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| : 2 p.m. - 9 p.m. Friday, April 4; 9 a.m.
- 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 6. |
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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 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
31, 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. Tickets will go on sale at 8:30 Saturday
and Sunday mornings to ease the ticket-line crunch. |
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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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
Deer & Turkey Expo in Madison? 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 24th Annual Wisconsin
Deer & Turkey Expo will be April 4-6 at the Alliant
Energy Center in Madison. |
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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, April 4, so they can be set up and on display
when the event opens at 2 pm that day. They must remain
on display until the close of the show at 4 pm, Sunday,
April 6. |
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| For details on the 24th Annual
Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo, April 4-6 at the Alliant
Energy Center in Madison, 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 Wisconsin
Deer & Turkey Expo, set for April 4-5-6 at the Alliant
Energy Center in Madison. 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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- 550 exhibit booths;
- Wisconsin whitetail deer and black bear trophy
contest/display (more than 350 entries are expected),
with scoring by members of the Wisconsin Buck and
Bear 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;
- 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;
a display of Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
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. |
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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
Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo, April 4-5-6 at the Alliant
Energy Center in Madison. |
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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 Wisconsin (and neighboring state) hunters.
Twenty or more locked 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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- At least 545 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 and black bear contest
features new entries every year, keeping the displays
eye-popping, fresh and interesting. More than 375
entries are expected. Scoring is done by members of
the Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club. The contest is
sponsored by Miller Lite.
- 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 Wisconsin 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, April 4; 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, April 6. 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 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 April 3, 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 Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin
Deer & Turkey Expo, April 4-5-6 at the Alliant Energy
Center, Madison. There also will be 550 exhibit booths
of new products, guides and outfitters, hunting equipment
and accessories of all kinds, shooting ranges, Byron Ferguson's
archery trick shooting, trophy Wisconsin deer and bear
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 info, 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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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 Wisconsin Deer
& Turkey Expo, set for April 4-5-6 at the Alliant
Energy Center in Madison. 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 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 Wisconsin
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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- 550 exhibit booths.
- Wisconsin whitetail deer and black bear trophy contest/display
(more than 350 entries are expected), with scoring
by members of the Wisconsin Buck and Bear 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;
- 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;
- Mountain Man camp-out;
- 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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
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. |
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| You’re invited to enter
your trophy Badger buck or black bear in the Miller Lite
Big Game Trophy Contest at the 2008 Wisconsin Deer &
Turkey Expo, April 4-5-6 at the Alliant Energy Center
in Madison. |
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| Trophy contest entry fee is
$15; in return, you get a three-day pass which has a $30
value. There is no advance entry; just bring your trophy
to the show. Entries begin at noon Friday and close at
10 a.m. Sunday. 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 trophy measuring is done by members
of the Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club. |
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| 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 but must still be attached to the original
skull plate. No sheds are allowed in the Expo. Bear skulls
must be clean. |
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| In the Wisconsin deer brackets,
there will be firearms and archery divisions, with non-typical
antler and non-typical antler classes in each, Historical
(2006 season and earlier) and Current-Year (2007 season)
categories. The black bear division has firearms and archery
categories. First Place winners in Current Year (Wisconsin
deer) Category at last year's show are eligible to be
entered in the Historical Category this year. Previous
First Place Historical (Wisconsin deer) Category winners
are not eligible for re-entry. All previous winners in
other (Wisconsin bear and Out-of-State deer) categories
are not eligible for re-entry, but they and Historical
first place winners are automatically invited to display
on the "Board of Honor". |
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Entries in the Out-of-State Category (whitetail deer only)
can be from anywhere except Wisconsin. Trophies taken
in Canada or Mexico also may be entered here. It will
have firearms and archery divisions, typical and non-typical
classes. |
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| For trophy contest and all
other details on the 2008 Wisconsin 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. |
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* More than 375 trophy Wisconsin
whitetail deer and black bears are expected to be entered
in the Miller Lite Big Game Trophy Contest and display
at the 2008 Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo, April 4-5-6,
at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Entries can be
made any time between noon, April 4, and 10:00 a.m., April
6. Entry fee is $15; in return, you get a free weekend
show pass ($30.00 value). Trophy measuring is done by
members of the Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club. 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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7626 W. Donges Bay Rd. |
262-242-3990 |
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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, April 4; 9
a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 6. 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 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 31, 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. Tickets
will go on sale at 8:30 Saturday and Sunday mornings
to ease the ticket-line crunch.
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| Internationally known trick
archer Byron Ferguson will again be a featured event at
the Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo at the Alliant Energy
Center in Madison. The Expo will be April 4-5-6, a Friday
through Sunday. Ferguson will perform on Saturday and
Sunday, April 5-6. |
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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 170 whitetails, plus black bear,
mule deer, moose and game birds with bow and arrow. |
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| He has performed in Japan,
France, Sweden, Chile and throughout North America. The
most difficult shot he has been asked to make was to put
an arrow through the finger stall of a $17,000 diamond
ring. He did it but said once was enough. "The next
time, the 'You break it; you buy it' principle might apply,"
he said. |
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For details on the 2008 Wisconsin 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. |
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* Internationally-known
archery trick shot Byron Ferguson will perform at the
2008 Wisconsin Deer & Turkey Expo. The Expo is set
for April 4-5-6 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.
Ferguson will give Saturday and Sunday performances,
April 5-6.
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, April 4; 9
a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 6. 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 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 31, 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. Tickets
will go on sale at 8:30 Saturday and Sunday mornings
to ease the ticket-line crunch.
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