                  
                  21,815
                  
                  
                  16,455Other
                      operating income (loss)
                  
                  
                  (46,195
                  )
                  
                  (35,873
                  )
                  
                  (122,506
                  )
                  
                  (103,840
                  )Total
                      operating income
                  
                  $
                  26,851
                  
                  $
                  26,260
                  
                  $
                  55,599
                  
                  $
                  46,105*As
                      a Percentage of Total Revenue:*Direct
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  47.3
                  %
                  
                  51.6
                  %
                  
                  51.2
                  %
                  
                  56.7
                  %Retail
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  44.6
                  %
                  
                  40.4
                  %
                  
                  40.2
                  %
                  
                  33.9
                  %Financial
                      services revenue
                  
                  
                  7.6
                  %
                  
                  6.8
                  %
                  
                  7.7
                  %
                  
                  6.8
                  %Other
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  0.5
                  %
                  
                  1.2
                  %
                  
                  0.9
                  %
                  
                  2.6
                  %Total
                      revenue
                  
                  
                  100.0
                  %
                  
                  100.0
                  %
                  
                  100.0
                  %
                  
                  100.0
                  %*As
                      a Percentage of Segment Revenue:*Direct
                      operating income
                  
                  
                  15.4
                  %
                  
                  15.8
                  %
                  
                  14.8
                  %
                  
                  15.1
                  %Retail
                      operating income
                  
                  
                  13.6
                  %
                  
                  12.2
                  %
                  
                  11.4
                  %
                  
                  9.8
                  %Financial
                      services operating income
                  
                  
                  20.6
                  %
                  
                  20.0
                  %
                  
                  22.0
                  %
                  
                  21.4
                  %Total
                      operating income(1)
                  
                  
                  5.4
                  %
                  
                  6.1
                  %
                  
                  4.3
                  %
                  
                  4.1
                  %





(1)
            The
                percentage of total operating income is a percentage of total consolidated
                revenue.




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For
      credit card loans securitized and sold, the loans are removed from our balance
      sheet and the net earnings on these securitized assets after paying outside
      investors are reflected as a component of our securitization income on a GAAP
      basis. The following table summarizes the results of our Financial Services
      segment for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and
      October 1, 2005 on a GAAP basis with interest and fee income, interest expense
      and provision for loan losses for the credit card loans receivable we own
      reported in net interest income. Non-interest income on a GAAP basis includes
      servicing income, gains on sales of loans and income recognized on our retained
      interests for the entire securitized portfolio, as well as, interchange income
      on the entire managed portfolio.





**Financial
                Services Revenue as reported**
            
            **Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****in
                the Financial Statements:**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005****(Dollars
                in thousands)**Interest
                and fee income
            
            $
            6,372
            
            $
            4,639
            
            $
            17,360
            
            $
            13,189Interest
                expense
            
            
            (1,299
            )
            
            (726
            )
            
            (3,600
            )
            
            (2,339
            )Net
                interest income
            
            
            5,073
            
            
            3,913
            
            
            13,760
            
            
            10,850Non-interest
                income:Securitization
                income
            
            
            44,294
            
            
            35,576
            
            
            120,074
            
            
            94,495Other
                non-interest income
            
            
            10,505
            
            
            8,069
            
            
            28,586
            
            
            22,640Total
                non-interest income
            
            
            54,799
            
            
            43,645
            
            
            148,660
            
            
            117,135Less:
                Customer reward costs
            
            
            (22,480
            )
            
            (18,525
            )
            
            (63,474
            )
            
            (51,057
            )Financial
                services revenue
            
            $
            37,392
            
            $
            29,033
            
            $
            98,946
            
            $
            76,928





(1)
            For
                the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October
                1,
                2005, we recognized gains on sale of credit card loans of $3.4 million,
                $5.2 million, $12.1 million and $12.9 million, respectively, which
                are
                reflected as a component of securitization
                income.





Our
      “managed” credit card loans represent credit card loans receivable we own plus
      securitized credit card loans. Since the financial performance of the managed
      portfolio has a significant impact on the earnings we will receive from
      servicing the portfolio, we believe the following table on a “managed” basis is
      important information to analyze our revenue in the Financial Services segment.
      This non-GAAP presentation reflects the financial performance of the credit
      card
      loans receivable we own plus those that have been sold for the three months
      and
      nine months ended September 30, 2006 and October 1, 2005 and includes the effect
      of recording the retained interest at fair value. Interest income, interchange
      income (net of customer rewards) and fee income on both the owned and
      securitized portfolio are recorded in their respective line items. Interest
      paid
      to outside investors on the securitized credit card loans is included with
      other
      interest costs and included in interest expense. Credit losses on the entire
      managed portfolio are included in provision for loan losses. Although our
      financial statements are not presented in this manner, management reviews the
      performance of its managed portfolio in order to evaluate the effectiveness
      of
      its origination and collection activities, which ultimately affects the income
      we will receive for servicing the portfolio. The securitization of credit card
      loans primarily converts interest income, interchange income, credit card fees,
      credit losses and other income and expense related to the securitized loans
      into
      securitization income.





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**Managed
                Financial Services Revenue:**
            
            **Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****(Dollars
                in thousands)**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Interest
                income
            
            $
            38,257
            
            $
            26,931
            
            $
            104,720
            
            $
            73,476Interchange
                income, net of customer reward costs
            
            
            13,981
            
            
            11,876
            
            
            37,974
            
            
            30,999Other
                fee income
            
            
            6,058
            
            
            5,555
            
            
            16,532
            
            
            14,797Interest
                expense
            
            
            (17,263
            )
            
            (10,771
            )
            
            (46,590
            )
            
            (28,792
            )Provision
                for loan losses
            
            
            (6,442
            )
            
            (5,574
            )
            
            (18,354
            )
            
            (17,047
            )Other
            
            
            2,801
            
            
            1,016
            
            
            4,664
            
            
            3,495Managed
                Financial Services revenue
            
            $
            37,392
            
            $
            29,033
            
            $
            98,946
            
            $
            76,928***As
                a Percentage of Managed Credit Card Loans*****Managed
                Financial Services Revenue:**Interest
                income
            
            
            11.0
            %
            
            9.5
            %
            
            10.6
            %
            
            9.3
            %Interchange
                income, net of customer reward costs
            
            
            4.0
            %
            
            4.2
            %
            
            3.9
            %
            
            3.8
            %Other
                fee income
            
            
            1.7
            %
            
            2.0
            %
            
            1.6
            %
            
            1.9
            %Interest
                expense
            
            
            (5.0
            )%
            
            (3.8
            )%
            
            (4.7
            )%
            
            (3.6
            )%Provision
                for loan losses
            
            
            (1.8
            )%
            
            (2.0
            )%
            
            (1.9
            )%
            
            (2.1
            )%Other
            
            
            0.8
            %
            
            0.4
            %
            
            0.5
            %
            
            0.4
            %Managed
                Financial Services revenue
            
            
            10.7
            %
            
            10.3
            %
            
            10.0
            %
            
            9.7
            %Average
                reported credit card loans
            
            $
            133,866
            
            $
            104,035
            
            $
            128,161
            
            $
            104,681Average
                managed credit card loans
            
            $
            1,394,377
            
            $
            1,128,336
            
            $
            1,315,000
            
            $
            1,058,134





**Three
      Months Ended September 30, 2006 Compared to Three Months Ended October 1, 2005**





**Revenue**





Revenue
      increased by $60.7 million, or 14.1%, to $490.5 million in the three months
      ended September 30, 2006 from $429.8 million in the three months ended October
      1, 2005 as we experienced revenue growth in our Direct, Retail and Financial
      Services segments. Our Other segment revenue declined by $2.9 million primarily
      due to a reduction in land sales.





