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Michigan House Bill 6354 (HB 6354), which recently passed the Michigan House of Representatives, would remove the authority of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) to issue an order or interim order requiring a hunter to report the harvest of deer or retain a harvest confirmation number for that deer.…
MoreIn this week’s Deer Season 365 podcast episode, we’re talking with Kip Adams about NDA’s recently released 2024 Deer Report. Kip hits the highlights of the state-by-state harvest data, including buck and doe harvest, the age structure of the harvest, deer harvest by weapon type, and much more. We also dive…
MoreAn average of 88% of state white-tailed deer harvests occur on private land, according to the National Deer Association’s latest Deer Report, released this week. Texas reported the highest rate of private-land deer harvest at 99% while Massachusetts reported the highest rate of public-land harvest at 43%. “Most of America’s…
MoreDeer hunters in the United States are taking more mature bucks than ever in modern history. That’s true both as a percentage of the antlered buck harvest and in actual numbers of bucks harvested. This was a finding of our 2024 Deer Report, in which the average percentage of the…
MoreThe average hunter today has much longer seasons and more weapon opportunities than he or she had in the past. To assess how hunters take advantage of these, for our 2024 Deer Report we surveyed state and provincial wildlife agencies to determine the percentage of the total deer harvest taken…
MoreThe Importance of Doe Harvest in Florida National Doe Harvest in Review American hunters killed more antlerless deer than antlered bucks for the first time in 1999, a huge milestone that was celebrated by this organization and its members. Doe harvests remained high for many seasons afterward. That trend faded…
MoreA sketchy online report from neurologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center, in the journal Neurology, is getting attention and causing confusion about the human health implications of chronic wasting disease in deer. Caution and accuracy are critical when examining the question of CWD and human health. Until…
MoreWould you be surprised to learn not every doe raises a fawn each year? Zero is an option, even when fawn predators are not a factor. For some does to skip years, though, there must be other does in the population that go beyond the call of duty. Super Does,…
MoreGet Your Free Copy of NDA’s 2024 Deer Report Are you interested in the latest deer harvest statistics and management trends? Then look no further than NDA’s 2024 Deer Report! Over 65 pages stuffed with state-by-state harvest data, hunting trends, disease information, fawn recruitment rates, and much more. Just complete…
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