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NDA Welcomes New Interns for Spring 2025

Jan 24, 2025 NDA Staff

The National Deer Association (NDA) is pleased to announce the addition of three exceptional interns to its team for the spring season. Mason Vliet, Casey Rotenberger, and Keaton Wright-Chapman will work alongside NDA staff to…

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Jennifer Hodge McLain of South Carolina Joins NDA Board of Directors

Dec 23, 2024 NDA Staff

At their December meeting, the Board of Directors of the National Deer Association voted to welcome Jennifer Hodge McLain of South Carolina as a new member. The Board also re-elected two members, re-elected officers, and…

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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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Learn-to-Hunt Pilot Program Starts Small – with Small Game

May 8, 2017 Charles Evans

Over the past couple of decades, we have seen a shift the in the rural traditions, values, and beliefs that have formed the foundation of hunting in the United States. In Georgia, we are shifting…

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“Field to Fork” Helps Locavores Become Hunters

Nov 3, 2016 Charles Evans

When I ask people why they choose to pursue deer each fall, there are always a variety of replies. Some even struggle with the answer because hunting has become so ingrained in their lifestyle. However,…

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