*Direct
      Revenue* .
      Direct
      revenue increased by $10.4 million, or 4.7%, to $232.2 million in the three
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $221.8 million in the three months ended
      October 1, 2005. We had an additional promotional campaign and circulated two
      additional catalog titles in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to the
      third quarter of fiscal 2005. We experienced stronger sales in the third quarter
      of fiscal 2006 as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2005 in states
      affected by the hurricanes in the third quarter of fiscal 2005, including the
      State of Texas where we opened two stores in fiscal 2005. The product categories
      that contributed the largest dollar volume increases to our Direct revenue
      in
      the three months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the three months ended
      October 1, 2005 were hunting equipment, archery and optics.





*Retail
      Revenue* .
      Retail
      revenue increased by $44.8 million, or 25.8%, to $218.6 million in the three
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $173.8 million in the three months ended
      October 1, 2005 primarily due to an increase in new store sales of $40.9 million
      as we opened three new stores in the third quarter of fiscal 2006. Our
      comparable store sales increased by $4.1 million, or 3.1%, compared to the
      three
      months ended October 1, 2005. Our Fort Worth, Texas store was added to the
      comparable store base in September 2006. The Fort Worth store’s September 2006
      sales were strong compared to September 2005. The product categories that
      contributed the largest dollar volume increases to our Retail revenue growth
      in
      the three months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the three months ended
      October 1, 2005 were hunting equipment, marine equipment and archery.


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*Financial
      Services Revenue* .
      Financial Services revenue increased by $8.4 million, or 29.0%, to $37.4 million
      in the three months ended September 30, 2006 from $29.0 million in the three
      months ended October 1, 2005. We measure the results of our Financial Services
      business on a managed basis as presented in the table on page 26. Interest
      income measured on a managed basis increased $11.3 million. The increase in
      interest income was due to an increase in interest rates and managed credit
      card
      loans. Interchange income, net of reward costs, increased by $2.1 million,
      or
      17.7%. Interchange income is driven by net purchases, which increased by 20.9%;
      however, interchange income was offset by an increase in customer reward costs
      of 21.3%. Customer reward costs generally increase at the same rate as net
      purchases. During the quarter, customer reward costs increased more than net
      purchases due to an increase in new account growth and promotional event
      campaigns. The increases in interest income and interchange income were offset
      by an increase in interest expense of $6.5 million due to increases in
      securitized credit card loans, borrowings and interest rates. Compared to the
      three months ended October 1, 2005, the number of average active accounts grew
      by 17.0% to 850,001 and the average balance per active account grew by 5.6%
      to
      approximately $1,640.





**Gross
      Profit**





Gross
      profit increased by $25.5 million, or 14.6%, to $200.3 million in the three
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $174.8 million in the three months ended
      October 1, 2005. Gross profit increased 0.1% as a percentage of revenue to
      40.8%
      in the three months ended September 30, 2006 from 40.7% in the three months
      ended October 1, 2005. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased due
      to
      an increase in our Financial Services revenue, which did not have any
      corresponding increase in cost of revenue. The increase in gross profit as
      a
      percentage of revenue from our Financial Services revenue was offset by a
      decline in gross profit in our merchandising business.





*Merchandising
      Business.* The
      gross profit of our merchandising business increased by $18.1 million, or 12.8%,
      to $160.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 from $142.0
      million in the three months ended October 1, 2005. Gross profit decreased by
      0.4% as a percentage of merchandise revenue to 35.5% in the three months ended
      September 30, 2006 from 35.9% in the three months ended October 1, 2005. The
      decline in our merchandising gross profit as a percentage of merchandise revenue
      is primarily attributable to an increase in sales discounts of $6.2 million,
      or
      1.1% of merchandise revenue. These discounts were related to our promotional
      gift card campaign in our Retail segment and a new promotional campaign in
      the
      Direct business. Our freight costs increased by 0.1% of merchandise revenue
      in
      the third quarter of fiscal 2006. Our shipping margin - the shipping income
      we
      collect less the cost we pay to ship merchandise to our customers - declined
      by
      0.7% of merchandise revenue. A portion of this decline was due to shipping
      rate
      increases as a result of the rise in fuel costs. Average fuel costs in the
      United States during the third quarter of fiscal 2006 were 14.2% higher than
      in
      the third quarter of fiscal 2005, causing increased shipping costs. The
      remainder of the decline in shipping margin was caused by the implementation
      of
      our new warehouse management software, which caused us to ship more packages
      per
      order due to the inability to transfer products between distribution centers
      while the software was being phased-in. This issue was resolved early in
      the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. These declines in merchandise margin were
      partially offset by an increase in margins due to better merchandising
      practices. Without the decline in shipping margin our merchandising gross profit
      as a percentage of merchandise revenue would have been positive compared to
      the
      prior period.





**Selling,
      General and Administrative Expenses**





Selling,
      general and administrative expenses increased by $24.9 million, or
      16.8% *,* to
      $173.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 from $148.5 million
      in the three months ended October 1, 2005. Selling, general and administrative
      expenses were 35.4% of revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2006
      compared to 34.6% in the three months ended October 1, 2005. We recognized
      $1.0
      million of stock based compensation expense in the three months ended September
      30, 2006, which accounted for 0.2% of the 0.8% increase in selling, general
      and
      administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue. The most significant
      factors contributing to the increase in selling, general and administrative
      expenses by segment included:


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·
            *Other*selling,
                general and administrative expenses attributed to shared services
                increased by $9.4 million over the prior period primarily as a result
                of
                costs for strategic initiatives to expand and improve our infrastructure.
                Wages and benefits increased by $5.7 million primarily due to increases
                in
                personnel in our distribution centers as our merchandise revenue
                continues
                to grow as well as $0.7 million of stock based compensation expense.
                Depreciation expense increased by $1.8 million due to two system
                upgrades
                implemented at the end of 2005. Contract labor costs increased by
                $1.9
                million due to consulting costs on various company projects related
                to
                system upgrades and expansion. Other selling, general and administrative
                costs as a percentage of consolidated revenue increased to 10.9%
                from
                10.0%.·
            *Direct*selling,
                general and administrative expenses increased by $0.9 million due
                to
                several factors. Increases in selling, general and administrative
                costs
                included $2.4 million in incidental equipment and software expenses
                due to
                costs moving from the Other segment to the Direct segment. These
                costs
                were specifically related to our website and have increased as that
                business has grown. In addition, there were increases in wages of
                $0.9
                million due to positions added to support our growth, increases in
                postage
                of $0.6 million due to rate increases, and an increase in advertising
                of
                $0.8 million. These increases were largely offset by an increase
                in the
                marketing fee paid to the Direct segment from the Financial Services
                segment of $2.8 million, or 1.2% of Direct revenue. In addition,
                catalog
                costs decreased by $1.5 million, or 4.4%. Catalog costs decreased
                to $32.0
                million in the three months ended September 30, 2006 from $33.5 million
                in
                the three months ended October 1, 2005. As a percentage of Direct
                revenue,
                catalog costs decreased to 13.8% in the three months ended September
                30,
                2006 from 15.1% in the three months ended October 1, 2005. This decrease
                in catalog costs as a percentage of our Direct revenue was due to
                higher
                response rates on our catalogs.·
            *Retail*selling,
                general and administrative expenses comprised $8.2 million of the
                total
                increase in selling, general and administrative expense. New store
                operating costs related to our stores that were not open in the comparable
                quarter of 2005 increased by $7.2 million. Total selling, general
                and
                administrative expenses in our comparable store base decreased as
                a
                percentage of comparable store sales by 0.07%. Pre-opening costs
                increased
                by $1.8 million compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2005 due
                to the
                timing of our new store openings. Pre-opening costs as a percentage
                of
                Retail revenue increased to 2.1% from 1.6%. Retail corporate overhead
                costs decreased by 0.8% of Retail revenue, or $1.4 million, compared
                to
                the third quarter of fiscal 2005. Increases in salaries and related
                benefits were offset by an increase in the marketing fee paid to
                the
                Retail segment from the Financial Services segment of $2.1 million,
                or
                0.8% of Retail revenue.·
            *Financial
                Services*selling,
                general and administrative expenses comprised $6.5 million of the
                total
                increase in selling, general and administrative expense. This was
                primarily due to increased marketing fees of $4.9 million paid to
                our
                other segments. Advertising and promotional costs increased by $1.3
                million due to increases in VISA assessments, which are driven by
                increases in credit card transactions, and new account acquisition
                costs,
                which are driven by growth in the number of new accounts. Third party
                services related to our credit card processing increased by $0.3
                million
                as the number of credit card accounts and credit card transactions
                increased. Wages and related benefits increased $0.2 million. Bad
                debt
                expense decreased $0.4 million due to a reduction in fraudulent credit
                card activity.





