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February 8-9-10, 2008 |
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| 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8; 9 a.m. -
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
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$9 one-day adult; $16 two-day adult; Hunter Education
graduates ages 12-18 who show proof of course completion
at the ticket window get a $2 discount (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. Any
first-year hunter who received a hunter education certificate
between January 1, 2007, and February 7, 2008, will receive
free admission to the Deer & Turkey Spectacular 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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| 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 Michigan Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular? Of course. So would the
producers of the Spectacular, and they are searching
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 Spectacular. Locked antlers aren’t
a statistical rarity, but every time they are found they
are newsworthy. |
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| The 22nd Annual Michigan Deer & Turkey
Spectacular will be February 8-10 at the Lansing Center
in Lansing. |
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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 Spectacular.
It is preferred that the locked sets be brought in by
noon Friday, February 8, 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 10. |
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| For details on the Michigan Deer & Turkey Spectacular 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 Michigan Deer & Turkey
Spectacular, set for February 8-9-10 at the Lansing Center
in Lansing. Fifteen to 20 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
Spectacular. Call 1-800-324-3337 or send an e-mail to
Glenn Helgeland, the Spectacular'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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- 250 exhibit booths;.
- 2-1/2 days of how-to seminars on a wide range
of hunting how-to topics;
- Michigan deer, black bear, elk and wild turkey
trophy contest/display (more than 200 entries are
expected), with scoring by members of the Commemorative
Bucks of Michigan;
- New products special display area;
- Byron Ferguson, an internationally known trick
archery shot and accomplished bowhunter, who will
perform on Saturday and Sunday;
- 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;
flint knapping demonstrations and other special displays
and activities the entire family will enjoy.
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| For details on the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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, special
display of locked whitetail deer antlers, the world's
almost-largest treestand and continued in-depth food plot
and deer habitat seminars highlight the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, February 8-9-10 at the
Lansing Center in Lansing. |
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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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| 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 Spectacular.
"Without soil testing to get you started right, you're
flying blind. ou 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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| " 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
Michigan (and neighboring state) hunters. Fifteen to 20
sets are expected to be displayed. If you have or know
of locked antlers, contact the Spectacular's producers
at 1-800-324-3337 or send an e-mail to Helgeland (glenn@deerinfo.com).
The trail camera photo contest will have half a dozen
divisions. Go to the Spectacular'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 250 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/bear/elk/turkey contest
features new entries every year, keeping the displays
eye-popping, fresh and interesting. More than 225
entries are expected. Scoring is done by members of
the Commemorative Bucks of Michigan.
- 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 Spectacular also has a live wild animal display,
including live wild turkeys; outdoor photo contest;
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. 8; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, and
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Tickets are $9 one-day
adult; $16 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 7, 2008, will receive free
admission to the Deer & Turkey Spectacular 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 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, call 1-800-324-3337 or
visit the show's web-site (www.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 Michigan Deer
& Turkey Spectacular, February 8-9-10 at the
Lansing Center in Lansing. In addition, there will
be 250+ exhibit booths of new products, guides and
outfitters, hunting equipment and accessories of
all kinds, shooting ranges, Byron Ferguson's archery
trick shooting, trophy Michigan deer/bear/elk/turkey
contest, and a full 2-1/2 days of hunting how-to
seminars. For details on the Spectacular, 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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click right mouse button
on the download icon of your choice and choose
"Save Target As".
Hold down option and click
on the download link of your choice. |
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| A new trail camera photo contest
will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Michigan Deer
& Turkey Spectacular, set for February 8-9-10 at the
Lansing Center in Lansing. 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. |
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| 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 expo 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 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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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- 250 exhibit booths.
- Michigan whitetail deer, black bear, elk and wild
turkey trophy contest/display (more than 200 entries
are expected), with scoring by members of the Commemorative
Bucks of Michigan;
- 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;
- 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;
- New products special display 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;
flint knapping demonstrations and other special displays
and activities the entire family will enjoy.
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| For details on the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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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| You’re invited to enter
your Michigan whitetail buck, black bear, bull elk or
turkey in the trophy contest at the upcoming Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, Feb. 8-9-10, at the Lansing
Center in downtown Lansing. There also is an out-of-state
category for whitetail buck entries. Basic entry fee is
$15; in return you get a three-day pass ($27 value), so
entering the contest is the most economical way to see
the show. |
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| There is no advance entry;
just bring your trophy to the show. Award presentation
begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, and entries must be present to
win. No trophies will be released between noon and 3 p.m.
Sunday. More than 225 Michigan big game trophies are expected.
All measuring and scoring is done by members of the Commemorative
Bucks of Michigan (CBM). |
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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.
For additional entries, it’s $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 if it has
already been officially scored. Antlers do NOT need
to be mounted.
- Michigan deer -- typical antler and non-typical
antler classes in firearms, archery and black powder
divisions; historical (2006 season and earlier) and
current-year (2007 season) categories in firearms
and archery divisions only. Black powder entries are
much fewer, so they are grouped together in one category
regardless of year taken. Eight-, nine-, 10-, 11-,
12- and 13+-point categories in typical-antler categories.
- Out-of-State antler entries can be from any state
(except Michigan) or Canadian province or Mexico.
- Black bear -- firearms and archery classes. Bear
skulls must be clean.
- Elk -- typical-antler and non-typical antler classes.
- Turkey – longest beard, longest spur.
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| Previous First Place Historical
Category (deer) winners are not eligible for re-entry.
First Place winners in Current Year Category (deer) at
last year's show are eligible to be entered in the Historical
Category this year. All previous first-place winners in
other categories are not eligible for re-entry, but they
are automatically invited to display on the "Board
Of Honor". Same for bear and elk category first-place
winners. This keeps each year's contest fresh. |
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| For trophy measuring details,
call the CBM at 1-810-796-2925. For details call: 1-800-324-3337
or go to the show's web-site (www.deerinfo.com) and click
on the Michigan icon. |
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| For details of the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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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* More than 225 trophy Michigan deer, black
bear, elk and turkeys are expected to be entered in the
big game trophy contest and display at the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, February 8-9-10, at the
Lansing Center in Lansing. Entries can be made any time
between noon, February 8, and 10:00 a.m., February 10.
Entry fee is $15; in return, you get a free weekend show
pass ($27.00 value). Trophy measuring is done by members
of the Commemorative Bucks of Michigan. 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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| Glenn Helgeland |
glenn@deerinfo.com |
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TARGET COMMUNICATIONS |
1-800-324-3337 |
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click right mouse button on the download
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Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8; 9
a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10.
Tickets are $9 one-day adult; $16 two-day adult; Hunter
Education graduates ages 12-18 who show proof of course
completion at the ticket window get a $2 discount
(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.
Any first-year hunter who received a hunter education
certificate between January 1, 2007, and February
7, 2008, will receive free admission to the Deer &
Turkey Spectacular 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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| Internationally-known archery
trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the 2008 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular. The Spectacular is set
for February 8-9-10 at the Lansing Center in downtown
Lansing. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday performances.
February 9-10. |
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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 Michigan
Deer & Turkey Spectacular, 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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* Internationally-known
archery trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the
2008 Michigan Deer & Turkey Spectacular. The Spectacular
is set for February 8-9-10 at the Lansing Center in
downtown Lansing. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday
performances, February 9-10.
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 Spectacular, 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
download icon of your choice and choose "Save Target
As".
Hold down option and click on the download link of your
choice. |
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Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8; 9
a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10. Tickets are $9 one-day adult; $16
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 7, 2008 will receive free admission to the
Deer & Turkey Spectacular 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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