Quality Deer Management Association

The Philosophy of the QDMA

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) promotes a herd management philosophy of producing better, biologically and socially balanced deer herds for hunting. By protecting young bucks and harvesting an adequate number of does, property owners or managers can maintain a healthy population in balance with existing habitat conditions and landowner desires, while producing healthier deer herds for hunters.

 

Four Keys to Building Better Deer

The four main pillars of the Quality Deer Management philosophy are herd management, habitat management, hunter management, and herd monitoring. Essentially, this means determining how many of each deer of each gender to harvest, providing the proper food and other conditions for deer to thrive, educating hunters about what deer to harvest and when, and finally, carefully keeping track of the numbers and condition of the herd. More and more landowners, hunters, and wildlife managers across North America are embracing QDM.

 

Preserving Our Hunting Heritage

Leupold® is proud to assist their efforts to promote the practice and philosophy of Quality Deer Management. Conservation, fair chase and ethical hunting are all parts of who we are, and helping to ensure a strong future for our sport is important to us; we’re hunters and shooters too. Embracing and helping to spread the QDM philosophy will help preserve our hunting heritage for generations to come.