**Operating
      Income**





Operating
      income increased by $0.6 million, or 2.2%, to $26.9 million in the three months
      ended September 30, 2006 from $26.3 million in the three months ended October
      1,
      2005. Operating income as a percentage of revenue decreased to 5.4% in the
      three
      months ended September 30, 2006 from 6.1% in the three months ended October
      1,
      2005 primarily as a result of our expansion efforts and strategic initiatives.
      We opened three stores in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to one
      store
      in the third quarter of fiscal 2005. This increased our pre-opening costs in
      our
      Retail segment by $1.8 million and accounted for 0.4% of the 0.7% operating
      income margin decline. In the three months ended September 30, 2006, we incurred
      stock based compensation expense of $1.0 million related to the adoption of
      Statement 123R, which accounted for 0.2% of the 0.7% operating income margin
      decline. Our Other selling, general and administrative expenses also increased
      as a result of our distribution center expansion and increases in salary and
      benefits and contract labor as we build our staff and our infrastructure for
      future expansion.





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**Interest
      Expense**





Interest
      expense increased by $1.4 million to $4.8 million in the three months ended
      September 30, 2006 from $3.4 million in the three months ended October 1, 2005.
      The increase in interest expense was primarily due to an increase in borrowing
      related to the issuance of $215 million in unsecured notes.





**Income
      Taxes**





Our
      effective tax rate was 38.4% in the three months ended September 30, 2006 as
      compared to 35.6% in the three months ended October 1, 2005. During the quarter,
      we adjusted our estimated annual effective tax rate from 36.7% to 37.5% based
      on
      recent information, updated projections and the completion and filing of our
      most recent state tax returns. We expect our annual effective tax rate to
      continue to increase as we open stores in new states and incur additional state
      income taxes.





**Nine
      Months Ended September 30, 2006 Compared to Nine Months Ended October 1,
      2005**





**Revenue**





Revenue
      increased by $158.3 million, or 14.1%, to $1,282.5 million in the nine months
      ended September 30, 2006 from $1,124.2 million in the nine months ended October
      1, 2005 as we experienced revenue growth in our Direct, Retail and Financial
      Services segments. Our Other segment revenue declined by $17.7 million primarily
      due to a reduction in land sales.





*Direct
      Revenue* .
      Direct
      revenue increased by $19.1 million, or 3.0%, to $656.1 million in the nine
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $637.0 million in the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005. During the period, we introduced new catalog titles and saw
      some strong sales recovery in the areas affected by hurricanes. We also
      increased our promotional programs in the first nine months of fiscal 2006
      compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2005. The product categories that
      contributed the largest dollar volume increases to our Direct revenue in the
      nine months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005 were hunting equipment, camping gear, and gifts.





*Retail
      Revenue* .
      Retail
      revenue increased by $134.8 million, or 35.4%, to $515.4 million in the nine
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $380.6 million in the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005 due to new store sales of $132.5 million. We opened three new
      stores in the third fiscal quarter of 2006. In 2005 we opened two stores in
      the
      second fiscal quarter and one in the third fiscal quarter. Comparable store
      sales increased by $3.2 million, or 1.0%, compared to the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005. Our Fort Worth, Texas store entered the comparable store base
      in September. The product categories that contributed the largest dollar volume
      increases to our Retail revenue growth in the nine months ended September 30,
      2006 as compared to the nine months ended October 1, 2005 were hunting
      equipment, marine products and camping gear.





*Financial
      Services Revenue* .
      Financial Services revenue increased by $22.0 million, or 28.6%, to $98.9
      million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $76.9 million in the
      nine months ended October 1, 2005. We measure the results of our Financial
      Services business on a managed basis as presented in the table on page 26.
      Interest income measured on a managed basis increased $31.2 million. The
      increase in interest income was due to an increase in interest rates and managed
      credit card loans. Interchange income, net of reward costs, increased by $7.0
      million, or 22.5%. Interchange income is driven by net purchases, which
      increased by 22.2%. The increases in interest income and interchange income
      were
      offset by an increase in interest expense of $17.8 million due to increases
      in
      securitized credit card loans, borrowings and interest rates. Compared to the
      nine months ended October 1, 2005, the number of average active accounts grew
      by
      17.5% to 827,810 and the average balance per active account grew by 5.7% to
      approximately $1,589.





**Gross
      Profit**





Gross
      profit increased by $73.4 million, or 16.4%, to $520.5 million in the nine
      months ended September 30, 2006 from $447.1 million in the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005. Gross profit increased 0.8% as a percentage of revenue to
      40.6%
      in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from 39.8% in the nine months ended
      October 1, 2005. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased due to an
      increase in our Financial Services revenue, which did not have any corresponding
      increase in cost of revenue.


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*Merchandising
      Business.* The
      gross profit of our merchandising business increased by $50.7 million, or 14.0%,
      to $412.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $361.7
      million in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. Gross profit decreased by
      0.3%
      as a percentage of merchandise revenue to 35.2% in the nine months ended
      September 30, 2006 from 35.5% in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. The
      decline in our merchandising gross profit as a percentage of merchandise revenue
      was primarily attributable to an increase in discounts of 0.4% of merchandise
      revenue.





**Selling,
      General and Administrative Expenses**





Selling,
      general and administrative expenses increased by $63.9 million, or
      15.9% *,* to
      $464.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $401.0 million
      in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. Selling, general and administrative
      expenses were 36.3% of revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2006
      compared to 35.7% in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. We recognized $2.6
      million of stock based compensation expense in the nine months ended September
      30, 2006, which accounted for 0.2% of the 0.6% increase in selling, general
      and
      administrative expenses. The most significant factors contributing to the
      increase in selling, general and administrative expenses included:





