Deer Capital Banquet Is February 18

The Deer Capital annual banquet is set for Friday, Feb. 18, at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, with John Carpenter as guest speaker.

His presentation for Deer Capital will be on maintaining year-round food sources for wildlife in the least expensive manner, including forage production in planted pines. His remarks will be followed by a question and answer session. Other experts on white-tail deer will also be on hand.

The evening’s festivities are slated to begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by the guest speaker. Everyone who purchases a ticket will have three chances at door prizes totaling more than $10,000.

Prizes include guns, deer stands, Atlanta motor speedway tickets, feed & seed gift certificates, prints, calls, restaurant gift certificates and more are among the prizes to be given away.
Tickets are $30 each for members of Deer Capital and $35 for non-members.
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Tickets are available at the Bank of Monticello, Monticello Farm & Garden, Larry’s Corner Mart, Larry’s 4-Way, McIntosh State Bank, Town & Country General Store and Circle K. They are also available from Deer Capital representatives: Adam McGinnis, 770-337-5430; Scott Kelly, 770-490-9099; Bubba Greer, 404-213-6201; Jeremy Knight, 706-476-4225; Billy Bryant, 678-588-3111; Matt Thompson, 770-274-9117, or Rob Alexander, 706-819-9618.

Tickets may be purchased at the door for those who want to learn more about Deer Capital, deer management, and be eligible for door prizes, but a limited number of dinner plates will be available.
Keynote speaker John Carpenter, a regular on Buckmasters TV “Focus on Wildlife Management” segment is an avid outdoorsman who grew up on a row crop farm in the Mississippi delta. He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Mississippi. He experimented with food plots in the late 1980s on the farm before they became commercially popular.

He has worked as the National Sales Manager/Product Manager for Forage and Wildlife products for Pennington Seed since 1993. Mr. Carpenter is a recognized contributor in The Quality Food Plots book, published for Quality Deer Management Association, and performs public seminars across the U.S. on forages and food plot management. He is a past director on the National Forage and Grasslands Foundation board.

In addition to providing a recreational opportunity for Georgia hunters, the white-tailed deer is the center of a multi-billion dollar industry. Many landowners have initiated management programs to improve the quality of deer herds. Deer Capital wants to capitalize on that industry for Jasper County.

Deer Capital is the promotion of good quality whitetail deer herds through unique management practices with hunter and landowner cooperation. Its focus is on education, heritage and conservation of the white-tail deer in Jasper County, and to assure that the county is indeed, the Deer Capital of Georgia.
“The vision of Deer Capital is to improve the health, quality and buck to doe ratio in Jasper County. Through sound management practices it is our vision to see the Jasper County deer herd reach its full potential for the benefit of todays and tomorrow’s sportsmen.

Deer Capital plans to achive its goal though education and member support. It recognizes that wildlife managemenht can be very complex, and that proper data is necessary to that management. Deer Captial works to educate hunters and landowners through two meetings annually.