QDMA Adds Predator Management Course to Deer Steward Program

By Justin Stakes

Athens, GA -(AmmoLand.com)- In answer to demand from hunters suffering high fawn predation, QDMA is pleased to announce the addition of a Predator Management course to its highly successful Deer Steward Certification program.

The intensive three-day course will take place September 11-13 at Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, Tennessee, and will be led by professional trapper Clint Cary, owner of Tactical Trapping Services. Clint has been a speaker at the QDMA National Convention and Deer Steward courses.

Through this new, comprehensive course he will teach all aspects of a predator management campaign, including: pre-planning, making successful sets, laying out a property for a campaign, trap modifications, lures, baits and other attractants, and more. The instruction will include a mix of in-class and in-the-field.

“In many regions of the whitetail’s range, managing fawn predation through trapping predators like coyotes and bobcats has become a valuable skill for deer hunters,” said Matt Ross, QDMA’s Certification Programs Manager. “This new Deer Steward module will give attendees the knowledge they need to launch their own effective predator management effort.”

Previous Deer Steward certification is not required to take this stand-alone course. The cost …read more

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