·
            *Other*selling, general and administrative expenses attributed to shared
                services
                increased by $19.3 million over the prior period primarily as a result
                of
                costs for strategic initiatives to expand and improve our infrastructure.
                Wages and related benefits increased by $11.4 million primarily due
                to
                increases in personnel at our distribution centers as our merchandise
                revenue continues to grow as well as stock based compensation expense
                of
                $1.7 million. Depreciation expense increased by $3.9 million due
                to two
                system upgrades implemented at the end of 2005. Contract labor costs
                increased by $2.4 million and incidental equipment and software costs
                increased by $1.8 million. Both of these cost increases are related
                to
                system upgrades and other expansion projects. Other selling, general
                and
                administrative costs as a percentage of consolidated revenue increased
                to
                11.2% from 11.0%.·
            *Direct*selling,
                general and administrative expenses increased by $2.6 million. This
                was
                due to an increase in advertising expense of $3.2 million related
                to
                mailing campaigns and an increase in incidental equipment and software
                expenses of $2.2 million due to costs moving to the Direct segment
                from
                the Other segment. These costs were specifically related to our website
                and have increased as that business has grown. Salaries and benefits
                increased by $1.9 million due in part to increased number of personnel
                in
                our customer relations area as our Direct business maintains its
                steady
                growth. Catalog costs increased by $1.2 million, or 1.3%, to $92.5
                million
                in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $91.3 million in
                the nine
                months ended October 1, 2005. As a percentage of Direct revenue,
                catalog
                costs decreased to 14.1% in the nine months ended September 30, 2006
                from
                14.3% in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. This decrease in
                catalog
                costs as a percentage of our Direct revenue was due to higher response
                rates on our catalogs. These increases in selling, general and
                administrative expenses were largely offset by an increase in the
                marketing fee paid to the Direct segment from the Financial Services
                segment of $7.1 million, or 1.0% of Direct revenue.·
            *Retail*selling,
                general and administrative expenses comprised $25.3 million of the
                total
                increase in selling, general and administrative expense. New store
                operating costs related to our stores that were not open in the comparable
                quarter of 2005 increased by $28.2 million. Pre-opening costs increased
                by
                $0.4 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases
                in Retail
                corporate overhead costs of $3.5 million. Corporate salaries and
                benefits
                increased by $1.3 million. Corporate overhead costs decreased due
                to an
                increase in the marketing fee paid to the Retail segment from the
                Financial Services segment of $5.0 million. Selling, general and
                administrative expenses in our comparable store base decreased by
                0.2% as
                a percentage of comparable store sales.


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·
            *Financial
                Services*selling,
                general and administrative expenses comprised $16.7 million of the
                total
                increase in selling, general and administrative expense. This was
                primarily due to increased marketing fees of $12.1 million paid to
                our
                other segments. Advertising and promotional costs increased by $3.3
                million due to increases in VISA assessments, which are driven by
                increases in credit card transactions, and new account acquisition
                costs,
                which are driven by growth in the number of new accounts. Third party
                services related to our credit card processing increased by $1.1
                million
                as the number of credit card accounts and credit card transactions
                increased. Postage increased by $0.6 million due to rate increases
                and an
                increase in the number of credit card accounts. Bad debt expense
                decreased
                $1.1 million due to a reduction in fraudulent credit card activity.





**Operating
      Income**





Operating
      income increased by $9.5 million, or 20.6%, to $55.6 million in the nine months
      ended September 30, 2006 from $46.1 million in the nine months ended October
      1,
      2005. Operating income as a percentage of revenue increased to 4.3% in the
      nine
      months ended September 30, 2006 from 4.1% in the nine months ended October
      1,
      2005. We continue to improve our operating income margin on a year to date
      basis
      through revenue expansion.





**Interest
      Expense**





Interest
      expense increased by $5.0 million to $12.9 million in the nine months ended
      September 30, 2006 from $7.9 million in the nine months ended October 1, 2005.
      The increase in interest expense was primarily due to an increase in borrowing
      related to the issuance of $215 million in unsecured notes at a fixed rate
      of
      5.99% as well as increases in the variable rate of our revolving credit
      agreement.





**Income
      Taxes**





Our
      effective tax rate was 37.5% in the nine months ended September 30, 2006 as
      compared to 35.6% in the nine months ended October 1, 2005. We expect our
      effective tax rate to continue to increase as we open stores in new states
      and
      incur additional state income taxes.





**Bank
      Asset Quality**





We
      securitize a majority of our credit card loans. On a quarterly basis, we
      transfer eligible credit card loans into a securitization trust. We are required
      to own at least a minimum twenty day average of 5% of the interests in the
      securitization trust. Therefore, these retained loans have the same
      characteristics as those loans sold to outside investors. Certain accounts
      are
      ineligible for securitization because they are delinquent at the time of sales
      to the trust, originated from sources other than Cabela's Club credit cards
      and
      various other requirements. The total amount of ineligible loans and receivables
      were $17.0 million and $14.1 million at September 30, 2006 and December 31,
      2005, respectively. Of the $17.0 million outstanding at September 30, 2006,
      $15.5 million originated from sources other than Cabela’s Club credit
      cards.





The
      quality of our managed credit card loan portfolio at any time reflects, among
      other factors, the creditworthiness of the individual cardholders, general
      economic conditions, the success of our account management and collection
      activities, and the life cycle stage of the portfolio. Our financial results
      are
      sensitive to changes in delinquencies and net charge-offs of this portfolio.
      During periods of economic weakness, delinquencies and net charge-offs are
      more
      likely to increase. We have sought to manage this sensitivity by selecting
      a
      customer base that has historically shown itself to be very creditworthy based
      on charge-off levels, credit bureau scores, such as Fair Isaac & Company
      (FICO) scores, and behavior scores.





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**Delinquencies**





We
      consider the entire balance of an account, including any accrued interest and
      fees, delinquent if the minimum payment is not received by the payment due
      date.
      Our aging methodology is based on the number of completed billing cycles during
      which a customer has failed to make a required payment. Delinquencies not only
      have the potential to reduce earnings by increasing the unrealized loss
      recognized to reduce the loans to market value and reducing securitization
      income, but they also result in additional operating costs dedicated to
      resolving the delinquencies. Our delinquencies increased to 0.84% as of
      September 30, 2006 from 0.65% as of October 1, 2005. Delinquencies have
      increased industry wide. Our bank delinquency rates still compare favorably
      to
      industry standards.





The
      following chart shows the percentage of our managed accounts that have been
      delinquent as of the ends of the periods presented.





**September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **December
                31,**
              **2005**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**Number
                of days delinquentGreater
                than 30 days
            
            
            0.84%
            
            
            0.67%
            
            
            0.65%Greater
                than 60 days
            
            
            0.45%
            
            
            0.38%
            
            
            0.36%Greater
                than 90 days
            
            
            0.19%
            
            
            0.16%
            
            
            0.15%





**Charge-offs**


Gross
        charge-offs reflect the uncollectible principal, interest and fees on a
        customer's account. Recoveries reflect the amounts collected on previously
        charged-off accounts. Most bankcard issuers charge off accounts at 180 days.
        We
        charge off accounts on the 24th day of the month after an account becomes
        115
        days contractually delinquent, except in the case of cardholder bankruptcies
        and
        cardholder deaths. Cardholder bankruptcies are charged off 30 days after
        notification, and delinquencies caused by cardholder deaths are charged off
        on
        the 24th day of the month after an account is 60 days contractually delinquent.
        As a result, our charge-off rates are not directly comparable to other
        participants in the bankcard industry. Our charge-off activity for the managed
        portfolio for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and
        October 1, 2005 is summarized below:


**Three
                months ended**
            
            **Nine
                months ended****September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005**
            
            **September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005****(Dollars
                in thousands)**Gross
                charge-offs
            
            $
            7,859
            
            $
            5,997
            
            $
            22,015
            
            $
            19,318Less:
                Recoveries
            
            
            (1,447
            )
            
            (957
            )
            
            (4,059
            )
            
            (3,120
            )Net
                charge-offs
            
            
            6,412
            
            
            5,040
            
            
            17,956
            
            
            16,198Net
                charge-offs as a percentage of average
              managed
                credit card loans
            
            
            1.84
            %
            
            1.79
            %
            
            1.82
            %
            
            2.04
            %





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**Liquidity
      and Capital Resources**


