Bucks. Does. Bobcats. Feral hogs. Coyotes. Turkeys. Even a fox squirrel. I was accustomed to seeing these and other sights every time I opened my Moultrie Mobile app to check the latest images on my […]
QDMA applauds the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for its decision to discontinue relocating urban deer to open rangelands due to the risk of potentially spreading chronic wasting disease (CWD). “The majority of disease experts […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) today released its 11th annual Whitetail Report, a comprehensive update on the status of white-tailed deer including deer harvest trends through the 2017-18 season, the most recent hunting season […]
One year into QDMA’s current five-year mission goals, a progress report shows the organization is tracking ahead of pace in five of seven major areas focused on the QDMA mission to ensure the future of […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) recently announced its goals for the next five years, with specific targets in five key areas – deer management, habitat conservation, hunting access, hunter recruitment, and education – that […]
U.S. whitetail hunters took more mature bucks than 1½-year-old or “yearling” bucks for the second consecutive year – and the second year ever in modern history – according to data compiled by the Quality Deer […]
Every year starting in December, QDMA begins to receive sporadic reports of bucks dropping their antlers earlier than normal. These reports seem to be more common in some years, or more concentrated in specific regions, […]
I can’t speak for you, but buck fever is one of the reasons I go deer hunting. Of course, the main reason we go is to bring home nourishing food for our families. But we […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is offering a six-month internship that will run from January 1 to June 30, 2017. The intern will work with the Education and Outreach Department on research, education, advocacy and […]
QDMA’s volunteer Branches set an all-time record in new hunter recruitment in 2015, successfully guiding more than 500 hunters afield through various mentored hunting programs. To help its volunteers with the workload while providing the hunters […]
As the peak of the rut approaches in most of the whitetail’s range, so does the peak of deer-vehicle collisions. The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) offers suggestions based on scientific research to help […]
From QDMA – Do whitetails really go into a movement slump in the pre-rut? If not, what’s behind the “October Lull” phenomenon that many hunters say they witness? QDMA’s Kip Adams tackled these questions in […]
The QDMA promotes harvesting an adequate number of does to keep deer populations in balance with available resources like forage and cover. This leads to a discussion of how many does to shoot, since “adequate” […]
Deer season is upon us, and to help hunters get ready, QDMA is holding the Gear Up For Deer online auction containing 50 items including bows, guns, hunting trips, gear, optics, habitat equipment and much […]
QDMA is pleased to invite deer hunters to visit its newly relaunched website, QDMA.com, which now allows the organization to more efficiently interact with, educate and support its members, volunteers, and all deer hunters. “Whether […]
The power of selectively controlled breeding is incredible. With it, we transformed a wolf into a chihuahua over the course of 15,000 years – mere milliseconds in the echoing depths of geologic time. We transformed […]
We are often told to get out of our “comfort zone” to make progress in life, but there are also times when we really need to stay in it. Bowhunting is one of those times. […]
We’ve received photos of some extremely weird deer at QDMA, but the ones I got this week from my friend Ryan Basinger in Alabama deserve a place in the Hall of Strange. Here was a […]
Each year, hunters across the whitetail’s range encounter deer with “warts,” like the buck in the photo above, sent to us by QDMA member Evan Heusinkveld. The growths on these deer are cutaneous fibromas and […]
Over the past two years the North American Deer Summit has met twice to address issues facing deer and deer hunting. The first Summit spawned the National Deer Alliance (NDA) which led to the most […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) supports New York Senate Bill 4727 and Assembly Bill A7171, which would increase the penalties for the illegal taking of deer and help reduce the number of unlawful activities […]
An amazing auction packed with over $300,000 of top shelf hunts, a ticketed raffle with over $37,000 worth of hunts and bowhunting gear… plus special event raffles held throughout the convention. That is what you […]
American deer hunters are killing the highest-ever percentage of bucks age 3½ and older, according to data gathered by the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) for its 2015 Whitetail Report, now available online. In the […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) supports the proposed management areas revealed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in western North Carolina because it addresses a nationwide concern […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) Hunter’s Dream Sweepstakes are open now, and 30 lucky winners will get to choose from over $300,000 in prizes, including 52 firearms and 26 dream hunts and trips! The […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) applauds the Missouri legislature for upholding Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of bills that would have re-classified captive deer as “livestock,” putting them under the jurisdiction of the Department of […]
Thanks in part to a $50,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) recently helped establish three wildlife management cooperatives that unite public and private hunting lands […]
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 […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) announced on Monday that registration has opened for its 2013 Deer Steward courses, which are highlighted by a property tour of Lee and Tiffany Lakosky’s Iowa farm and a […]
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to announce that it will soon receive a $550,000 donation from Larry and Brenda Potterfield with MidwayUSA to support its recently launched youth education and outreach program, […]
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