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MINNESOTA DEER & TURKEY EXPO
March 7-8-9, 2008
 
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Show Hours & Ticket Prices
 
SHOW HOURS: 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 7; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9.
 
TICKETS: $6 one-day adult; $11 two-day adult; $5 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 March 6, 2008, will receive free admission to the Deer & Turkey Expo 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.
 
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 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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.
Search for Locked Antlers for Special Display at Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo
 
Would you like to see a special display of locked whitetail deer antlers at the Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo in Owatonna? Of course. So would the producers of the Expo, and they are making a search to find sets of locked antlers for such a display.
 
"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 Expo. Locked antlers aren’t a statistical rarity, but every time they are found they are newsworthy.
 
The 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo will be March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna.
 
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).
 
"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."
 
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 Expo. It is preferred that the locked sets be brought in by noon Friday, March 7, 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, March 9.
 
For details on the 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, March 7-8-9, at the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna, go to the event's website (www.deerinfo.com).
 

Download Photo 		* A special display of locked antlers will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, set for March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. A dozen or more 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 Expo. Call 1-800-324-3337 or send an e-mail to Glenn Helgeland, the Expo's producer, at glenn@deerinfo.com for exhibiting details.

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SIDEBAR --
Other 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo attractions include:
  • 150 exhibit booths of manufacturers of deer and turkey hunting accessories, guides and outfitters, hunting associations, and outdoor lifestyle/home decorating items.
  • Minnesota deer, black bear and moose trophy contest/display, with scoring by members of the Minnesota Official Measurers (MOM);
  • 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;
  • 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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.
Highlights of 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo
 
Several new features highlight the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, set for March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. The list includes a new trail camera photo contest, locked whitetail deer antlers special display, a new taxidermy contest and how-to demos, the world's almost-largest treestand and continued in-depth food plot and deer habitat seminars. 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.
 

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 Expo. "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."
 
"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.
 
The locked antler display is a collection of locked antlers owned by various Minnesota (and neighboring state) hunters. Fifteen to 20 sets are expected to be displayed. If you have or know of locked antlers, contact the Expo'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 Expo's web-site (www.deerinfo.com) for contest details.
 
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."
 
Returning activities include:
  • More than 150 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/moose contest features new entries every year, keeping the displays eye-popping, fresh and interesting. More than 125 entries are expected. The contest is sponsored by Miller High Life. Members of the Minnesota Official Measurers (MOM) will do trophy scoring.
  • 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 Expo also has an outdoor photo contest; a display of Minnesota fur-bearers hides, pelts and furs; flint knapping demonstrations and other special displays and activities the entire family will enjoy.
 
Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 7; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Tickets are $6 one-day adult; $11 two-day adult; $5 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. Any first-year hunter, regardless of age, who received a hunter education certificate between January 1, 2007 and March 6, 2008, will receive free admission to the Deer & Turkey Expo 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.
 
For details on the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, visit the Expo's web-site (www.deerinfo.com), e-mail to mac@deerinfo.com or call 1-800-324-3337.
 

Download Photo		 Download Photo * 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 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. In addition, there will be 150+ exhibit booths of new products, guides and outfitters, hunting equipment and accessories of all kinds, shooting ranges, Byron Ferguson's archery trick shooting, trophy Minnesota deer/bear/moose contest, and a full 2-1/2 days of hunting how-to seminars. For details on the Expo, 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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New Trail Cam Photo Contest a Highlight of 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo
 
A new trail camera photo contest will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, set for March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. Trail cameras see some strange things – and some big antlers – when humans are not around.
 
The contest is open to all expo attendees; you must first purchase an expo general admission ticket before you can enter the contest.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
For details on the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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.
 
Sidebar --
Other 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo attractions include:
  • 150+ exhibit booths;
  • Minnesota whitetail deer, black bear and moose trophy contest/display (more than 120 entries are expected), with scoring by members of Minnesota Official Measurers (MOM);
  • 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;
  • 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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.
Trophy Deer, Bear & Moose Contest at 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, Owatonna
 
You’re invited to enter your trophy Minnesota whitetail buck, black bear or moose in the Miller High Life Trophy Contest at the 3rd Annual Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, March 7-8-9, 2008, at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. There also is an out-of-state category for whitetail buck entries. Basic entry fee is $12; in return you get a three-day pass ($18 value). More than 125 entries are expected.
 
Contest Rules:
  • There is no advance entry; just bring your trophy to the show.
  • Antlers do NOT need to be mounted, but they must be attached to a solid skull plate. Bear skulls must be clean.
  • Fee for first entry is $12; in return, you get a three-day pass ($18 value). For additional entries, it’s $7.50 if the trophy already has been officially measured, $15 if the trophy has not been officially measured.
  • Entries begin at noon Friday and close at 10 a.m. Sunday. No trophies will be released between noon and 3 p.m. Sunday.
  • All trophy measuring is done by members of Minnesota Official Measurers (M.O.M.) with the assistance of additional Pope & Young Club and Boone & Crockett Club measurers. The P&Y/B&C scoring system is used.
  • If the trophy already has been officially measured, bring paperwork proof, because it will not be measured again.
  • In the Minnesota deer brackets, there are firearms, archery and black powder divisions with typical-antler and non-typical-antler classes in each. In the archery and firearms divisions, there are Historical (2005 season or earlier) and Current-Year (2006 season) categories.
  • The black bear division has firearms and archery categories.
  • The moose category has only one category -- Minnesota moose.
  • Entries in the Out-of-State Category (whitetail deer only) can be from anywhere except Minnesota. Trophies taken in Canada or Mexico also may be entered here. It will have firearms and archery divisions, typical and non-typical classes. Out-of-state entries are not eligible for Best of Show consideration; Best-of-Show awards go only to Minnesota trophies.
  • Award presentation begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, and entries must be present to win. Awards are based on antler score only or skull measurements, as applicable.
For details on the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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.
 

Download Photo		 * More than 125 trophy Minnesota whitetail deer, black bear and moose are expected to be entered in the Miller High Life Big Game Trophy Contest and display at the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, March 7-8-9, at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. Entries can be made any time between noon, March 7, and 10:00 a.m., March 9. Entry fee is $12; in return, you get a free weekend show pass ($18.00 value). Trophy measuring is done by members of Minnesota Official Measurers (MOM). 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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Insert/Sidebar Item -- SHOW HOURS & TICKET PRICES

Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 7; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Tickets are $6 one-day adult; $11 two-day adult; $5 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 March 6, 2008, will receive free admission to the Deer & Turkey Expo 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.
Trick Archer Byron Ferguson Returns to Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo
 
Internationally-known archery trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo. The Expo is set for March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday performances. March 8-9.
 
“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."
 
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.
 
For details on the 2008 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo, 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 Minnesota Deer & Turkey Expo. The Expo is set for March 7-8-9 at the Four Seasons Centre on the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday performances, March 8-9.
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.

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Insert/Sidebar Item -- SHOW HOURS & TICKET PRICES

Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 7; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Tickets are $6 one-day adult; $11 two-day adult; $5 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 March 6, 2008, will receive free admission to the Deer & Turkey Expo 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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