**Overview**





Our
      merchandising business and our Financial Services segment have significantly
      different liquidity and capital needs. The primary cash requirements of our
      merchandising business relate to capital for new destination retail stores,
      purchases of economic development bonds related to the development of new
      destination retail stores, purchase of inventory, investments in our management
      information systems and other infrastructure, and other general working capital
      needs. We historically have met these requirements by generating cash from
      our
      merchandising business operations, borrowing under revolving credit facilities,
      issuing debt and equity securities, obtaining economic development grants from
      state and local governments in connection with developing our destination retail
      stores, collecting principal and interest payments on our economic development
      bonds and from the retirement of economic development bonds. The cash flow
      we
      generate from our merchandising business is seasonal, with our peak cash
      requirements for inventory occurring between May and November. While we have
      consistently generated overall positive annual cash flow from our operating
      activities, other sources of liquidity are generally required by our
      merchandising business during these peak cash use periods. These sources
      historically have included short-term borrowings under our revolving credit
      facility and access to debt markets, such as the private placement of long-term
      debt securities we completed in February 2006. While we generally have been
      able
      to manage our cash needs during peak periods, if any disruption occurred to
      our
      funding sources, or if we underestimated our cash needs, we would be unable
      to
      purchase inventory and otherwise conduct our merchandising business to its
      maximum effectiveness, which would result in reduced revenue and profits.





The
      primary cash requirements of our Financial Services segment relate to the
      generation of credit card loans and the purchase of points used in the Cabela’s
      Club VISA customer loyalty rewards program from our merchandising business.
      The
      bank obtains funds for these purposes through various financing activities,
      which include engaging in securitization transactions, borrowing under federal
      funds bank credit facilities, selling certificates of deposit and generating
      cash from operations. Our bank’s charter is limited to issuing credit cards and
      selling brokered certificates of deposit of one hundred thousand dollars or
      more, and it does not accept demand deposits or make non-credit card loans.
      Consequently, our bank cannot lend money to Cabela’s, Incorporated or our other
      affiliates. The bank is subject to capital requirements imposed by Nebraska
      banking law and the VISA membership rules, and its ability to pay dividends
      is
      limited by Nebraska and federal banking law.





We
      continue to monetize our economic development bonds for future retail expansion.
      In the second quarter of fiscal 2006, $53.0 million in bonds we owned related
      to
      our Wheeling, West Virginia retail store and distribution center were retired
      in
      connection with a transaction whereby we took a subordinate position on the
      remaining bonds we still hold related to this location. These remaining bonds
      are classified on our balance sheet as marketable securities and have been
      valued at approximately $36.3 million.





We
      are
      focused on improving our inventory position in relation to sales growth.
      Inventory at our comparable stores declined 11.0% in the twelve months ended
      September 30, 2006. We are optimistic that we will continue to see our
      inventory growth slow in relation to our merchandise sales growth as we continue
      to enhance our multi-channel systems.





We
      believe that we will have sufficient capital available from current cash on
      hand, short-term investments, operations, additional monetization of our
      economic development bonds, our revolving credit facility and other borrowing
      sources, including the private placement of debt we completed in February 2006,
      to fund our existing operations and growth plan for the next twelve to eighteen
      months.





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**Operating,
      Investing and Financing activities**





Cash
      used
      by operating activities was $110.8 million in the nine months ended September
      30, 2006 as compared with $143.8 million in the nine months ended October 1,
      2005. The $33.0 million decrease in cash used by operating activities was
      primarily due to a decrease in cash used for inventory of $53.3 million. We
      are
      continuing to improve our systems to help us manage our inventory. There also
      was a decrease in cash used for accounts payable of $27.7 million. Of the $27.7
      million change in accounts payable, $20.6 million was related to changes in
      accounts payable at our bank. This was primarily caused by a change in the
      payable to our bank’s third party processor between the comparable periods. The
      remainder of the accounts payable change was due to changes in inventory
      payables. The change in accounts payable was partially offset by a change in
      other assets of $23.0 million, which was primarily due to an asset our bank
      records for VISA interchange funding that is paid to our third party processor.
      This asset fluctuates based on the timing of the bank’s month end cut-off. Other
      increases in cash used included $13.7 million in income taxes payable, $7.7
      million for the origination of credit card loans and an increase in cash used
      for gift certificates and credit card reward points of $6.7 million.





Cash
      used
      in investing activities was $96.2 million in the nine months ended September
      30,
      2006 as compared with $14.4 million in the nine months ended October 1, 2005.
      The $81.8 million increase in cash used for investing activities was due to
      an
      increase in purchases of short-term investments of $110.2 million and a decrease
      in sales or maturities of short-term investments of $14.0 million. These two
      uses of cash were partially offset by a $42.8 million decrease in the purchase
      of marketable securities. The decrease in the purchases of marketable securities
      is related to the timing of our new destination retail store openings and the
      different incentives that were related to those stores. One of our stores that
      opened in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 is leased rather than built with
      funding from economic development bonds or marketable securities.





Cash
      provided by financing activities was $193.4 million in the nine months ended
      September 30, 2006 as compared to cash provided of $91.5 million in the nine
      months ended October 1, 2005. The $101.9 million increase in cash provided
      by
      financing activities is primarily due to the issuance of $215.0 million of
      notes
      in a private placement in February 2006. In addition, cash of $17.8 million
      was
      provided by the reduction in maturities of time deposits held by our bank.
      Cash
      payments on our line of credit decreased by $10.0 million. These increases
      in
      cash provided by financing activities were partially offset by a decrease in
      cash advances on our line of credit of $150.0 million.





As
      of
      September 30, 2006, we had material cash commitments in the amount of $66.2
      million for fiscal 2006 and $295.8 million for fiscal 2007 and 2008 for
      estimated capital expenditures and the purchase of future economic development
      bonds in connection with the construction and development of new destination
      retail stores. In addition, we are obligated to fund the remaining $2.2 million
      of economic development bonds and construction costs related to the expansion
      of
      our distribution center in Wheeling, West Virginia throughout fiscal 2006.
      We
      are also committed to fund $3.8 million of economic development bonds related
      to
      our fiscal 2005 stores.  When the bonds are funded, we will be reimbursed
      for the qualifying construction costs we have incurred.





In
      addition to the cash commitments for capital expenditures and economic
      development bonds we have entered into certain lease agreements for retail
      locations. At the inception of a lease, we determine the lease term by assuming
      the exercise of those renewal options that are reasonably assured because of
      the
      significant economic penalty that exists for not exercising those options.
      The
      exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. We have entered
      into four leases as of September 30, 2006. The terms of these leases vary.
      One
      of these leases has been determined to be a capital lease and will be recorded
      as such when the lease commences, which will not occur until a future period.
      Three of these leases are operating leases. We have started to recognize rent
      expense for two of these leases, which is included in selling, general and
      administrative expenses. Three of these leases include tenant allowances that
      will be amortized over the life of the lease. We will receive tenant allowances
      in the amounts of $2.0 million, $15.0 million and $25.7 million in 2006, 2007
      and 2008, respectively. The future minimum cash payments shown in the table
      below do not reflect the receipt of these tenant allowances. Certain of these
      leases require us to pay contingent rental amounts based on a percentage of
      sales. These contingent amounts are not included in the table below, but range
      from 0.5% to 1.5% of varying sales levels. Certain of these leases require
      us to
      pay real estates taxes, insurance, maintenance and other operating expenses
      associated with the leased premises. These amounts are not included in the
      table
      below, but are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses
      consistent with similar costs for owned locations. These long-term leases
      include options to renew with total terms, including extensions, varying from
      10
      to 70 years. Some of these leases for constructed assets contain customary
      conditions of performance by other parties.


