As the Quality Deer Management philosophy becomes further anchored as the dominant mindset among whitetail hunters, achieving greater numbers of mature bucks is not the hurdle it once was. Instead, there’s another hurdle: Killing them….
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How to Calibrate a Food Plot Sprayer
May 23, 2012Craig Harper
So, you have learned to identify your major weed problems. You have done your homework and identified the herbicide necessary to control the weeds in your food plots. You have planned ahead, and you are…
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10 Shooting Tips From Army Marksmen
Apr 11, 2012Walter Stroman and SFC Kyle Ward
Harvesting an appropriate number of does each year to maintain a deer population in balance with local resources is at the heart of sound deer management, making your rifle a critical tool. As a hunter,…
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To Kill Mature Bucks, Go Somewhere Else
Mar 16, 2012Lindsay Thomas Jr.
I had an interesting phone conversation with deer researcher Dr. Mark Conner while I was working on an article for Quality Whitetails. Mark, who works in Maryland, has led a number of recent groundbreaking studies…
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QDM: Frequently Asked Questions
Mar 14, 2012Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Why practice QDM? Do I have to wait for a “wallhanger” or a “trophy” before I can kill a buck? I hunted all season and did not see a buck that was legal under my…
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Know Your Native Deer Foods
Mar 9, 2012Kip Adams
Food studies have identified several hundred plant species that deer will consume during the course of a year. Some are used seasonally, some only when little else is available, and some are preferred regardless of…
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7 Steps to a Successful Cooperative
Mar 8, 2012Donnie Wood
Gather a group of hunters who practice Quality Deer Management (QDM) and you’ll discover many similarities. All of us strive to harvest an appropriate number of antlerless deer when necessary and while not harvesting button bucks….
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Leading Other Hunters to QDM
Mar 8, 2012Lindsay Thomas Jr.
One November, my brother, Rans, showed me a video clip he filmed while bowhunting a small, suburban tract in Georgia. The clip included several minutes of footage of a nice 9-pointer working a scrape and…
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Finding Un-Pressured Deer
Mar 2, 2012Kip Adams
Density, distribution and travel patterns are things we often seek to learn about deer, but researchers from Penn State University set out to learn the density, distribution and habitat use of deer hunters. They used…
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How to Establish a QDM Cooperative
Jan 25, 2012NDA Staff
“We would love to participate in a deer management program on our property, but those dirtbags across the fence shoot everything that moves. So, what’s the point?” Sound familiar? I’ve heard this countless times over…
