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| 2 p.m. – 9 p.m. Friday, February 22;
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, February 23, and 9 a.m. - 4
p.m. Sunday, February 24. |
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| $10 one-day adult; $17 two-day adult; $7 for Hunter
Safety Course graduates ages 12-18 who present proof of
course completion at the ticket window (regular adult
price w/o proof of course completion); $3 youth ages 6-11,
children five and under admitted free. On Friday Family
Night all youth ages 11 and under are admitted free when
accompanied by an adult. All first-year hunters who earned
their Hunter Education Course certificate between January
1, 2007, and February 21, 2008, are admitted free if they
show proof of course completion at the ticket window. |
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| All seminars are free once
you have purchased your admission ticket. Tickets will
go on sale at 8:30 Saturday and Sunday mornings to ease
the ticket-line crunch. Go to the show's web-site (www.deerinfo.com)
for ticket special offers and all other event details |
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| For detailed information on
the 2008 Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic, including
event hours, regular ticket prices and special offers,
seminar topics and schedule, exhibitor and hotel lists,
trophy and photo contest rules, hands-on activities, directions
to the site and parking information, visit the event’s
web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com
or call 1-800-324-3337. |
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| Would you like to see a special
display of locked whitetail deer antlers at the Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic? Of course. So would the producers
of the Classic, and they are making a search to find
sets of locked antlers for such a display. |
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| "Antlers must be big
before they can lock during a fight. This type of display
occupies quite a bit of square footage, so we’ll
be limited to the first 18 sets. We’ll take them
on a first-come, first-served basis; that’s the
only fair way," said Glenn Helgeland of Target Communications,
producer of the Classic. Locked antlers aren’t
a statistical rarity, but every time they are found they
are newsworthy. |
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| The 18th Annual Illinois Deer & Turkey
Classic will be February 22-24 at the Interstate Center
in Bloomington. |
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| Helgeland is asking anyone
who knows of or has locked antlers to call him (1-800-324-3337)
during the day (central daylight time) or send him an
e-mail (glenn@deerinfo.com). |
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| "Locked antlers are tragic
reminders of the harshness of Mother Nature and her operating
rules, because they almost always result in the deaths
of two magnificent animals," Helgeland adds. "That
almost always takes some of the biggest and the best
from the breeding population." |
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| Special transportation, display
and security arrangements will be made for each set of
locked antlers, Helgeland said. Arrangements must be
made in advance of the Deer & Turkey Classic. It
is preferred that the locked sets be brought in by noon
Friday, February 22, so they can be set up and on display
when the event opens at 2 p.m. that day. They must remain
on display until the close of the show at 4 p.m., Sunday,
February 24. |
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| For details on the Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic at the Interstate Center in
Bloomington, go to the event's website – www.deerinfo.com. |
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* A special display of locked
antlers will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, set for February 22-23-24
at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. Twenty to 25
sets of antlers are expected to be brought in. Anyone
who has or knows of locked antlers of any species is
invited to bring those antlers to the Classic. Call 1-800-324-3337
or send an e-mail to Glenn Helgeland, the Classic's producer,
at glenn@deerinfo.com for
exhibiting details. This display is assembled every few
years. The last one was in 2001. |
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- 300+ exhibit booths;
- Illinois whitetail deer trophy contest/display
(more than 500 entries are expected);
- 2-1/2 days of how-to seminars on a wide range of
hunting how-to topics;
- New products special display area;
- Byron Ferguson, an internationally known trick
archery shot and accomplished bowhunter, who will
perform on Saturday and Sunday;
- State turkey calling and owl hooting championship;
- The World's Almost-Largest Treestand;
- Seminars and demonstration area on food plot development
and management;
- An optics (scopes and binoculars) hands-on tryout
area;
- Hands-on shooting areas (archery, airgun, laser
firearms);
- Venison butchering and processing demonstrations,
followed by wild foods cooking demonstrations;
- Outdoor photo contests – regular contest
and the new trail cam photo contest;
- Live wild animal display, including live wild turkeys;
display of Illinois fur-bearers hides, pelts and
furs; flint knapping demonstrations and other special
displays and activities the entire family will enjoy.