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Future
      minimum lease payments required under lease agreements relating to new store
      expansion existing at September 30, 2006 were:





**Future
                Minimum Lease Payments****(Dollars
                in thousands)**
            
            **Operating
                Leases**
            
            **Capital
                Leases (1)**2006
            
            $
            413
            
            $
            -2007
            
            
            1,584
            
            
            -2008
            
            
            1,976
            
            
            1,0322009
            
            
            1,976
            
            
            2,4782010
            
            
            1,976
            
            
            2,4782011
            
            
            1,996
            
            
            2,478After
                2011
            
            
            29,544
            
            
            143,639Total
                future minimum lease payments
            
            $
            39,465
            
            
            152,105Less:
                interest
            
            
            
            
            
            (110,202
            )Present
                value of minimum capital lease payments
            
            
            
            
            $
            41,903





(1)
            The
                lease commencement date has not occurred for this capital lease so
                it is
                not included on our balance sheet as of September 30,
                2006.





We
      have
      announced plans for retail site locations in Gonzales, Louisiana; Hammond,
      Indiana; Post Falls, Idaho; Adairsville, Georgia and Montreal, Canada for
      which material commitments were not signed as of September 30, 2006. These
      locations are still being negotiated and will be subject to customary conditions
      to closing. We expect the total cost of each of these destination retail stores,
      including the cost of economic development bonds, to fall in the estimated
      range
      of $30 to $50 million each. We expect to incur the majority of the costs for
      these locations in 2007 and 2008.





**Grants
      and Economic Development Bonds**





*Grants.* Under
      various grant programs, state or local governments provide funding for certain
      costs associated with developing and opening a new destination retail store.
      We
      generally have received grant funding in exchange for commitments, such as
      assurance of agreed employment and wage levels at our destination retail stores
      or that the destination retail store will remain open, made by us to the state
      or local government providing the funding. The commitments typically phase
      out
      over approximately five to ten years. If we fail to maintain the commitments
      during the applicable period, the funds we received may have to be repaid or
      other adverse consequences may arise, which could affect our cash flows and
      profitability. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the total amount
      of grant funding subject to a specific contractual remedy was $14.7 million
      and
      $16.6 million, respectively. Portions of seven of our destination retail stores,
      such as wildlife displays and museums, are subject to forfeiture
      provisions.




*Economic
      Development Bonds.* Through
      economic development bonds, the state or local government sells bonds to provide
      funding for land acquisition, readying the site, building infrastructure and
      related eligible expenses associated with the construction and equipping of
      our
      destination retail stores. Generally, we have been the sole purchaser of these
      bonds. The bond proceeds that are received by the governmental entity are then
      used to fund the construction and equipping of new destination retail stores
      and
      related infrastructure development. While purchasing these bonds involves an
      initial cash outlay by us in connection with a new store, some or all of these
      costs can be recaptured through the repayments of the bonds. The payments of
      principal and interest on the bonds are typically tied to sales, property or
      lodging taxes generated from the store and, in some cases, from businesses
      in
      the surrounding area, over periods which range between 20 and 30 years. In
      addition, some of the bonds that we have purchased may be repurchased for par
      value by the governmental entity prior to the maturity date of the bonds.
      However, the governmental entity from which we purchase the bonds is not
      otherwise liable for repayment of principal and interest on the bonds to the
      extent that the associated taxes are insufficient to pay the bonds. In one
      location, the bonds will become subordinated to other bonds associated with
      the
      development if we fail to continue to operate the store over a prescribed
      period. After purchasing the bonds, we typically carry them on our balance
      sheet
      as “available for sale” marketable securities and value them based upon
      management’s projections of the amount of tax revenue that will be generated to
      support principal and interest payments on the bonds. We have limited experience
      in valuing these bonds and, because of the unique features of each project,
      there is no independent market data for valuation of these types of bonds.
      If
      sufficient tax revenue is not generated by the subject properties, we will
      not
      receive scheduled payments and will be unable to realize the full value of
      the
      bonds carried on our balance sheet. As of September 30, 2006 and December 31,
      2005, we carried $109.3 million and $144.5 million, respectively, of economic
      development bonds on our balance sheet.


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The
      negotiation of these economic development arrangements has been important to
      our
      destination retail store expansion in the past, and we believe these
      arrangements will continue to be an important factor in our destination retail
      store expansion strategy because they allow us to avoid or recapture a portion
      of the costs involved with opening a new store. If similar packages are
      unavailable in the future or the terms are not as favorable to us, our return
      on
      investment in new stores could be adversely affected.





**Securitization
      of Credit Card Loans**





We
      have
      been, and will continue to be, particularly reliant on funding from
      securitization transactions for our Financial Services segment. A failure to
      renew existing facilities or to add additional capacity on favorable terms
      as it
      becomes necessary could increase our financing costs and potentially limit
      our
      ability to grow our Financial Services business. Unfavorable conditions in
      the
      asset-backed securities markets generally, including the unavailability of
      commercial bank liquidity support or credit enhancements, such as financial
      guaranty insurance, could have a similar effect.




Furthermore,
      poor performance of our securitized credit card loans, including increased
      delinquencies and credit losses, lower payment rates or a decrease in excess
      spreads below certain thresholds, could result in a downgrade or withdrawal
      of
      the ratings on the outstanding securities issued in our securitization
      transactions, cause early amortization of these securities or result in higher
      required credit enhancement levels. This could jeopardize our ability to
      complete other term securitization transactions on acceptable terms, decrease
      our liquidity and force us to rely on other potentially more expensive funding
      sources, to the extent available, which would decrease our profitability. The
      total amount and maturities of our bank’s credit card securitizations as of
      September 30, 2006 were as follows:





**Series**
            
            **Type**
            
            **Initial******
              **Amount**
            
            **Certificate****Rate**
            
            **Expected
                Final****(Dollars
                in thousands)**Series
                2001-2
            
            Term
            
            $250,000
            
            Floating
            
            November
              2006 (1)Series
                2003-1
            
            Term
            
            $300,000
            
            Fixed
            
            January
              2008Series
                2004-I
            
            Term
            
            $75,000
            
            Fixed
            
            March
              2009Series
                2004-II
            
            Term
            
            $175,000
            
            Floating
            
            March
              2009Series
                2005-I
            
            Term
            
            $140,000
            
            Fixed
            
            October
              2010Series
                2005-I
            
            Term
            
            $110,000
            
            Floating
            
            October
              2010Series
                2006-I
            
            Variable
            
            $300,000
            
            Floating
            
            July
              2007





(1)
            We
                expect our bank to replace the Series 2001-2 term securitization
                with a
                new term securitization prior to its expected final
                date.





**Certificates
      of Deposit**





We
      utilize certificates of deposit to partially finance the operating activities
      of
      our bank. Our bank issues certificates of deposit in a minimum amount of
      $100,000 in various maturities. As of September 30, 2006, we had $106.4 million
      of certificates of deposit outstanding with maturities ranging from October
      2006
      to April 2016 and with a weighted average effective annual fixed rate of 4.84%.
      Certificate of deposit borrowings are subject to regulatory capital
      requirements.





