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QDMA Helps Establish Three Wildlife Management Cooperatives

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) recently helped establish three wildlife management cooperatives that unite public and private hunting lands for better deer habitat and hunting thanks in part to a $50,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation … Continue reading

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Registration Now Open For QDMA’s 2013 National Convention

Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) National Convention, to be held July 18-21 in Athens, Georgia.

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QDMA Heads to South Carolina for POMA Conference Next Week

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) will attend and participate in the annual business conference of the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) in Columbia, S.C., March 6-9.

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Ten Young Hunters Selected for QDMA National Youth Hunt

All 10 spots have been filled for the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) National Youth Hunt, QDMA’s signature youth event that will be held on a 35,000-acre farm in southern Georgia on Oct. 25-28. Each youth was selected from a … Continue reading

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Meeting on Proposed Antler Point Restrictions May 17th

The Northwest Michigan Chapter of the Quality Deer Management Association, in partnership with Leelanau Whitetails, has proposed new antler point restrictions (APR) for the following 12 counties: Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Missaukee, Mason, Osceola and … Continue reading

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On Antler Restrictions in Northern Michigan

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) proposes to require that all antlered deer harvested in a 12-county northwest area must have at least three antler points on one side. Current regulations allow hunters to take bucks that have at least one antler … Continue reading

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Captive Deer Breeding

From Kip Adams – Kip’s Corner During the past few legislative sessions one or two states each year initiated captive deer breeding legislation. QDMA opposed each on a case-by-case basis and urged our members to do the same. The 2011-12 … Continue reading

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QDMA Urges Hunters in Seven States to Oppose Deer-Breeding Legislation

BOGART, Ga. – The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is urging hunters in seven states to oppose the expansion of the deer-breeding industry, which QDMA perceives as a growing threat to wild deer and the deer-hunting heritage. Legislation designed to … Continue reading

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Michigan Deer Management Needs to be Changed

By Glen Wunderlich An interesting analysis of this past deer hunting season has been released by the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA). Contained in it are comparisons from 36 states in our eastern half of the country. It’s time to … Continue reading

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QDMA’s National Youth Hunt

Ten young hunters from around the nation with limited hunting opportunities recently enjoyed a dream deer hunt at QDMA’s 2011 National Youth Hunt, sponsored by Plum Creek Timber Co. Held in Georgia on a private host property from October 26-30, … Continue reading

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