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| 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 14; 9 a.m.
- 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 16. |
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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 without
proof of course completion); $3 youth ages 6-11, children
five and under admitted free.
Admission is free for qualified first-year hunters. Any
first-year hunter who received a hunter education certificate
between January 1, 2007 and Mar. 13, 2008, will receive
free admission to the 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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| 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 Ohio 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. |
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| Would you like to see a special
display of locked whitetail deer antlers at the Ohio
Deer & Turkey Expo in Columbus? 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. |
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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 Expo. Locked antlers aren’t a statistical
rarity, but every time they are found they are newsworthy. |
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| The 16th Annual Ohio Deer & Turkey
Expo will be March 14-15-16 at the Ohio Expo Center (State
Fairgrounds) in Coliumbus. |
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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 Expo. It is
preferred that the locked sets be brought in by noon
Friday, March 14, 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 16. |
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| For details on the 16th Annual
Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo, March 14-16 at the Ohio
Expo Center (State Fargrounds) in Columbus, 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 Ohio
Deer & Turkey Expo, set for March 14-15-16 at the
Ohio Expo Center (State Fairgrounds) in Columbus. 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 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. This display is assembled every few
years. The last one was in 2001. |
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- 415+ exhibit booths;
- Ohio trophy whitetail deer contest/display (more
than 450 entries are expected), with scoring by members
of the Buckeye Big Bucks Club;
- 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 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;
- 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;
- Black Powder Gun Makers’ Shop rifle-making
demonstrations;
- Live wild animal display, including live wild turkeys;
a display of Ohio 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 Ohio
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.comor
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
Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo, March 14-15-16 at the Ohio
Expo Center (State Fairgrounds) in Columbus. |
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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
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." |
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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 Ohio (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). |
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| The trail camera photo contest
will have half a dozen divisions. Go to the Expo'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 415 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 475 entries are expected.
Scoring is done by members of the Buckeye Big Buck
Club (BBBC).
- 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 a live wild animal display, including
live wild turkeys; outdoor photo contest; a display
of Ohio fur-bearers hides, pelts and furs; 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, March 14; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15,
and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16. 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 March 13, 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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| For details on the 2008 Ohio
Deer & Turkey Expo, visit the Expo'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 antlers, the world's almost-largest treestand
and continued in-depth food plot and deer habitat
seminars highlight the 2008 Ohio Deer & Turkey
Expo, March 14-15-16 at the Ohio Expo Center (State
Fairgrounds) in Columbus. In addition, there will
be 410+ exhibit booths of new products, guides and
outfitters, hunting equipment and accessories of
all kinds, shooting ranges, Byron Ferguson's archery
trick shooting, trophy Ohio deer 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, 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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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 Ohio Deer &
Turkey Expo, set for March 14-15-16 at the Ohio Expo Center
(State Fairgrounds) in Columbus. 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 Ohio
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.comor
call 1-800-324-3337. |
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- 415 exhibit booths;
- Ohio whitetail deer trophy contest/display (more
than 375 entries are expected), with scoring by members
of the Buckeye Big Buck Club;
- 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;
- Black Powder Gun Makers’ Shop;
- 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;
a display of Ohio 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 Ohio
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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| You’re invited to enter
your big-antlered Buckeye buck in the trophy deer contest
at the 2008 Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo, March 14-15-16
at the Ohio Expo Center (State Fairgrounds) in Columbus.
You'll be part of an eye-popping display of head bone
that will get any deer hunter's pulse rate up. |
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| The trophy contest entry fee
is $15; in return, you get a pass good for all three days
of the Expo (a $30 value). 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 375 deer are expected. All measuring
and scoring is done by members of the Buckeye Big Buck
Club (BBBC). |
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- Entries begin at noon Friday and close at 10 a.m.
Sunday. Entries will be at the west entrance only,
because all measuring and display is now at the west
end of the Bricker Building. Entry fee is $15 for
the first trophy you enter. 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 if it has already been officially
scored. Antlers do NOT need to be mounted, but there
must be a solid skull plate.
- There are firearms, archery, crossbow and black
powder divisions, with typical-antler and non-typical-antler
classes in each division. Firearms and archery divisions
have Historical Category (2006 season and earlier)
and Current-Year Category (2007 season) classes. Because
there are far fewer entries in Black Powder and Crossbow
divisions, entries are grouped together in one category
regardless of year taken.
- Previous First Place Historical Category (firearms
and archery) winners are not eligible for re-entry.
First Place winners in Current Year Category (firearms
and archery) at last year's show are eligible to be
entered in the Historical Category this year. All
previous first-place winners in the Crossbow and Black
Powder categories are not eligible for re-entry, but
they are automatically invited to display on the "Board
Of Honor".
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For details on the 2008 Ohio
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.
Deer measuring info also is available at the BBBC web-site
– www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/wildlife/bbbc/index.html
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* More than 400 trophy Ohio
whitetail deer are expected to be entered in the trophy
deer contest and display at the 2008 Ohio Deer & Turkey
Expo, March 14-15-16, at the Ohio Expo Center (State Fairgrounds)
in Columbus. Entries can be made any time between noon,
March 14, and 10:00 a.m., March 16. Entry fee is $15;
in return, you get a free weekend show pass ($30.00 value).
Trophy measuring is done by members of the Buckeye Big
Buck Club (BBBC). 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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TARGET COMMUNICATIONS |
1-800-324-3337 |
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7626 W. Donges Bay Rd. |
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Mequon, WI 53097 |
www.deerinfo.com |
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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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Show hours are 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, March 14;
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15, and 9 a.m. - 4
p.m. Sunday, March 16. 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 without
proof of course completion); $3 youth ages 6-11, children
five and under admitted free.
Admission is free for qualified first-year hunters.
Any first-year hunter who received a hunter education
certificate between January 1, 2007 and Mar. 13, 2008,
will receive free admission to the 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.
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 Ohio
Deer & Turkey Expo. The Expo is set for March 14-15-16
at the Ohio Expo Center (State Fairgrounds) in Columbus.
Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday performances, March
15-16. |
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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 Ohio
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 Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo. The Expo is set for
March 14-15-16 at the Ohio Expo Center (State Fairgrounds)
in Columbus. Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday
performances, March 15-16.
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 Expo, 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, March 14;
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, March 15, and 9 a.m. - 4
p.m. Sunday, March 16. 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
March 13, 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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