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NDA Calls on Michigan DNR to Continue Improving Antlerless Deer Harvest in CWD Zones

Jul 29, 2022 Kip Adams

Michigan hunters routinely rank at or near the top for antlered bucks harvested per square mile (PSM) in the U.S. The national average for the 2020-21 deer season was 1.7, and Michigan more than doubled…

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NDA Celebrates the Introduction of the North American Grasslands Conservation Act

Jul 27, 2022 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association (NDA), joined by a coalition of the nation’s leading conservation organizations, welcomes the introduction of the largest grasslands legislative effort in history – The North American Grasslands Conservation Act (NAGCA) –…

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Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act Passed by House of Representatives

Dec 9, 2021 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association (NDA) applauds yesterday’s passage of the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act in the House of Representatives. The NDA is proud to endorse the legislation, joining a strong group of…

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NDA’s onX Hunt CWD Layer Now Provides Testing Sites, More Resources

Nov 1, 2021 NDA Staff

Newly expanded information in the onX Hunt App CWD map layer will make it even easier for deer and elk hunters to help fight chronic wasting disease (CWD) by providing CWD distribution, management zones, testing…

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NDA Teams Up With Daniel Defense and NSSF on a Field to Fork Hunt

Dec 11, 2020 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association’s Field to Fork program has discovered an untapped reserve of adults who are interested in deer hunting but need an invitation and a helping hand to get started. One of the…

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QDMA Releases New Video Highlighting Field to Fork Program

Aug 20, 2019 NDA Staff

ATHENS, GA (August 20, 2019) – The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), in partnership with the Georgia R3 Initiative, has released a new video highlighting their highly acclaimed Field to Fork adult-mentored hunting program with the…

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QDMA Branches Embrace Field to Fork

Jan 15, 2019 NDA Staff

New York The Greater Rochester Southern Tier Branch partnered with the Cornell Cooperative Extension to run a Field to Fork out of the Rochester Public Market that very much followed the Athens, Georgia pilot program….

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Cultivating Field to Fork

Oct 31, 2018 Charles Evans

QDMA Hunting Heritage Programs Manager Hank Forester and I just wrapped up our third year of Field to Fork in Athens, Ga. and it was one of the best yet. Over the past few years…

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QDMA Expands Field to Fork Hunter Recruitment Into 7 New States

Sep 11, 2018 NDA Staff

Field to Fork, a hunter recruitment program for adults from non-hunting backgrounds, is expanding into seven new states this year after two successful seasons of pilot testing near QDMA Headquarters in Georgia. Of 22 adult…

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Field to Fork: Part 2

Nov 2, 2017 Charles Evans

Hank Forester, QDMA’s Hunting Heritage Programs Manager, and I had quite the experience in Georgia last year with a pilot program we named “Field to Fork” after an existing model in Kentucky. Field to Fork…

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