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		<title>Attention Deer Hunters and Forest Landowners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alternative buck harvest strategies]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Hudson Valley Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association and the Watershed Agricultural Council invites you to attend a : Deer &#38; Habitat Field Day (PRE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED) Saturday &#124; October 9, 2010 &#124; 8:30 am- 3:00 pm Location: 4H Camp Shankitunk &#124; 2420 Arbor Hill Road &#124; Delhi &#124; NY &#124; 13753 [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/A90RhI7vbXE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Biological and Other Compelling Needs for Antler Restriction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deer Biology]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many critics of antler restrictions are quick to dismiss the program as a gimmick or another “flavor of the month” for deer management. However this notion ignores the basic breeding ecology of deer and the impacts that can affect a white-tailed deer herd when that ecology is compromised. Introduction Deer numbers and distribution are a [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/QZnoLVjS3f8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Do Antler Restrictions Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Henry</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hvqdma.com/?p=2911</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do antler restrictions (3 point rule) really work? I have heard so many rumors (and opinions) that it makes me confused. What’s the real deal?&#8221; The short answer to your question is “yes” antler restrictions can and do work.  This has been proven time and again in many portions of white-tailed deer range in North [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/c1v_xZPEaWQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Critical months for deer survival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deer Biology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hvqdma.com/?p=2893</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Aside from the fall hunting season when half a million hunters are afield in New York State, the most critical months for deer survival are late winter, especially when weather conditions have been harsh for an extended period of time. Deer rely heavily on their fat reserves to survive in northern climates. They are ruminants [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/sIV8JA6hnPM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Antlered Buck Harvest December 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Adams</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Antlered Buck Harvest December 2009 The 2009-10 deer season is closed or nearing so for states across the whitetail&#8217;s range, and biologists will be crunching data in the coming months to assess the outcome of this past season. Until that data is available, let&#8217;s look at harvest data from the two most recent seasons &#8211; [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/brpMoDlg4h8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New York State 2009 Deer Harvest Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The DEC reported that roughly 222,800 deer were harvested in the 2009 hunting season. The 2009 numbers were very similar to the take reported in 2008. The antlerless take increased by 3%, totaling over 120,700, while the buck take dropped 3.5% bringing the buck harvest numbers down slightly to 105,747. Deer Harvest by Zone Northern [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/iEc9qO2HPN8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Once a spike, always a spike?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deer Biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Spike bucks in New York State are almost always a yearling deer and are not destined to be spikes if they survive to future hunting seasons. If a yearling buck is lucky enough to survive to the age of 2 ½ years it will begin to display antler growth typical of a mature white-tailed deer [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/T6e6-Lwb8Zc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yellow Tail Wine Gives Money to HSUS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Take Action]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Please read below. It would appear that Yellow Tail wines is not going to withdraw its pledge to the radical group HSUS. There are many other wine companies to patronize besides Yellow Tail. Please do not support them, urge family and friends not to support them and contact them to let them know how you [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/TnfyTiWG290" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vassar College Deer Cull Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deer Biology]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Selected Data from the 2010 White-tailed Deer Cull At Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Background The Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve,  situated in the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York consists  of  530 acres of open space that is actively  managed  for education, research, athletics, food production, composting, and recreation. Concurrently managing  for biodiversity and [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/Nq9eLuDcxwY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Detecting the Rut Peak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fetal aging sounds like a technique used by Ob/Gyn doctors and ultrasound technicians, but deer managers can learn a lot about the population they’re managing by taking some annual fetal measurements. This practice is not new or limited to the South, as the initial studies on fetal development in white-tailed deer began in the 1940s [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/Kyct5OTIXXw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Free Deer Management Lecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[deer lecture]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Lecture: Thursday January 21, 2010 7-8:30 p.m., The Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership and the Hudson Valley Quality Deer Management Association presents:  Oh Deer! The population and habits of white-tailed deer have changed over time, and so has the need for and approaches to management of deer in our region. Ethan Pierce, Deer Program Manager at Mohonk [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/RJXhXGKYdDs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hudson Valley QDMA Branch Receives Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Highland - The Hudson Valley Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association (HVQDMA) was recently awarded a grant from another local New York state based conservation organization &#8211; the Catskills Region Friends of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The grant of $750 will be used by the HVQDMA Branch to purchase a new laptop; which, [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hvqdma/~4/DTjb_lb80K0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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