The map is part of NDA’s effort to help deer hunters maintain adequate national deer harvests, especially of antlerless deer.

And one of the first things they want to do upon stepping foot onto their new property is establish a food plot or two. While most food plotting begins in earnest in mid summer — to prep ...

During the 2024-25 deer hunting season, the program provided 24,278 pounds of venison to 54 local food pantries.