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National Deer Association Applauds Order Expanding Hunting and Fishing Access on Federal Lands

Jan 13, 2026 NDA Staff

January 13, 2026 – Today, the National Deer Association expresses its appreciation for Secretary Doug Burgum’s Order expanding opportunities to hunt and fish across our entire federal public land estate. “Hunters are conservationists at heart and…

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NDA Welcomes Brooke Phillips as Spring Conservation Intern

Jan 7, 2026 Brian Grossman

The National Deer Association (NDA) is excited to welcome Brooke Phillips as the newest intern on our Conservation team for the first half of 2026. Brooke will support NDA staff through July 1, contributing to…

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The Biggest Buck Harvest in 21 Years

Jan 26, 2022 NDA Staff

Deer hunters in the United States harvested an estimated 6.3 million white-tailed deer in the 2020-21 hunting season, the most since 2011, according to the National Deer Association’s latest Deer Report released this week. Harvests…

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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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