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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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If you’re a deer hunter
or turkey hunter, your cure for cabin fever is fast approaching.
The 16th annual Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo will be
held March 14th through the 16th at the Ohio Expo Center
in
Columbus.
New this year are a special display of locked
deer antlers, the results of fatal fights for dominance
during breeding season, and a Trail Camera Photo Contest.
Returning
events include the Ohio state turkey calling and owl
hooting championship, Saturday, March 15 ...
more than 40 seminars on a dozen topics ... food plot
demonstration area ... trophy deer contest with nearly 400 big Buckeye bucks
expected ... hands-on optics tryout area ... new-products special display
where you can see new products without a sales person at your elbow ...live
big game
and predatory animals display ... Black Powder Gun Maker’s Shop; wild
game cooking and venison butchering demonstrations ... hands-on shooting
opportunities at archery, airgun, laser firearms and laser archery ranges.
In addition, Byron
Ferguson, internationally known archery trick shot, performs Saturday and
Sunday, March 15th and 16th.
The expo opens at two o’clock, Friday,
March 14th. Tickets available at the door.
For all expo and contest details,
go to the show's web-site -- www.deerinfo.com. |
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Four hundred big Buckeye
Bucks are expected to be entered in the Toyota Trophy
Deer
Contest at the upcoming Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo.
The expo will be March 14th through the 16th at the
Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. Trophy whitetail bucks
from
any Ohio season are eligible to be entered in the trophy
deer contest. There are firearms, archery, crossbow
and black powder divisions.
Entries begin at noon Friday,
March 14th, and close at 10 am Sunday, March 16th.
There
is no advance entry; just bring your trophy to the
show. Entry fee is $15;
in return, you get a three-day show pass.
No trophies are released between noon
and 3 pm Sunday.
Award presentation begins at 4 pm Sunday,
and entries must be present to win. Awards are given
on antler
score only; this is not a beauty contest. The Boone & Crockett
/ Pope & Young Club scoring system is used.
For trophy contest details,
go to the expo’s web-site -- www.deerinfo.com |
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* Seminar
schedule
* Speaker
contact info
* Speaker biographies
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Nationally-known outdoor
writers and hunting experts on a wide range of hunting-related
topics will share their knowledge in more than 40 seminars
at the upcoming Ohio Deer & Turkey Expo. The expo
will be March 14th through the 16th at the Ohio Expo
Center in Columbus. Seminars are free once you've purchased
your admission ticket.
The speaker list is headlined
by M. R. James, founding editor of Bowhunter magazine,
member
of the Archery Hall of Fame and current president of
the Pope & Young
Club. Nationally-known outdoor writer Jim Zumbo will detail the challenges
and rewards of elk hunting on your own and on outfitted
hunts. Tony LaPratt and Gordon
Whittington, experts on food plot development and deer habitat improvement,
will address those topics of high interest to serious
deer hunters. Pennsylvania turkey
hunter and calling champion Matt Morrett will show you how to be a better turkey
hunter by putting more emotion into your calling. There will be two demonstrations
-- venison butchering and wild foods cooking.
Byron Ferguson, the internationally
known archery trick shot, will give two performances
Saturday and two Sunday.
Glenn Helgeland, producer of
the Expo, says, "We work hard every year
to put together a range of seminars attractive to new hunters and experienced
hunters.
There's always something to learn. The seminar schedule is one of the strong
points of the Expo."
For a seminar schedule and other details of the Ohio
Deer & Turkey Expo,
go to the show's website -- www.deerinfo.com. The seminar rooms are sponsored
by Toyota. |
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- Trail Cameras: Use The
Right or Pay the Patterning Price (Les Davenport)
- The
How & Where of Mini-Ponds -- Deer Magnets
(Art Helin)
- A Lifetime of Bowhunting Lessons Big
Game Have Taught Me (M. R. James)
- Good Food Plots
-- Plan, Design, Development & Plant
Basics, and common errors (Gordon Whittington)
- Six
Steps to Beating the Cold & Bagging Late
Season Bucks (Mark Kayser)
- Time Management (Yours & Theirs)
for Whitetails (Tony LaPratt)
- Put Emotion in Your
Turkey Calls for Better Results (Matt Morrett)
- The
Incredible Shrinking Bear -- Field Judging Live Black
Bears (Richard P Smith)
- Venison Butchering and Processing
(Bill Hesselgrave)
- Venison and Other Wild Foods Cooking
(Judy Helgeland)
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