2015 North American Deer Summit in Kentucky Was a Huge Success

By Justin Stakes

The 2015 North American Deer Summit produced the ammunition needed to tackle key issues facing today’s deer population

Newark, NY -(Ammoland.com)- Last week nearly 300 representatives from all across the hunting world attended the 2015 North American Deer Summit in Louisville, Kentucky.

The goal of this year’s Summit was to develop specific strategies, timelines and goals geared toward addressing the key issues facing today’s deer populations. The key issues that carried the discussion in Louisville were hunter recruitment and retention, political influences on hunting, landscape change and habitat loss, the public’s perception of hunting and the captive deer industry.

Through the collaboration of deer conservation organizations, hunters, landowners, state/federal agencies, industry leaders, outdoor media and other stakeholders, specific actions were identified to address these threats which are endangering our deer-hunting heritage.

“With the 2015 North American Deer Summit in the books, we feel that we have received the marching orders needed to address the key issues facing our nation’s deer herd today,” stated Craig Dougherty, Executive Director of the National Deer Alliance. “We place great value in the opinions and ideas that were shared over …read more

Source:: AmmoLand