People enter the Gander Mountain store in Joliet at 9am on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Gander Mountain sales associate Cory Kazmierski, of Plainfield, helps a customer secure a kayak atop their car shortly after the Joliet store's 9am opening on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Gander Mountain sales associate Cory Kazmierski, of Plainfield, helps a customer carry a kayak to their car shortly after the Joliet store's 9am opening on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
People wait in line for the 9am opening of the Gander Mountain store in Joliet on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
People grab place holders to claim limited supply items on sale at the Gander Mountain store in Joliet on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
People wait in line for the 9am opening of the Gander Mountain store in Joliet on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
People make purchases shortly after the 9am opening of the Gander Mountain store in Joliet on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, November 22, 2012. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
JOLIET — Gander Mountain on Essington Road had a line of people waiting to get in before the doors opened at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. In the store consumers had the opportunity to take advantage of door buster deals starting Thanksgiving and running through Saturday. …
