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		<title>QDMA Helps Establish Three Wildlife Management Cooperatives</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/04/qdma-helps-establish-three-wildlife-management-cooperatives.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 (NFWF). The three cooperatives – two in Oklahoma and one in Michigan – are built on and around National Wildlife]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Registration Now Open For QDMA’s 2013 National Convention</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/03/registration-now-open-for-qdmas-2013-national-convention.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) National Convention, to be held July 18-21 in Athens, Georgia. QDMA will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the 2013 National Convention as the event returns to Athens, home of QDMA’s National Headquarters. Athens hosted the first two QDMA National Conventions in 2001 and 2002. A new Convention]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>QDMA Heads to South Carolina for POMA Conference Next Week</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/03/qdma-heads-to-south-carolina-for-poma-conference-next-week.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. POMA&#8217;s mission is to foster excellence in communications at all levels, help members build their businesses, connect media and industry, promote fair and honest communication of the traditional outdoor sports and conservation stories,]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ten Young Hunters Selected for QDMA National Youth Hunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 pool of nominees with the intention of introducing new hunters to the world of white-tailed deer hunting. Youth who will]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meeting on Proposed Antler Point Restrictions May 17th</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 Wexford. The Northwest Michigan Chapter of the QDMA will host meetings in each county to answer questions and provide explanation.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On Antler Restrictions in Northern Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 that is 3 inches long or longer. The proposal would continue the current statewide requirement that hunters taking two bucks]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Captive Deer Breeding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Kip Adams &#8211; Kip&#8217;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 legislative session was far different however, as 10 states ultimately debated captive deer breeding bills. QDMA opposed each and issued]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>QDMA Urges Hunters in Seven States to Oppose Deer-Breeding Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 loosen or dismantle regulatory barriers to white-tailed deer breeding and farming is being considered in Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North]]></description>
		
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		<title>Michigan Deer Management Needs to be Changed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 assess how Michigan’s deer management stacks up with our neighbors. QDMA’s 2012 Whitetail Report shows that the majority of hunters]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>QDMA&#8217;s National Youth Hunt</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2011/11/qdmas-national-youth-hunt.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ten young hunters from around the nation with limited hunting opportunities recently enjoyed a dream deer hunt at QDMA&#8217;s 2011 National Youth Hunt, sponsored by Plum Creek Timber Co. Held in Georgia on a private host property from October 26-30, the National Youth Hunt was attended by hunters age 9 to 15 from the states of Michigan, South Carolina, Minnesota,]]></description>
		
		
		
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