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**Credit
      Facility and other Indebtedness**





We
      are
      party to a credit agreement that provides for a $325 million unsecured revolving
      credit facility. This agreement expires on June 30, 2010. During the term of
      the
      facility, we are required to pay a facility fee, which ranges from 0.100% to
      0.250%. We may elect to take advances at interest rates calculated at U.S.
      Bank
      National Association’s prime rate (or, if greater, the average rate on the
      federal funds rate in effect for the day plus one-half of one percent) or the
      Eurodollar rate of interest plus a margin, which adjusts, based upon certain
      financial ratios achieved and ranges from 0.650% to 1.350%. The credit agreement
      permits the issuance of up to $150 million in letters of credit and standby
      letters of credit, the nominal amount of which are applied against the overall
      credit limit available under the revolver. The credit facility may be increased
      to $450 million upon our request and with the consent of the banks party to
      the
      credit agreement. There was $13.4 million in principal borrowings outstanding,
      and $58.5 million outstanding on letters of credit and standby letters of
      credit, under the credit facility at September 30, 2006. During the first nine
      months of fiscal 2006, the average principal amount outstanding on the line
      of
      credit was $7.5 million, and during the three months ended September 30, 2006,
      the weighted average interest rate on the line of credit was 5.64%. Our total
      remaining borrowing capacity under the credit facility as of September 30,
      2006,
      after subtracting outstanding letters of credit and standby letters of credit
      of
      $58.5 million, was $278.1 million. The credit agreement requires that we comply
      with several financial and other covenants, including requirements that we
      maintain the following financial ratios as set forth in the credit
      agreement:





·
            A
                fixed charge coverage ratio of no less than 1.50 to 1.00 as of the
                last
                day of any fiscal quarter. The fixed charge coverage ratio is defined
                as
                (a) EBITR minus the sum of any cash dividends, tax expenses paid
                in cash,
                in each case for the twelve month period ending on the last day of
                the
                fiscal quarter, and to the extent not included, or previously included,
                in
                the calculation of EBITR, any cash payments with respect to contingent
                obligations, to (b) the sum of interest expense, all required principal
                payments with respect to coverage indebtedness and operating lease
                obligations, in each case for the twelve month period ending on the
                last
                day of the fiscal quarter. Our credit agreement defines EBITR as
                net
                income before deductions for income taxes, interest expense and operating
                lease obligations.·
            A
                cash flow leverage ratio of no more than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the last
                day
                of any fiscal quarter for the twelve month period ending on that
                day. The
                cash flow leverage ratio is defined as adjusted coverage indebtedness
                (average indebtedness of the Company on a consolidated basis for
                the
                preceding four fiscal quarters determined in accordance with GAAP
                excluding: (a) liabilities of WFB, (b) long term deferred compensation,
                (c) long term deferred taxes, (d) any current liabilities (other
                than
                coverage indebtedness), and (e) deferred grant income) to EBITDA.
                Our
                credit agreement defines EBITDA as net income before deductions for
                income
                taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, all as determined
                on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.·
            A
                minimum tangible net worth of no less than $350 million plus 50%
                of
                positive consolidated net income on a cumulative basis for each fiscal
                year beginning with the fiscal year ended 2005 as of the last day
                of any
                fiscal quarter. Tangible net worth is equity less intangible
                assets.





In
      addition, the credit agreement contains cross default provisions to other
      outstanding debt. In the event we fail to comply with these covenants, a default
      is triggered. In the event of default, all outstanding letters of credit and
      all
      principal and outstanding interest would immediately become due and
      payable.





In
      addition, our credit agreement includes a limitation that we may not pay
      dividends to our stockholders in excess of 50% of our prior year's consolidated
      EBITDA and a provision that permits acceleration by the lenders in the event
      there is a "change in control." Based upon this EBITDA calculation for fiscal
      2005, dividends would not be permissible in fiscal 2006 in excess of $80.3
      million. Our credit agreement defines a "change in control" to mean any of
      the
      following circumstances: (a) we cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100%
      of
      the shares of each class of the voting stock or other equity interest of each
      other borrower that has or has had total assets in excess of $10.0 million;
      (b)
      the acquisition or ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
      by any person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission there under as
      in
      effect on July 15, 2005), of equity interests representing more than 25% of
      the
      aggregate ordinary voting power represented by our issued and outstanding equity
      interests (other than equity interests held by Richard N. Cabela or James W.
      Cabela or a group controlled by Richard N. Cabela or James W. Cabela); or (c)
      occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on our board
      of
      directors by persons who were neither (i) nominated by our board of directors
      nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated. Our credit agreement provides
      that
      all loans or deposits from us or any of our subsidiaries to our bank cannot
      exceed $75.0 million in the aggregate at any time when loans are outstanding
      under the revolving credit facility.





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In
      addition to our credit facility, we have accessed the private placement debt
      markets. On February 27, 2006, we issued $215.0 million in unsecured notes,
      with
      principal payable in full in ten years and interest payments made semiannually
      at a rate of 5.99%. Covenants related to this agreement include the
      following:





·
            A
                consolidated adjusted net worth in an amount not less than the sum
                of (i)
                $350 million plus (ii) 25% of positive consolidated net earnings
                on a
                cumulative basis for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year
                2005.·
            A
                fixed charge coverage ratio (the ratio of consolidated cash flow
                to
                consolidated fixed charges for each period of four consecutive fiscal
                quarters) of no less than 2.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any
                fiscal
                quarter.·
            A
                consolidated funded debt to total funded capitalization of no more
                than
                60%.





In
      September 2002, we issued $125.0 million in senior unsecured notes bearing
      interest at a fixed rate of 4.95%, repayable in five annual installments of
      $25.0 million beginning on September 5, 2005. The aggregate principal balance
      on
      these notes as of September 30, 2006 was $75.0 million. These notes require
      that
      we comply with several financial and other covenants, including requirements
      that we maintain the following financial ratios as set forth in the note
      purchase agreements:





·
            A
                consolidated adjusted net worth in an amount not less than the sum
                of (i)
                $150 million plus (ii) 25% of positive consolidated net earnings
                on a
                cumulative basis for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year
                2002.·
            A
                fixed charge coverage ratio (the ratio of consolidated cash flow
                to
                consolidated fixed charges for each period of four consecutive fiscal
                quarters) of no less than 2.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any
                fiscal
                quarter.





In
      addition, we agreed to a limitation that our subsidiaries, excluding the bank,
      and we may not create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise assume funded
      debt
      in excess of 60% of consolidated total capitalization.





As
      of
      September 30, 2006, we were in compliance with all of the covenants under our
      credit agreement and unsecured notes. We may or may not engage in future
      long-term borrowing transactions to fund our operations or our growth plans.
      Whether or not we undertake such borrowings will depend on a variety of factors,
      including prevailing interest rates, our retail growth plans, our financial
      strength, alternative sources and costs of funding and our management's
      assessment of potential returns on investment that may be realized from the
      proceeds of such borrowings.





**Off-Balance
      Sheet Arrangements**





*Operating
      leases -* We
      lease
      various items of office equipment and buildings. Rent expense for these
      operating leases is recorded in our selling, general and administrative
      expenses.





*Credit
      Card Limits -* The
      bank
      bears off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its business. One form
      of
      this risk is through the bank's commitment to extend credit to cardholders
      up to
      the maximum amount of their credit limits. The aggregate of such potential
      funding requirements totaled $9.1 billion and $7.5 billion as of September
      30,
      2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively, which amounts were in addition to
      existing balances cardholders had at such dates. These funding obligations
      are
      not included on our consolidated balance sheet. While the bank has not
      experienced, and does not anticipate that it will experience, a significant
      draw
      down of unfunded credit lines by customers, a significant draw down would create
      a cash need at the bank which likely could not be met by our available cash
      and
      funding sources. The bank has the right to reduce or cancel these available
      lines of credit at any time.





*Securitizations
      -* All
      of
      the bank's securitization transactions have been accounted for as sale
      transactions and the credit card loans relating to those pools of assets are
      not
      reflected on our consolidated balance sheet.





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**Seasonality**





Our
      business is seasonal in nature and interim results may not be indicative of
      results for the full year. Due to holiday buying patterns, and hunting and
      fishing season openings across the country, merchandise sales are typically
      higher in the third and fourth quarters than in the first and second quarters.
      We anticipate our sales will continue to be seasonal in nature.





