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dEEr stEWard CErtiFiCation Program – LeveL III

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Quality dEEr managEmEnt assoCiation

dEEr stEWard lEvEl iii aPPliCation

Deer Steward Level III is the final step in QDMA’s Individual Deer Steward Certification Program. Unlike Levels I and II, Level III is not a course and no test is required. Level III is achieved through personal achievement and long-term service to the white-tailed deer resource and/or the QDMA. For many, Level III status will take years to qualify. Fortunately the effort needed to meet the qualifications will be replaced with pride and satisfaction upon attaining Level III status.

The following application is divided into four sections. Applicants must fulfill all requirements in Section I and attain at least 50 points out of a possible 70 in Sections II, III and IV. To complete the application, record the number of points achieved for each line item in the left column, and include all required supporting information below. Please note that it is possible to achieve 1 point for some items and 2 points for others. Thanks for your commitment to Quality Deer Management and the QDMA and good luck on your application.

SECTION I - Applicants must meet all of the following requirements in this section

o DEER STEWARD I CERTIFICATION Course location ____________________________ Date _____________

o DEER STEWARD II CERTIFICATION Course location ____________________________ Date _____________

o QDMA MEMBER FOR THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (years of membership must immediately precede this application) Membership number ______________________________

o TEN YEARS CONDUCTING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN SECTIONS II, III AND IV describe management experience in exhibit a on last page

o CLEAN WILDLIFE RECORD FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS (no convictions or points toward license revocation)

o COMPLIANCE WITH QDMA’S CODE OF CONDUCT:

• Know and obey all hunting rules and regulations

• Learn as much as possible about wildlife management, recreational hunting and hunting ethics

• Act in a manner which brings credit to deer hunting and the QDMA

• Present a positive image to the public by setting examples as responsible hunters

• Participate in hunter education and safety courses and encourage other hunters to do the same

• Respect the activities and beliefs of other hunters, landowners, and the public

• Support the objectives of the QDMA

Signature __________________________________________________

Date ________________________________

Quality Deer ManageMent association

Deer stewarD level iii application

SECTION II - Personal Service and Achievement (maximum 32 points in this section)

______ SERVE AS QDMA BRANCH OR STATE CHAPTER OFFICER OR DIRECTOR (1 point for each year, 2 points maximum) Branch/State Chapter __________________________________ Position ____________________________ Dates ___________________

Branch/State Chapter __________________________________ Position ____________________________ Dates ___________________

______ SERVE AS A HUNT CLUB OR FISH AND GAME CLUB OFFICER OR DIRECTOR (1 point for each year, 2 points maximum)

Group _______________________________________________ Position ____________________________ Dates ___________________

Group ________________________________________________ Position ____________________________ Dates ___________________

______ SERVE ON A DEER STAKEHOLDER OR WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1 point for each committee or year, 2 points maximum)

Name of Committee ___________________________________ City & State _________________________ Date ___________________

Name of Committee ___________________________________ City & State _________________________ Date ___________________

______ WRITE LETTER TO STATE/FEDERAL OFFICIAL OR TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF A DEER MANAGEMENT ISSUE (1 point for each letter or personal testimony, 2 points maximum)

Type involvement (letter/testimony)_____________________________ Subject _______________________ Date ___________________

Type involvement (letter/testimony)_____________________________ Subject _______________________ Date ___________________

______ SERVE AS A MENTOR USING QDMA’S MENTORED HUNTING GUIDE (1 point for student mentored, 2 points maximum)

Student’s name _______________________________________________________ Completion Date ________________________

Student’s name _______________________________________________________ Completion Date ________________________

______ TAKE AN UNRELATED YOUTH HUNTING, OTHER THAN UNDER QDMA’S MENTORED HUNTING PROGRAM (1 point for youth mentored, 2 points maximum)

Youth’s name ________________________________________________________ Date(s) _________________________________

Youth’s name ________________________________________________________ Date(s) _________________________________

______ TAKE AN UNRELATED ADULT HUNTING FOR THE FIRST TIME, OTHER THAN UNDER QDMA’S MENTORED HUNTING PROGRAM (1 point for each adult, 2 points maximum)

Adult’s name ________________________________________________________ Date(s) _________________________________

Adult’s name ________________________________________________________ Date(s) _________________________________

______ RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL AWARD FROM QDMA (presented at national convention) FOR DEER, HABITAT, HUNTING OR CONSERVATION WORK (1 point for each award, 2 points maximum)

award received _______________________________________________________ date ___________________________________


______ RECEIVE AWARD FROM STATE OR FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCY OR CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION FOR DEER, HABITAT OR HUNTING PRESERVATION WORK (1 point for award, 2 points maximum)





______ OBTAIN WILDLIFE, FORESTRY OR RELATED DEGREE FROM ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY (1 point for each degree, 2 points maximum) Degree _____________________________________ University ____________________________ Year Received ___________________

Degree _____________________________________ University ____________________________ Year Received ___________________

______ ATTEND QDMA NATIONAL CONVENTION (1 point for each year attended, 2 points maximum)

Year Attended _____________________ City & State ______________________________________________________________________

Year Attended _____________________ City & State ______________________________________________________________________

______ DONATE AT LEAST $500 TO QDMA’S REACH PROGRAM OR ENDOWMENT FUND (1 point for each $500 donated, 2 points maximum)

Amount Donated ___________________________________ Year(s) ____________________________

______ ATTEND FORMAL UNIVERSITY, STATE WILDLIFE AGENCY OR QDMA EDUCATIONAL EVENT, EXCLUDING QDMA NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OR DEER STEWARD COURSES (1 point for each event attended, 2 points maximum)

Organization _________________________ Event _____________________________ City & State ___________________ Year _______

Organization _________________________ Event _____________________________ City & State ___________________ Year _______

______ CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS ON QDM, QDMA, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, ETC. (1 point for each presentation, 2 points maximum)

Location ______________________________________________________________________________ Date ________________________

Location ______________________________________________________________________________ Date ________________________

______ SHARE VENISON WITH A NON-HUNTING NEIGHBOR OR FRIEND (1 point maximum)

______ BECOME A QDMA SPONSOR OR QDMA LIFE MEMBER (1 point maximum)

______ RECRUIT AT LEAST 10 NEW QDMA MEMBERS (1 point maximum)

______ BECOME A CERTIFIED BOONE & CROCKETT CLUB OR POPE & YOUNG CLUB SCORER (1 point maximum) Club________________________________________Certificationnumber_________________________________ Year_____________

SECTION III - Resource Impacts & Contributions (maximum 32 points in this section)

______ PLANT AT LEAST 20 SEEDLINGS OF HARD MAST SPECIES (1 point maximum)

______ PLANT AT LEAST 20 SEEDLINGS OF SOFT MAST SPECIES (1 point maximum)

______ PLANT AT LEAST 50 SEEDLINGS OF ANY SHRUB SPECIES (1 point maximum)

______ PLANT AT LEAST 50 SEEDLINGS OF CONIFERS FOR NON-TIMBER PURPOSES (1 point maximum)

To obtain points for the following items, the work must be separate from anything else you claimed points for. For example, you can’t claim points for planting food plots and claim them again for assisting a landowner if they were the same plantings.

______ CONDUCT COMMERCIAL-SCALE TIMBER-STAND IMPROVEMENT (TSI) TO MEET WILDLIFE GOALS (1 point maximum)

______ CONDUCT SMALL-SCALE TSI WITH A CHAINSAW (HINGE-CUTS, EDGE FEATHERING, DAYLIGHTING, ETC.). (1 point maximum)

______ MAINTAIN “OLD FIELD” HABITAT OF AT LEAST 3 ACRES THROUGH MOWING, BURNING OR HERBICIDES (1 point maximum)

______ ESTABLISH A “SANCTUARY” ON YOUR HUNTING PROPERTY WHERE DEER ARE NOT PRESSURED BY HUNTERS (1 point maximum)

______ RECEIVE COST-SHARE FUNDING FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM (crp, etc.) (1 point maximum)

______ RECEIVE OFFICIAL PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING FROM STATE FORESTRY AGENCY (1 point maximum)

