Bring the entire family and join thousands of whitetail deer and outdoor enthusiast. DeerFest will be "Everything Deer"! Join the fun and meet industry leaders and celebrities. Take part in seminars. View and test all of the hot new deer hunting related products and test your skills against other hunter, professionals and deer hunting celebrities! Relax in "Deer Theater" while you enjoy some of the fine food and beverages…and of course bring in your deer to have it scored and displayed in our trophy room!

Booths & Exhibits

Hundreds of booths and exhibits will present “Everything Deer". This is your chance to see and purchase all of the hot new deer related products, meet industry manufactures or book that hunt of a lifetime with the nation’s leading guides and outfitters.

DeerFest Special Attractions

Celebrity Archery Tournament: Watch the DeerFest celebrties compete in daily tournaments on the DeerFest pop-up archery course. Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 5pm and Sunday at 3pm. Compete in the daily tournament for DeerFest attendees for a chance to shoot with the celebrites each day!

Shed Dog Trials: Come watch shed dogs compete in the first DeerFest Shed Dog Competition Saturday at 11am.

Seminars

DeerFest will feature TWO SEMINAR STAGES in 2011. All of the DeerFest Celebrities will participate in seminars! Following is a list of the daily seminar topics and speakers and the stage location. Additional seminars will be added as time permits. Schedule and location subject to change.

Indoor Stage Friday / Speaker
3PM Inside Outdoors TV Dave Poteat & Tim Anello How Can Two Average Guys Make it to TV
4PM Jim Ward The Buck Stops Here--Build The Ultimate Bedding Area
5PM Terry Drury, Pat Reeve & Nicole Jones Hunting Mature Whitetails
6PM Lee & Tiffany Lakosky Q & A With The Crush Stars
7PM Wisconsin DNR State of the Wisconsin Deer Herd
8PM Jared Scheffler Hunting Public Land Whitetails

Saturday /Speaker
11AM Jared Scheffler Hunting Public Land Whitetails
Noon Jim Ward The Buck Stops Here--Build The Ultimate Bedding Area
1PM DeerFest Celebrities Panel Q & A With The Stars of Deer Hunting TV
2PM Terry Drury, Pat Reeve & Nicole Jones Hunting Mature Whitetails
3PM Bone Collectors Michael & T-Bone Boys of the Brotherhood Bone Collector Jam Session
4PM Lee & Tiffany Lakosky Q & A With The Crush Stars
5PM Kurt Baumgartner / ATSKO Deer Vision--What can they really see?

Sunday / Speaker
11AM DeerFest Celebrites Panel Q & A With The Stars of Deer Hunting TV
Noon Babe Winkelman Outdoor Secrets / A Lifetime of Lessons
1PM Bone Collectors Michael, T-Bone and Nick Boys of the Brotherhood Bone Collector Jam Session
2PM Inside Outdoors TV Dave Poteat & Tim Anello How Can Two Average Guys Make it on TV
3PM Lee & Tiffany Lakosky Q & A With The Crush Stars

Outdoor Stage
Friday / Speaker
3PM Tom Dokken Shed Dogs From Fun to Competition
4PM Kurt Baumgartner / ATSKO Deer Vision What can they really see?
5PM Nick Mundt & Jeremy Moore Shed Dog Training--From a Puppy To A Pro
6PM Droptine Divas Women & Children In Today's Deer Hunting World
7PM Terry Becks / Beck's Meats Deer Cutting/Processiong Live Demonstrtions
8PM Bob Mercier Dominance Is Everything Hunting System

Saturday / Speaker
Noon Bob Mercier Dominance Is Everything Hunting System
1PM Nick Mundt & Jeremy Moore Shed Dog Training-From Puppy To A Pro
2PM Terry Beck/Becks Meats Deer Cutting/Processing Live Demonstrations
3PM Droptine Divas Women & Children In Today's Deer Hunting World
4PM Wisconsin DNR State of the Wisconsin Deer Herd
5PM Tom Dokken Shed Dogs From Fun To Competition

Sunday / Speaker
Noon Kurt Baumgartner Deer Vision
1PM Jim Ward The Buck Stops Here--Build The Ultimate Bedding Area
2PM Droptine Divas Women & Children In Today's Deer Hunting World
3PM Bob Mercier Dominance Is Everything Hunting System

Industry Experts and Celebrities—The Largest Group of Deer Hunting Celebrities To Ever Visit Wisconsin!

