where we are going (mi summit) 2012
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‘Where We’ve Been…’
Kip Adams
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Director of Education & Outreach
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‘…Where We’re Going’
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Where Did we Come From?
Overharvest &
Habitat Destruction
Restocking &
Recovery
Traditional Deer Management
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U.S. White-tailed Deer Population
Growth (1900-2005)
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5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
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Rise of Quality Deer Management
1975 - Al Brothers and Murphy Ray published
their landmark book, Producing Quality
Whitetails.
Al Brothers – QDM Pioneer
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Joe & Donna Hamilton in front
of the QDMA “National
Headquarters” from 1994-1997
Joe married the principles of
QDM from Texas with the
organizational structure from
Australia and established the
South Carolina Quality Deer
Management Association
1988 – The QDMA is Born
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1989 – “The Signpost”
newsletter was launched
1990 – Name changed to the
North American Quality Deer
Management Association
1991 – Name changed again to
the Quality Deer Management
Association
1993 – The QDMA reached
3,000 members & launched
Quality Whitetails journal
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1995 1993
Rise of QDMA Educational Resources
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QDMA began to spread outside the Southeast
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1998
First official
National
Headquarters
opened in
Watkinsville,
Georgia
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2000
Membership topped 10,000 and momentum
began to build
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2001 1st National Convention was Held in Athens, GA
QDMA received the “Group
Achievement Award” from
The Wildlife Society for its
educational Achievements
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2003
Secured $1 million land
donation for permanent
headquarters and education center
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2005
QDMA National Headquarters
& Education Center opened in
Bogart, Georgia
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2006
QDMA’s
Mission
QDMA’s Landmark REACH
Program was Launched
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Research
Design, coordinate and fund practical research
projects that increase our understanding of whitetail
biology, ecology, management, hunting, diseases and
human dimensions
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Research
Secured ~$450,000 for research projects in:
Alabama Georgia
Mississippi New York
Oklahoma Pennsylvania
South Dakota Tennessee
Texas West Virginia
Michigan
Multi-state Living with White-tailed Deer project
Multi-state food plot project
(over 20 states in total)
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Expand existing educational activities for QDMA
members and the public while pursuing new
delivery methods such as television, DVDs and web-
based learning modules
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Educate
•Quality Whitetails magazine
•Annual QDMA Whitetail Reports
•Deer Cameras: the Science of Scouting
•Quality Food Plots
•Living with White-tailed Deer
-High school & community versions
•Cyber Deer (1,000 copies to NY DEC in 2010)
•Re-vamped poster and map series
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Increase involvement in all aspects of whitetail
hunting and management at all levels while
strengthening ties with members, conservation
organizations, wildlife agencies and other key
stakeholders
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Advocate
•Engaged in 38 policy or management issues
in 15 states in 2011
•Have already engaged in 53 policy issues in
2012
•Engaged in over 400 major deer initiatives
-APHIS CWD ruling,
-World Hunting Association proposal,
-captive cervid industry, etc.
•Supported agency initiatives in many states
•MOU with FSA, USFS, etc.
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Develop individual and property QDM certification
programs that allow members to maximize their
understanding of deer biology, management and
habitat improvement
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Certify
Through 2011, more than 550 people from 36
states, 3 provinces, and 1 U.S. Virgin Island
have attended at least one Deer Steward class.
(>600 DS I, ~300, DS II, ~25 DS III)
On-line Deer Steward I course in 2012
LCP also fully launched in 2012
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Develop a youth program and mentored
hunting program to educate and recruit
future hunters and conservationists to help
secure the future of our hunting heritage
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Hunt
Youth Education & Outreach Program
•Youth hunts and events
•Youth website
•Scholarship program, etc.
Mentored Hunting Program
•Long term commitment between mentor
and youth/first time hunter
•Heavy focus on woodsmanship skills and
small game hunting
•Ends with induction into hunting fraternity
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2011 Key Programs / Initiatives
• Neared completion of new youth program
(Rack Pack) and hired program manager
• Completed new land certification program and
held first two inspector training courses
• Completed on-line Deer Steward Program
• Hosted 5 successful Deer Steward courses
• Produced 3rd annual Whitetail Report
• Conducted 7th annual National Youth Hunt
• Neared completion of re-vamped Website
• Hosted record National Convention
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2011 Grants and Research • Secured $40,000 grant from USFWS to host first-ever
North American Whitetail Summit in 2014
• Secured $50,000 grant from National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation to establish model co-ops in
three regions
• Secured $50,000 grant from Budweiser and NFWF to
support QDMA’s Land Certification program
• Secured $60,000 grant from the Musselman Family
Foundation to support QDMA’s new
Development Program
• Continued work on whitetail and habitat projects in
multiple states from prior grants
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2011 Key Honors & Awards
• Received “Career Achievement Award” from the
Wildlife Society (via Southeast Deer Study Group)
• Joe Hamilton recognized as the 2011 Budweiser
“Conservationist of the Year”
• Brian Murphy selected as one of Outdoor Life’s “Top
25” Conservationists of the Year
• QDMA’s Trail Camera book honored with the
“Pinnacle Award” from POMA
• QDMA’s Whitetail Report received a 2nd Place Award
from SEOPA in best “Industry PR Program”
category
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QDMA Membership
1988-2011
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QDMA referred to as “smart and scrappy, but small and struggling”
… perhaps another organization should be formed to “advocate for deer”
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Approximate Number of Banquets and Regional
Directors Within Select Conservation
Organizations
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QDMA Net-to-Gross by Revenue Sector
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QDMA
fights for…
…every deer
hunter in
North
America
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…at QDMA…
Our Legacy Awaits!