______ CONDUCT A PRESCRIBED FIRE OF AT LEAST 20 TOTAL ACRES (1 point maximum)

______ ESTABLISH AT LEAST 10 TOTAL ACRES OF COOL-SEASON FOOD PLOTS (1 point maximum)

______ ESTABLISH AT LEAST 10 TOTAL ACRES OF WARM-SEASON FOOD PLOTS (1 point maximum)

______ ESTABLISH AT LEAST 10 TOTAL ACRES OF NATIVE WARM-SEASON GRASSES (1 point maximum)

______ COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE EROSION CONTROL PROJECT (1 point maximum)

______ CREATE OR RESTORE AT LEAST ONE POND OR WETLAND AREA (1 point maximum)

______ ESTABLISH A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON A PROPERTY (1 point maximum) ______ ESTABLISH A QDM COOPERATIVE INVOLVING A MINIMUM OF THREE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS/ HUNTING GROUPS. (1 point maximum) ______ MANAGE PREDATOR NUMBERS THROUGH TRAPPING (ON OWN OR HIRED PROFESSIONAL) FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS (1 point maximum)

______ ERADICATE/CONTROL A NON-NATIVE, INVASIVE PLANT ON A SELECT PROPERTY (1 point maximum)

______ ASSIST ANOTHER LANDOWNER (public or private) WITH THEIR DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (1 point maximum)

Landowner Name ___________________________________ City & State ___________________________ Date ___________________

______ WORK CLOSELY WITH A PROFESSIONAL WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST OR FORESTER TO IMPLEMENT YOUR WILDLIFE OR HABITAT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (1 point maximum)

Biologist/Forester’s Name___________________________________________________________________ Year(s) ___________________

______ ASSIST STATE OR FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCY, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER RESEARCH OR TEACHING ENTITY WITH DATA COLLECTION (1 point maximum)

Agency/Org. ________________________________ Data Collected _________________________________ Year ___________________



______ PROVIDE ACCESS TO A PROPERTY FOR RESEARCH, FIELD DAYS OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES (1 point maximum)

Purpose ____________________________________________________________________ Date _________________________________

______ ESTABLISH A FORMAL DEER MANAGEMENT PLAN (2 points)

Plan should include the following items:

• Management Objectives for Property • Location and Boundary Maps

• Harvest Data Analysis • Observation and/or Survey Data Analysis

• Harvest Recommendations • Herd Monitoring Protocol

Name of Plan ______________________________________ Date ____________________ State _________________________________

______ ESTABLISH A FORMAL HABITAT OR TIMBER MANAGEMENT PLAN (2 points)

Plan should include the following items: • Management Objectives for Property

• Location, Boundary and Habitat Maps • Management Goals, by Habitat Type • Habitat Descriptions • Site Descriptions, by Habitat • Recommended Treatments, by Habitat • Procedures for Updating the Plan

Name of Plan ______________________________________ Date ____________________ State _________________________________

______ RECORD AND ANALYZE (or have analyzed) AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF DEER HARVEST DATA (2 points)

Data Recorded on_______________________(#) Deer Years _________________________________

______ RECORD AND ANALYZE (or have analyzed) AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF SCOUTING CAMERA, OBSERVATION, OR OTHER SURVEY DATA (2 points)

Data Recorded on_______________________(#) Deer Years _________________________________



SECTION IV - Discretionary Items (6 points maximum this section)

______ LIST/EXPLAIN ITEM _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

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___________________ = TOTAL POINTS ACHIEVED IN SECTIONS II, III AND IV

Include activities in addition to those above you feel deserve credit toward Level III certification. List up to 6 additional activities (maximum 1 point each) below and explain why each deserves credit toward certification.



EXHIBIT A – WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

DATES OF EXPERIENCE ____________________________________________________

IN 250 WORDS OR LESS, DESCRIBE YOUR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ___________________________

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I HEREBY CERTIFY THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

Signature _______________________________________________________ Date ______________________

APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND COSTDeer Steward Level III application and custom-engraved award: $200.00 (price includes S/H charges of award)

Print name to appear on award:__________________________________________________________

Mailing address: __________________________________________ City/Town: ___________________ State/Province:_____________________________ Zip/Postal Code: ____________________________

REGISTRATION POLICY:All application fees submitted with unsuccessful applications will be fully refunded within 60 business days of receipt. Please make sure to double check your point total (MINIMUM 50 POINTS REQUIRED ON SECTIONS II, III AND IV) before submission.

PAYMENT INFORMATION: o Check # ______________ o Money Order # _________________________ o MasterCard o VISA o American Express

Card # ________ ________ ________ ________ Expiration Date: _______/_______

Signature: _________________________________________________________________

Remit Complete Application with Payment to: QDMA • Re: Deer Steward III Application • P.O. Box 160 • Bogart, Georgia 30622

or Call: (800)209-3337 • or Fax to: (706)353-0223

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