**Item3.** **Quantitative
      and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.**





We
      are
      exposed to interest rate risk through our bank's operations and, to a lesser
      extent, through our merchandising operations. We also are exposed to foreign
      currency risk through our merchandising operations.





**Financial
      Services Interest Rate Risk**





Interest
      rate risk refers to changes in earnings or the net present value of assets
      and
      off-balance sheet positions less liabilities (termed "economic value of equity")
      due to interest rate changes. To the extent that interest income collected
      on
      managed loans and interest expense do not respond equally to changes in interest
      rates, or that rates do not change uniformly, securitization earnings and
      economic value of equity could be affected. Our net interest income on managed
      credit card loans is affected primarily by changes in short term interest rate
      indices such as LIBOR and prime rate. The variable rate credit card loans are
      indexed to the prime rate. Securitization certificates and notes are indexed
      to
      LIBOR-based rates of interest and are periodically repriced. Certificate of
      deposits are priced at the current prevailing market rate at the time of
      issuance. We manage and mitigate our interest rate sensitivity through several
      techniques, but primarily by modifying the contract terms with our cardholders,
      including interest rates charged, in response to changing market conditions.
      Additional techniques we use include managing the maturity, repricing and
      distribution of assets and liabilities by issuing fixed rate securitization
      certificates and notes and by entering into interest rate swaps to hedge our
      fixed rate exposure from interest strips. ** The
      table
      below shows the mix of account balances at each interest rate at each period
      presented.





**September
                30,**
              **2006**
            
            **December
                31,**
              **2005**
            
            **October
                1,**
              **2005***As
                a percentage of total balances outstanding*Balances
                carrying interest rate based upon the national
              prime
                lending rate.
            
            
            62.7%
            
            
            58.0%
            
            
            61.5%Balances
                carrying an interest rate of 9.99%.
            
            
            2.6%
            
            
            3.0%
            
            
            2.4%Balances
                carrying an interest rate of 0.00%
            
            
            0.1%
            
            
            0.1%
            
            
            0.1%Balances
                not carrying interest because their previous
              month's
                balance was paid in full.
            
            
            34.6%
            
            
            38.9%
            
            
            36.0%





Charges
      on the credit cards issued by our Financial Services segment are priced at
      a
      margin over the defined national prime lending rate, subject to certain interest
      rate floors, except purchases of Cabela’s merchandise, certain other charges and
      balance transfer programs, which are financed at a fixed interest rate of 9.99%.
      No interest is charged if the account is paid in full within 20 days of the
      billing cycle.





Management
      has performed an interest rate gap analysis to measure the effects of the timing
      of the repricing of our interest sensitive assets and liabilities. Based on
      this
      analysis, we believe that if there is an immediate 100 basis point, or 1.0%,
      increase in the market rates for which our assets and liabilities are indexed
      during the next twelve months our projected operating results would not be
      materially affected. Management also has performed a projected interest rate
      gap
      analysis for the same future twelve month period to measure the effects of
      a
      change in the spread between the prime interest rate and the LIBOR interest
      rate. Based on this analysis, we believe that an immediate 50 basis point,
      or
      0.5%, decrease or increase in this spread would cause a decrease or increase
      of
      $4.3 million to $4.6 million on the projected pre-tax income of our Financial
      Services segment over the next twelve months, which could have a material effect
      on our operating results.





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**Merchandising
      Business Interest Rate Risk**





One
      of
      our economic development bond agreements is priced at a variable interest rate
      with its base rate tied to prime rate and adjusted annually in November.
      Portions of this bond were retired in June 2006 and the interest rates were
      renegotiated. If the prime rate declined 2%, our interest income and results
      from operations and cash flows could be materially affected.





The
      interest payable on our line of credit is based on variable interest rates
      and
      therefore affected by changes in market interest rates. If interest rates on
      existing variable rate debt rose 1%, our interest expense and results from
      operations and cash flows could be materially affected.





**Foreign
      Currency Risk**





We
      purchase a significant amount of inventory from vendors outside of the U.S.
      in
      transactions that are primarily U.S. dollar transactions. A small percentage
      of
      our international purchase transactions are in currencies other than the U.S.
      dollar. Any currency risks related to these transactions are immaterial to
      us. A
      decline in the relative value of the U.S. dollar to other foreign currencies
      could, however, lead to increased merchandise costs.





**Item4.** **Controls
      and Procedures** .





We
      maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) designed to ensure
      that information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange
      Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within specified time
      periods. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation,
      controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be
      disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act
      is
      accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive
      Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions,
      as
      appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
      disclosure.





As
      of the
      end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
      Financial Officer evaluated, with the participation of our management, the
      effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on management’s
      evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer each
      concluded that due solely to the material weakness in internal control over
      financial reporting identified in preparing our unaudited condensed consolidated
      financial statements for the second quarter of fiscal 2006, which material
      weakness has not yet been remediated, our disclosure controls and procedures
      were not effective as of September 30, 2006. The previously identified and
      reported material weakness in internal control over financial reporting was
      with
      respect to the accounting for and disclosure of short-term investments.
      Specifically, effective controls were not designed and in place to ensure that
      (i) short-term investments were properly excluded from cash and cash equivalents
      on the balance sheet, and (ii) the corresponding presentation of the purchases
      and sales of short-term investments were properly reflected in the investing
      section of the statement of cash flows. As a result, material adjustments were
      necessary to present the condensed consolidated financial statements in
      accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.





Changes
      in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting





In
      order
      to remediate the material weakness in our internal control over financial
      reporting discussed above, management has implemented, and will be testing,
      controls to ensure the proper presentation and disclosure of short-term
      investments on our consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows.
      We
      expect to remediate this material weakness in our internal control over
      financial reporting by the end of fiscal 2006.





During
      the third quarter of fiscal 2006, we completed the implementation of the first
      phase of our multi-channel systems enhancement. Process level controls related
      to inventory ordering and costing were impacted by this change. These were
      foundational system changes required for us to increase operational efficiencies
      as a multi-channel retailer.





There
      were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that
      occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 that materially affected,
      or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
      financial reporting.








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**PART
      II - OTHER INFORMATION**





**Item1** **.** **Legal
      Proceedings.**





We
      are
      party to certain lawsuits in the ordinary course of our business. The subject
      matter of these proceedings primarily includes commercial disputes, employment
      issues and product liability lawsuits. We do not believe that the ultimate
      dispositions of these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have
      a
      material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of
      operations or liquidity .





**Item1** **A** **.** **Risk
      Factors.**





There
      have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in the “Risk
      Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended
      December 31, 2005.




**Item2.** **Unregistered
      Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.**





Not
      applicable.





**Item3.** **Defaults
      Upon Senior Securities.**





Not
      applicable.





**Item4.** **Submission
      of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.**





Not
      applicable.




**Item5.** **Other
      Information.**





Not
      applicable.





**Item6.** **Exhibits.**





(a)
            Exhibits.




Exhibit
              Number
            Description31.1
            Certification
                of CEO Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange
                Act31.2
            Certification
                of CFO Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange
                Act32
            Certifications
                Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350





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SIGNATURES





Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.








CABELA'S
                INCORPORATEDDated:
                November 3, 2006
            By:
            /s/
                Dennis HighbyDennis
                HighbyPresident
                and Chief Executive OfficerDated:
                November 3, 2006
            By:
            /s/
                Ralph W. CastnerRalph
                W. CastnerVice
                President and Chief Financial
                Officer











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EXHIBIT
      INDEX





Exhibit
              Number
            Description31.1
            Certification
                of CEO Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange
                Act31.2
            Certification
                of CFO Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange
                Act32
            Certifications
                Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350







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