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Deer Science

14 Stats From New Deer Research

Dec 7, 2022 Lindsay Thomas Jr.

For the past two years, NDA was proud to voluntarily coordinate and host the largest national gathering of deer researchers, the Southeast Deer Study Group meeting, to ensure its continuation despite the pandemic. It’s fortunate…

NDA Podcasts

Winter Habitat Projects for Better Fall Deer Hunting With Zack Vucurevich

Dec 7, 2022 NDA Staff

On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re once again talking with Zack Vucurevich of Whetstone Habitat LLC about habitat projects you can start planning or working on as soon as deer season wraps…

NDA Podcasts

Michael Hunsucker on His 3-Year Quest for a Buck Named “Floppy”

Nov 30, 2022 NDA Staff

Any seasoned deer hunter will tell you that there’s nothing more exhilarating than hunting a particular buck over more than one season. It’s a rarity for most to get more than a second season to…

Venison

Venison Backstrap Grilling Tips from a Professional Chef

Nov 29, 2022 Evan Barrett

Evan Barrett of Michigan is a new hunter who killed his first deer at an NDA Field to Fork hunt in 2021. He’s also a professional chef and sommelier. He shared a photo of the…

NDA Podcasts

Post-Rut Deer Hunting Strategy and Venison Diplomacy With Clint Campbell

Nov 22, 2022 NDA Staff

On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re talking with Clint Campbell of the Truth From the Stand podcast about his strategies for finding and killing post-rut bucks. We also dive into Clint’s background,…

Deer Science

Do Whitetail Bucks Ever Mate With Their Own Doe Offspring?

Nov 16, 2022 Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The whitetail rut is a frenzied scramble. Literally, that’s the biological term for the whitetail breeding strategy – “scramble competition” – because a buck’s success at breeding does is determined mostly by his ability to…

NDA Podcasts

Deer Hunting Strategy and the Importance of Staying Comfortable in the Stand With Greg Farrell of First Lite

Nov 16, 2022 NDA Staff

It doesn’t matter if you have the best bow or gun or have the luxury of hunting great land crawling with big whitetail bucks if you’re not able to put adequate time in the deer…

Deer Science

Bucks Are More Visible When Deer Hunters Harvest Does

Nov 9, 2022 Ben Westfall

“If you shoot a bunch of does, you won’t see any bucks!” I have heard this phrase and its variations time and time again over my years as a deer hunter, land manager and biologist….

NDA Podcasts

Manage Your Hunting Property by Shooting the Right Number of Deer With Matt Ross

Nov 9, 2022 Brian Grossman

On this week’s Deer Season 365 Podcast episode, we’re talking with NDA’s Matt Ross about deer herd management. Matt explains the art and science behind harvesting the right number of bucks and does on a…

Hunting

NDA’s Guide to the Whitetail Rut

Nov 4, 2022 Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The whitetail rut is the most exciting time of the season for deer hunters, and it’s also a time when the NDA receives a lot of questions about this important season in the whitetail’s year….

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Action Alert: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Needs a Final Push

Dec 5, 2022 Amber Kornak

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA, H.R. 2773, S. 2372) has faced a long stretch in the legislative system. RAWA passed the House of Representatives this summer, has passed through the Senate Committee on Environment…

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