I do not know many here in New Hampshire who are members of QDMA but that is about to change. I just joined! Why did I join? As a hunter, I want to see Quality Deer and Deer Management. Education is the key, and QDMA has a lot of educational activities if you like deer and deer hunting. I just took the on-line QDMA Buck Age Class to determine visually the age of a buck before a kill. As I said, I am hunting Texas this October and will see many bucks. Getting a leg up on practicing live ageing is very helpful in selecting a deer to take. So far for all the deer I have killed in New Hampshire, the oldest deer was perhaps 4 1/2 years old. The rest were younger. I remember bowhunting in PA many years ago where there was a place hunters could stay and hang up their deer. There were a dozen deer hanging and all were spike bucks. None of them were over 1 1/2 years old and the deer were tiny. Tiny because there were extremely young. It was disappointing! “I watched that deer come under your stand. Why didn’t you shoot”, a hunting friend asked. “Looked too small to me, a baby. Let it grow”, I said. I am looking for a real deer… QDMA helps.
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