Country Artist Luke Bryan

ROSEAU, MINNESOTA, IS 10 MILES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER. IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF POLARIS INDUSTRIES.

The employees at Polaris® work hard...and they play hard, especially the fi rst weekend in November. That’s the start of Minnesota’s fi rearm season for whitetail deer and, for many families, a gathering time so steeped in tradition it’s virtually sacred.

QDM Enhances Hunt
Twelve hundred miles to the south, Texas is the formal birthplace of Quality Deer Management (QDM), a practice that enhances the deer-hunting experience by producing biologically and socially balanced deer herds. From the North Star State to the Lone Star State, when a hunter draws back or puts the crosshairs on a trophy buck, it’s a heart-pounding moment. Multiply that feeling by 10 when the buck you tag is part of a QDM program. Why? Because you know it belongs to a high-quality whitetail deer population you had a hand in building.

Since 1988, the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) has been promoting sustainable whitetail deer populations, wildlife habitats and ethical hunting experiences. They do it through education, research, and management in partnership with hunters, landowners, natural resource professionals and the public.

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