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| For details on the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, including regular ticket prices
and special offers, seminar topics and schedule, hotel
and exhibitor lists, and trophy and photo contest rules,
directions to the site and parking information, visit
the event’s web-site (www.deerinfo.com), call 1-800-324-3337
or e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com. |
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| A new trail camera photo contest,
special display of locked whitetail deer antlers, the
world's almost-largest treestand and continued in-depth
food plot and deer habitat seminars -- and, of course,
a most amazing display of huge whitetail deer antlers
-- highlight the 2008 Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic,
February 22-23-24 at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. |
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| The food plot demonstration
area will have nursery flats of various grain crops, grasses
and other deer feed sources, plus a special display on
soil testing procedures. "Soil testing is a hugely
important first step that a lot of people overlook,"
notes Glenn Helgeland, producer of the Deer & Turkey
Classic. "Without soil testing to get you started
right, you're flying blind. You can't just toss seeds
on the ground and get a lush jungle of nutritious deer
foods, although that's often what is expected." |
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| The food plot and deer habitat
presentations are by Gordon Whittington, North American
Whitetail Television executive producer, and Tony LaPratt,
Coldwater, MI, outlining the necessary principles of habitat
improvement and maintenance to attract and hold deer on
your property on a year-round basis AND develop the habitat
so you can hunt bucks more successfully. |
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| "Food plots and habitat
improvement do more than benefit deer and turkeys,"
Helgeland added. "This is natural resource stewardship
for the benefit of water, soil, vegetation, game species
and non-game species," he added. |
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| The locked antler display,
last done in 2001, is a collection of locked antlers owned
by various Illinois (or neighboring state) hunters. Fifteen
to 20 sets are expected to be displayed. If you have or
know of locked antlers, contact the Classic's producers
at 1-800-324-3337 or send an e-mail to Helgeland (glenn@deerinfo.com). |
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| The trail camera photo contest
will have half a dozen divisions. Go to the Classic's
web-site (www.deerinfo.com) for contest details. |
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| The world's almost-largest
treestand, positioned near the center aisle of the exhibit,
makes an excellent viewing and photography platform. Treestand
safety materials will be placed at the base of the stand.
"We all can use a reminder about the proper use of
treestands," Helgeland notes, because they're dangerous
but too often we get blase` about that danger when we
use them." |
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- More than 310 exhibit booths, highlighting hunting
products and accessories (black powder, centerfire
firearms, archery), guides and outfitters from throughout
North America, wild game cooking items, book/magazine/video
producers, and more. These are the places to see new
products and to get your questions answered by product
specialists. Many exhibitors will have products for
sale.
- New products special display area, where you can
examine new products without a sales person at your
shoulder, then go to the various exhibiting manufacturers'
booths for product details.
- 2-1/2 days of new seminar topics on deer hunting
and turkey hunting;
- The trophy whitetail deer contest features new entries
every year, keeping the displays eye-popping, fresh
and interesting. More than 500 entries are expected.
Scoring is done by measurers certified by the Illinois
Big Buck Recognition Program, Boone & Crockett
Club and Pope & Young Club. The contest is sponsored
by Miller High Life.
- Byron Ferguson, an internationally known trick archery
shot and accomplished bowhunter, will perform Saturday
and Sunday.
- Optics Hands-On Tryout Area, featuring rifle scopes
and binoculars;
- Venison butchering and processing demonstrations,
plus wild foods cooking demonstrations;
- A wide range of hands-on shooting opportunities
(airgun, laser firearms, laser archery, bow tryout
area, and the National Archery in Schools Program
free instructional range);
- The Classic also has a live wild animal display,
including live wild turkeys; outdoor photo contest;
a display of Illinois fur-bearers hides, pelts and
furs; a mountain man camp display; flint knapping
demonstrations and other special displays and activities
the entire family will enjoy.
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| Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. Tickets are $10 one-day
adult; $17 two-day adult; $7 for Hunter Education graduates
ages 12-18 who show proof of course completion at the
ticket window (otherwise, pay adult price); $3 youth ages
6-11, children five and under admitted free when accompanied
by an adult. |
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| Admission is free for qualified
first-year hunters. Any first-year hunter, regardless
of age, who received a hunter education certificate between
January 1, 2007, and February 21, 2008, will receive free
admission to the Deer & Turkey Classic when showing
proof of course completion at the designated ticket window.
