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Hunting
A Beginner’s Guide to Traditional Archery
May 7, 2025Brian Grossman
I have a lot of great memories from over 35 years of bowhunting, but few compare to taking my first deer with a traditional bow. No, it wasn’t a big buck. In fact, it wasn’t…
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Venison
The Venison Liver Pâté Challenge
May 6, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
I would not consider myself to be someone who likes liver. However, I had a desire to utilize more of my deer, and that meant tackling a portion that many claim is inedible. I wanted…
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Deer Science
A Photo Gallery of Jawbones From Extremely Old Deer
Apr 30, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
The longer deer live, the more they wear down their teeth from chewing forage and browse. It used to be that hunters could only age extremely worn deer jaws as “5½-plus” or some variation of…
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Venison
How to Make Maple Wild Pork Breakfast Sausages
Apr 28, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
Wait a minute – that’s not venison! That’s right. This is a wild pork recipe, and we are the National Deer Association. Let me explain. A few years ago, when I was just starting out…
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Top 5 Map Layers for Habitat Management You’ve Probably Overlooked
Apr 23, 2025Matt Ross
Two of the biggest limitations in managing deer habitat are a lack of knowledge and time. Not everyone has formal land management training or experience, and we all do our best to balance life’s other…
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The Deer Hunting Fail That Put Me On a Path to Physical and Mental Fitness
Apr 16, 2025Nick Pinizzotto
The unseasonably warm start to the 2013 Ohio archery deer season made it difficult for me to get motivated, and it didn’t help that I had lost my mental focus. After making more than enough…
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How to Make Venison Scotch Eggs
Apr 16, 2025Megan Postol
This delicious way to use venison requires so few ingredients, it’s almost hard to believe. Venison Scotch Eggs are a simple, hearty, and fun way to use our favorite wild game. They reheat well too,…
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The Joys of Serving Others Through Doe Harvest
Apr 8, 2025Elizabeth Kligge
It’s really hard to find time to hunt deer when your job revolves around giving other people opportunities to hunt deer. As NDA’s Director of Hunter Recruitment, I make plans to get out there for…
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Top 3 Factors Influencing Deer-Vehicle Collisions
Apr 7, 2025Casey Rotenberger
In my home state of Pennsylvania, everyone has either hit a deer with their vehicle or knows someone who has. The Keystone State was identified as “high-risk” in 2024 by State Farm, with the likelihood…
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How to Take a Food Plot Soil Sample
Apr 2, 2025Cheyne Matzenbacher
A soil sample test can be the difference between a quality deer food plot and a failed food plot. This simple test can save you time, energy and of course money by determining your actual…
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4 Important Lessons Learned From Managing and Hunting a Small Property
Mar 26, 2025Brian Grossman
Purchasing a small hunting property has been one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve made. Not only is it nice to occasionally hunt right out the back door, but being able to implement changes to…
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How to Secure Permission to Hunt Deer on Private Land
Mar 19, 2025Autumn McEntee
Mentoring a new hunter at an NDA Field to Fork event is about as rewarding as it gets. Time spent in the blind is especially interesting because new hunters are full of questions about anything…
