Attention Waterfowl Enthusiasts!!

The Indiana Deer, Turkey and Waterfowl Expo will once again feature the wildly popular and successful Indiana Waterfowl Calling Championships. Included in this year’s events are the Indiana Sanctioned Duck Calling Championship (open to Indiana residents at least 17 years of age), a Junior Duck Calling Contest and the Indiana State Goose Calling Contest.

Click here for more info, including a schedule of events & prizes, and rules.

HUNTING CAMP ASK THE PROS - SPECIAL SEMINAR SERIES

Check it out! You get to control the seminar topics. That’s right! For the first time, you the show visitor, will be able to direct the content of these special seminars. Your moderator, Dave Foster, will be joined on stage by the biggest names in the business along with local experts to discuss the topics that are important to you. You ask the questions and get the discussion moving!

Join us, at this years show, for this exciting new element to our seminar series. Come and participate in the discussion! See seminar schedule.

Hunting Camp Speakers:

1. Stan Potts	4. Brandon Butler
2. Chuck Adams	5. Jeff Foiles
3. Bill Epeards

GUN DOG DEMONSTRATIONS

Learn the basics on working your hunting dog. Watch as expert dog trainers from the Indiana Retriever Club and the Indiana German Shorthair Club work their dogs. See seminar schedule.

GENE HOPKINS COLLECTION OF ARCHERY HISTORY

Bowhunting is definitely a passion for Gene. Having taken over 100 big game animals in his 40 years of hunting, Gene also believes strongly in giving back to the sport that has been his lifelong obsession. A Past-President of the Indiana Bowhunters Association, past member of the Board of Directors for the National Bowhunter Education Foundation, and Historian for the Archery Hall of Fame, Gene feels that his most significant achievement is that he has been a Master Instructor for the NBEF here in Indiana for over 22 years.

The Hopkins Collection of Archery History keeps the memories of bowhunting’s pioneers alive for the education and enjoyment of bowhunters present and future. Without the effort and perseverance that these founding fathers gave, we would not enjoy the wonders of bowhunting as we know it today. In this spirit, the collection will introduce you to a walk in the woods with these pioneers of bowhunting, including the following treasures of history:

Personal Bowhunting Items from the Pioneers – Fred Bear, Howard Hill, Ishi, Saxton Pope, Art Young, Ben Pearson, Glen St. Charles, Doug Easton, Chief Compton, and many, many more.

One of the largest collections of broadheads in existence - Over 2000 different broadheads manufactured since the first commercially made broadhead in 1879 (including one of the very few examples ever found of that first broadhead, the 1879 Peck & Snyder).

Archery & Bowhunting Books dating as far back as the 1600’s, including the only known autographed copy of the classic “The Witchery of Archery” (1878) by Maurice Thompson. Autographed first editions from Saxton Pope, Fred Bear, Howard Hill, and more…..

Longbows from Merry Old England that helped launch archery in America (dating back over 150 years).

Classic Recurves, including the rarest of all Bear Archery Company bows, the gold-latched “A” Riser (one of only 12 made).

And much more……….

DEER SCORING

Rack'em up at the deer scoring booth. Bring in your rack to be officially scored by the I.D.H.A., official score keepers for the Hoosier Record Buck program. Officials from the Boone & Crocket and Pope & Young Scorers will also be on hand to score your trophy buck. Scoring fee is $10.

INDIANA HUNTER EDUCATION

Indiana Hunter Education is a program administered by the Department of Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Division, Outdoor Education Section.  The program is offered free of charge in all 92 of Indiana’s counties and is taught my volunteer instructors and Indiana Conservation Officers. It teaches hunting safety, firearms and archery safety, ethics and responsibility, habitat fundamentals, wildlife identification and much more. The Indiana Hunter Education Association is made up of Hunter Education instructors. The association’s sole mission is to support the Department of Natural Resources in the delivery of the Hunter Education program. They work hand in hand with the department to provide the public with information about the program.

At the Deer, Turkey and Waterfowl Expo we will be offering several ways to interest people in hunting and hunter education. Our most popular attraction is the Laser Shot simulated shooting system. Participants will have the opportunity to go hunting with us and shoot deer with a laser gun in realistic shooting scenarios. We will also have an interactive display of pelts from many of Indiana’s furbearers. Experienced hunters and trappers will be on hand to answer questions about furbearing wildlife in Indiana. We will also offer information about upcoming Hunter Education classes, the Indiana Archery in the Schools Program and state tournament, 4H Shooting Sports, Becoming an Outdoors Woman, the Karl E Kelley Memorial Conservation Officers Youth Camp and the C O Mollenhour Conservation Camp.

Join us at the Indiana Hunter Education booth!! Booth numbers 249, 250, 251 & 325

3D BOWHUNTER CHALLENGE

Practice makes perfect, and the Bowhunter Challenge is the perfect way to practice. Take your best shot at pop-up and moving 3-D targets of deer and other game animals. The shooter stands in an elevated tree stand and a new target pops up at random every 15 seconds. The system is an educational, competitive and "real woods" bowhunting practice system that simulates a real bowhunting experience.

INDOOR ARCHERY RANGE

The indoor archery range offer an excellent opportunity to test that new bow. You can also have your children instructed on bow safety and proper shooting techniques by the professional staff of the Indiana Bow Hunters Association.

LEGENDS OF INDIANA

Don't pass the buck! This won't be a problem, seeing as how these are the largest deer recorded in the Hoosier state.

Whether you're an avid hunter or just respect the sport, chances are you've never seen anything like this before.