On Friday Family Night, all youth ages 11 and under are
admitted free when accompanied by an adult. |
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| For details on the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, visit the show's web-site (www.deerinfo.com),
call 1-800-324-3337 or e-mail (mac@deerinfo.com). |
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* A new trail camera
photo contest, special display of locked antlers, the
world's almost-largest treestand and continued in-depth
food plot and deer habitat seminars highlight the 2008
Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic, February 22-23-24
at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. In addition,
there will be 310+ exhibit booths of new products, guides
and outfitters, hunting equipment and accessories of all
kinds, shooting ranges, Byron Ferguson's archery trick
shooting, trophy Illinois deer contest, and 2-1/2 days
of hunting how-to seminars. For details on the Classic,
including regular ticket prices and special offers, seminar
topics and schedule, hotel and exhibitor lists, trophy
and photo contest rules, directions to the site and parking
information, visit the event’s web-site (www.deerinfo.com),
e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com
or call 1-800-324-3337. |
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| A new trail camera photo contest
will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Illinois Deer
& Turkey Classic, set for February 22-23-24 at the
Interstate Center in Bloomington. Trail cameras see some
strange things – and some big antlers – when
humans are not around. |
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| The contest is open to all
expo attendees; you must first purchase an expo general
admission ticket before you can enter the contest. |
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| There will be eight categories
in the contest: 1) Whitetail deer – bucks; 2) whitetail
deer – groups; 3) whitetail deer – other;
4) predators (four-footed and flying; 5) big game other
than whitetail deer; 6) wild turkey – gobbler(s);
7) wild turkey – groups, and 8) weird and unusual
stuff / miscellaneous. |
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| Entry fee is $5 for up to three
photos, and $5 for every additional group of one to three
photos. Bring your entries to the expo office; no mail-in
entries are accepted. Black-and-white or color prints
only. Photos may be mounted but cannot include glass and
cannot be framed. Image size can be anywhere from 5”x7”
minimum to 11”x14” maximum. Your name, address
and telephone number, including area code, and choice
of contest category, must be on the back of each entry. |
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| Entry deadline is 10 a.m. Sunday.
Judging will be at noon Sunday. There may be up to three
awards per category. Photos must remain on display until
3:00 p.m. Sunday. They will be available for pick-up after
that in the expos office. After 3:00 p.m. each photo contest
entrant can get in free to pick up his/her photos. You
must have a photo contest receipt to get in free at that
time. For admission before 3:00 p.m. you must buy a general
admission ticket. Photos not picked up will not be returned. |
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| For details on the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, including regular ticket prices
and special offers, seminar topics and schedule, hotel
and exhibitor lists, trophy and photo contest rules, directions
to the site and parking information, visit the event’s
web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com or call 1-800-324-3337. |
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- 310+ exhibit booths;
- Illinois whitetail deer trophy contest/display (more
than 550 entries are expected);
- 2-1/2 days of how-to seminars on a wide range of
hunting how-to topics;
- Byron Ferguson, an internationally known trick
archery shot and accomplished bowhunter, who will
perform on Saturday and Sunday;
- State turkey calling and owl hooting championships;
- The World's Almost-Largest Treestand;
- Seminars and demonstration area on food plot development
and management;
- An optics (scopes and binoculars) hands-on tryout
area;
- Hands-on shooting areas (archery, airgun, laser
firearms);
- Venison butchering and processing demonstrations,
followed by wild foods cooking demonstrations;
- Outdoor photo contests – regular contest and
the new trail cam photo contest;
- Live wild animal display, including live wild turkeys;
display of Illinois fur-bearers hides, pelts and furs;
flint knapping demonstrations and other special displays
and activities the entire family will enjoy.
For details on the 2008 Illinois Deer & Turkey
Classic, including regular ticket prices and special
offers, seminar topics and schedule, hotel and exhibitor
lists, trophy and photo contest rules, directions
to the site and parking information, visit the event’s
web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com
or call 1-800-324-3337.
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| If you want your trophy Illinois
whitetail to be part of one of the greatest displays of
trophy deer ever assembled, bring it to the Illinois Deer
& Turkey Classic, February 22-23-24, at the Interstate
Center in Bloomington, and enter it in the Miller Lite
trophy deer contest and display. You get a three-day show
pass ($30 value) when you enter a trophy. There is no
advance entry. Antlers do not need to be mounted; a solid
skull plate is all that is required for official scoring.
Awards will be given on antler score alone. The Boone
& Crockett / Pope & Young measuring/scoring system
is used. More than 500 deer are expected. |
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| Award presentation begins at
4 p.m. Sunday, February 24, and entries must be present
to win. No trophies will be released between noon and
3 p.m. that day. |
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- Entries begin at noon Friday and close at 10 a.m.
Sunday.
- Entry fee is $15 for the first trophy you enter;
the three-day pass you get in return has a $30 value.
For additional entries, its $7.50 if the trophy already
has been officially measured, $15 if the trophy has
not been officially measured. If the trophy already
has been officially measured, it will not be measured
again, so bring paperwork proof with you.
