How to Access Your Stand Undetected
While stand location is certainly important to your deer hunting success, so is being able to access those stands undetected. If you want to consistently have enjoyable and successful hunts in those great locations, you need to access them without revealing your presence to deer noses, eyes and ears. Click on the link below to learn how.
QDMA Seeks Conservation Intern
QDMA is offering a six-month internship that will run from January 1 to June 30, 2019. The intern will work with the Conservation Department on research, education, advocacy, grant writing and certification program issues.
The selected individual will assist the Conservation Department on identifying research funding opportunities, developing educational materials, engaging in legislative efforts, and helping with QDMA's certification programs.
To learn more about this position and how to apply, click on the link below.
Whitetail Hunt With Team Primos Giveaway
Congratulations to Steven Blanchard (pictured) of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania on being the winner of our dream hunt for two with Team Primos. Additional winners included:
Prize #2: Kimber rifle and Kimber pistol
Tom F. of Michigan
Prize #3: Bear Archery bow (Kuma)
James S. of Montana
Prize #4: YETI Tundra 35
Zachary B. of Ohio
Prize #5: Cuddeback Digital trail-camera
Dwane G. of Florida
Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway, as all the proceeds raised will go toward QDMA's mission to ensure the future of white-tailed deer, wildlife habitat and our hunting heritage.
Traveling to a known CWD Zone to hunt? Disease-causing prions can be spread to new areas in deer carcasses, especially high-risk parts such as the brain, eyes, spleen and spinal cord. Dispose of them inside the CWD Zone. Many states supply disposal sites or methods. #FightCWD
Hunting Lease Network
Access to quality hunting land is getting harder to find. HLN leases provide you with a great chance of harvesting trophy animals without the hassle of driving around knocking on doors. Our properties are inspected by our HLN representatives and most landowners allow improvements to further enhance your hunting opportunity. So if you are looking for a new place to hunt close to home or want to try hunting a new property out of state we got you covered as the Hunting Lease Network is the nation’s leader in “Bringing Landowners and Sportsmen Together”.
To see all the current available properties visit our website at HuntingLeaseNetwork.com
onX Hunt App
onX Hunt is the #1 name in hunter navigation. With clear-marked property lines and ownership information, the Hunt App allows you to navigate and hunt with confidence. We provide data for all 50 states, displayed on our three Basemaps: topographic, satellite imagery and a combination of topo and satellite. Map layers for every state give you even more detailed information for public hunting access, species distribution and more. onX has teamed up with QDMA to provide a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) layer, which shows the distribution of the disease state-by-state conveniently available on your mobile device.
For more information, check out www.onxmaps.com.
Cooperative Hunter Management Package
The excellent resources in this package will help educate everyone in your Cooperative.
Package includes:
- (20) A Basic Guide to Quality Deer Management booklets
- (1) Laminated Estimating Buck Age poster
- (1) Laminated Identifying Antlerless Deer poster and
- (1) Aging and Scoring Bucks on the Hoof DVD
Pat Sobotta’s Buffalo County, Wisconsin buck has a little bit of the “rectangular look” we often associate with 4½ years of age, because his stomach doesn’t sag significantly and his back is relatively flat, but like 61% of last week’s respondents, we’re pushing this guy into the oldest group, 5½-plus, for a few reasons. Though it’s not a deep gut, his stomach definitely has a curvature from the brisket to the waist. And what a brisket! Look how deep his chest drops. Meanwhile, his neck is so heavy it is almost flush with his shoulders at the top and flows right into that deep brisket at the bottom. His neck is so broad it makes his head look like a deep wedge, and he’s got what looks like loose skin under his chin. Add to that the wrinkled skin along his neck and we say punch a tag on this fully mature whitetail!
Here's a New Age This! Buck
Chris Sobanski got this Ontario buck on camera December 29. The rut peaks there the first week of November.
What's your age estimate for this buck? To see an additional photo and cast your vote, click on the link below.
We'll publish the results in our next QDMA e-newsletter, along with a new buck for you to age.
If you need to brush up on buck age characteristics before you make your estimate, read this article.
To submit photos for Age This!, here's how.
Thursday, November 1
Neshoba Branch (Miss.) QDMA Banquet |
