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Fill out form after every hunt even if no deer were seen. This helps us get the most accurate herd data possible.
Fill out form after every hunt even if no deer were seen. This helps us get the most accurate herd data possible.
Fill out this form after harvesting a deer. Please remember to report harvest to DEC.
Fill out this form after harvesting a deer. Please remember to report harvest to DEC.
Tracking is extremely important in helping us understand how our QDM efforts are impacting the local herd over time.
Tracking is extremely important in helping us understand how our QDM efforts are impacting the local herd over time.
Avoca/Howard QDM Co-Op Member's Pledge
Avoca/Howard QDM Co-Op Member's Pledge
- Bucks harvested shall have outside antler spread over 14”
- No button bucks should be harvested
- Members will fill out deer sighting form after each hunt
- Members will fill out deer harvest form after each kill
- First time hunters and youth hunters are exempt from these guidelines
- Accidents happen. There are no QDM police!
- Remember that following these guidelines is a benefit to you and the entire co-op
About the Co-Op
About the Co-Op
Quality Deer Management (QDM) works to enhance the fun and excitement of deer hunting by encouraging the protection of most or all yearling (1½-year-old) bucks combined with an appropriate harvest of does, when necessary, to maintain a healthy population in balance with habitat conditions and hunter desires. The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) has worked to promote sustainable, high-quality deer populations, wildlife habitats and ethical hunting experiences through research, education, advocacy, and hunter recruitment. QDMA teaches deer hunters how to improve local deer populations, habitat and hunting experiences.
QDM operates on 4 basic principles:
Herd Monitoring - Collecting harvest and observation data from participating members
Herd Management - Using data collected to make informed decisions about the local deer population
Habitat Management - Improving the local habitat to meet the needs of the local deer herd
Hunter Management - Organizing and communicating summaries of data collected and the management decisions made from that data
The Avoca-Howard QDM Co-Operative is a community of landowners, habitat managers, and hunters dedicated to the QDM practice in the Avoca-Howard region of upstate NY.
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