- There are firearms and archery divisions, with
typical-antler and non-typical-antler classes in each
division. Both classes in both divisions have Historical
(2006 and earlier seasons) and Current-Year (2007
season) classes.
- Previous First Place Historical Category winners
are not eligible for re-entry. They are, however,
automatically invited to display on the “Board
of Honor”. First Place winners in Current Year
Category at last year's show are eligible to be entered
in the Historical Category this year.
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| Antlers are scored by measurers
certified by the Illinois Big Buck Recognition Program
or by the Pope and Young Club or the Boone and Crockett
Club. |
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| For details on the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, including regular ticket prices
and special offers, seminar topics and schedule, hotel
and exhibitor lists, and trophy and photo contest rules,
directions to the site and parking information, visit
the event’s web-site (www.deerinfo.com), call 1-800-324-3337
or e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com.
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* More than 500 trophy Illinois
whitetail deer are expected to be entered in the Miller
High Life Trophy Deer Contest and display at the 2008
Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic, February 22-23-24,
at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. Entries can be
made any time between noon, February 22, and 10:00 a.m.,
February 24. Entry fee is $15; in return, you get a free
weekend show pass ($30.00 value). Trophy scoring is done
by qualified measurers for the Pope & Young Club,
Boone & Crockett Club and Illinois Big Buck Recognition
Program. For contest and other event details, go to the
event's web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com
or call 1-800-324-3337. |
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| Show hours are 2 p.m. –
9 p.m. Friday, February 22; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday,
February 23, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, February 24. |
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| Tickets are $10 one-day adult;
$17 two-day adult; $7 for Hunter Safety Course graduates
ages 12-18 who present proof of course completion at the
ticket window (regular adult price w/o proof of course
completion); $3 youth ages 6-11, children five and under
admitted free. On Friday Family Night all youth ages 11
and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
All first-year hunters who earned their Hunter Education
Course certificate between January 1, 2007, and February
21, 2008, are admitted free if they show proof of course
completion at the ticket window. Go to the show's web-site
(www.deerinfo.com) for ticket special offers. All seminars
are free once you have purchased your admission ticket.
There is a $4 per car facility parking fee. Tickets will
go on sale at 8:30 Saturday and Sunday mornings to ease
the ticket-line crunch. |
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| Internationally-known archery
trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic. The Classic is set for February
22-23-24 at the Interstate Center in Bloomington. Ferguson
will give Saturday and Sunday performances, February 23-24.
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| “Year after year Byron's
amazing shooting performance draws the biggest crowds,"
said Glenn Helgeland, producer of the event. "Kids
and adults alike enjoy him, and many see his presentation
every year." |
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| Ferguson shoots wooden discs
and pennies from the air, snuffs a candle with an arrow,
shoots ricochet arrows into a target’s bullseye,
and bursts inflated balloons while shooting from all sorts
of contorted positions. Ferguson is a veteran bowhunter
and has taken more than 180 whitetails, plus black bear,
mule deer, moose and game birds. |
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| For details on the 2008 Illinois
Deer & Turkey Classic, including regular ticket prices
and special offers, seminar topics and schedule, hotel
and exhibitor lists, and trophy and photo contest rules,
directions to the site and parking information, visit
the event’s web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail
to mac@deerinfo.com or call 1-800-324-3337. |
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* Internationally-known
archery trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the
2008 Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic. The Classic
is set for February 22-23-24 at the Interstate Center
in Bloomington. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday
performances, February 23-24.
Ferguson shoots wooden discs and pennies from the air,
snuffs a candle with an arrow, shoots ricochet arrows
into a target’s bullseye, and bursts inflated
balloons while shooting from all sorts of contorted
positions. Here he prepares for his famous closing archery
shot, which he does blindfolded, and signs autographs
for young fans afterward.
For details on the 2008 Classic, go to the event’s
web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com
or call 1-800-324-3337.
click right mouse button on the
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Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22; 9
a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24. Tickets are $10 one-day adult; $17
two-day adult; $7 for Hunter Education graduates ages
12-18 who show proof of course completion at the ticket
window (otherwise, pay adult price); $3 youth ages
6-11, children five and under admitted free when accompanied
by an adult.
Admission is free for qualified first-year hunters
of any age. Any first-year hunter who received a hunter
education certificate between January 1, 2007 and
February 21, 2008 will receive free admission to the
Deer & Turkey Classic when showing proof of course
completion at the designated ticket window. On Friday
Family Night, all youth ages 11 and under are admitted
free when accompanied by an adult.
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