Michael Waddell and fellow Bone Collectors Travis "T-Bone" Turner and Nick Mundt, Terry Drury, Lee & Tiffany Lakosky, Babe Winkelman, Driven TV's Pat Reeve & Nicole Jones highlight the largest deer hunting celebrity line-up to ever visit Wisconsin. Come meet them all, have your picture taken with them, get a FREE autograph, get expert advice from them in exclusive DeerFest seminars. Watch them shoot in the DeerFest celebrity archery tournament (bring your bow and compete for a chance to shoot against them). Inside Outdoors TV Dave Poteat and Tim Anello, the Droptine Divas and Whitetail Adrenalin's Jared Scheffler will also appear---check back for more updates!

Trophy Room-Whitetail Exhibits—Sponsored By The North American Shed Hunters Club

The North American Shed Hunters Club is hosting the trophy room at DeerFest. Come see their national display of shed antlers. Bring in your trophy or sheds for official scoring and entry into the record books. Hundreds of Trophy Deer will be on display. There will be awards and prizes for Best of Show in numerous categories. Everyone who brings a deer head or sheds to be scored/displayed at DeerFest will receive a 3-Day Admission pass for $15!

Deer Theater

Big Screens, High Definition, Surround Sound! Join your favorite hunting personalities at our state of the art "Deer Theater" and seminar room.

Bow Testing, 3-D Shoots, Tournaments

Test all of the new bows from Hoyt, PSE, Bowtech, Mathews and more! You can shoot them all in the Archery Pavilion sponsored by Field Logic. Make sure to bring your bow and shoot the DeerFest 3-D course, or the DeerFest pop-up course, shoot to compete against your favorite hunting personalities. BRING YOUR BOW TO DEERFEST!

Bring Your Bows! Bring Your Bows! Here are some of the prizes for the DeerFest Pop-up tournament! Mathews bow, PSE Bow, Hoyt bow, Ross Archery bow, GlenDel buck target, Nikon Laser Range Finder, Cuddeback camera and more. PLUS each day's winner gets to shoot against the celebrities in the DeerFest Celebrity Tournament!

Just want to watch? The DeerFest celebrity guest will compete in daily tournaments on pop-up course--who is the best shot in the industry? You will find out at DeerFest!

National Archery In The Schools Program Tournament at DeerFest

NASP tournament at Deerfest 2012 July 22-24th

Equipment will be provided or bring your own.
Only NASP approved equipment will be allowed at this event

Competition is free to all students 3rd grade through high school!
1 Genesis bow will be given away to the highest score for the weekend!

Contact: Dan Schroeder: daniel.schroeder@wisconsin.gov
Call: 608-235-4619 with questions

Food Plot Demonstrations

Expert seminars will be presented on proper food plot location, forage choices and ground preparation. Food plots are the rage of the deer hunting industry, learn how to do them right at Deerfest.

Everything Deer & More

Photo contest, new trucks, ATV’s, tractors, hunting cabins, log homes and much, much more! DeerFest is "Everything Deer"!

Prizes

A CabinTek log cabin valued at over $15,000 highlights the prizes DeerFest attendees will have a chance to win! There will be bows from Mathews, Hoyt. Bowtech and others. Attendees will also have a chance to win a guided Minnesota hunt with RAM Adventures. Come check out "Everything Deer" at DeerFest and have a chance to win one of many great prizes.