QDMA

Lindsay Thomas presenting to C.J. Winand!

JUNIOR WILDLIFE FIELD DAY - APRIL 5, 2008

Doug Wigfield from Wildlife and Heritage conducted Junior
Wildlife Field Day this April 5th. This Youth event was hosted
by The Izaak Walton League Rockville Chapter, Waring
Station Rd, Germantown. The event was a huge success
with over 65 kids and parents attending.
Cheri Winter and EW Grimes from MSC QDMA attended &
Maryland State Chapter's station educated kids and parents
about the white-tail deer. Cheri instructed the youths how to
age deer and why while EW talked about deer antlers. Cheri
and EW had an awesome time with the kids while the kids
enjoyed learning about the whitetail deer.

NEWS & EVENTS

Maryland State QDMA Banquet
March 8, 2008

We held our Annual Fund Raising
Banquet on March 8, 2008 and had a
good turnout. There were lots of
great prizes and good food. Enjoy the
slideshow of the banquet.
Make your plans to attend next years
banquet.
Don't miss out!

2nd Annual Food Plot Day
APRIL 20, 2008

The Second Annual Outdoor
Essentials/QDMA Maryland State
Chapter Food Plot Event was held on
April 20, 2008 and as always, was most
informative about food plot installation
and working of the ground for food
plots as presented by Mali Vujanic of
Outdoor Essentials, Joe Brown from
Patriot Land and Wildlife Management
Services with an awesome plotmaster
presentation and more.
However, there was more to this event
than just food plots and what put this
event over the top for property
management along with food plot
demonstrations was the forestry
management seminars. Matt Sampson
from Forestland Group, LLC showed
how to plant new trees and how to
protect them. His walk through on the
existing deer woods was the most
informative that I have ever seen in the
state! Matt's presentation of mature
timber and new timber growth brought
property management which is most
overlooked aspect up to a new level.
This event, the first of its kind in
Maryland was a huge success and
plans for the next one are already in
the works. Check back on
www.marylandqdma.com for future
events like this and more!

Sponsorship for The Maryland State Chapter
QDMA

The Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 30 hosted the
annual golf tournament on Thursday October 11, 2007
at the Laytonsville Golf Course. Proceeds were
donated to Heroes, Inc. ( http://www.heroes-inc.org/ )

Sharon Dameron, who is a supporter of the Maryland
Chapter of the Quality Deer Management
Association, sponsored a hole for the chapter. She
captained a foursome representing the QDMA,
Maryland Chapter. The team had a great time at the
tournament and Michele Tomickel won the longest
women’s drive.

E.W. Grimes, Director & President of the Maryland State Chapter QDMA recently received awards for 2008
Best Educational Presentation at the Eastern Regional Taxidermy Convention. Congratulations!

E.W. Grimes awarded the QDMA trophy for Best Taxidermy to Rick Dunlap of Rick's Taxidermy at the
2008 Regional Taxidermy Convention. Rick is the West Virginia State Regional Champion and has a
shop in Buckhannon, WV
Phone 304-473-0752
Congratulations!

"MSC AT SOUTHERN MARYLAND EXPO - AUGUST 16th & 17th 2008"

Dr. Mark Connors, QDMA presented a seminar on Buck Movement
based on an extensive study at Chesapeake Farms. Excellent
Seminar!

Maryland State Chapter Booth with E.W. Grimes and Cheri Winter.

Cheri Winter, MSC Secretary, presents the Certificate for a Full Shoulder
Mount to Robert Benish, Winner of the QDMA Raffle. The Full Shoulder
Mount was donated by Tinker's Taxidermy of Poolsville, Maryland.

Maryland Bowhunters Society held an Introduction to
Archery Booth for children. What a lot of fun and a great way
to get our children involved.

There were Four (4) new 2008 State Records at the Maryland
State Trophy Contest which included the Crutchfield Buck!
New #1 Non-Typical - 268-1/8" - Charles County - 11/27/06
(Click on pictures for larger image)

E.W. Grimes involved this little girl to help draw a raffle ticket
for Sunday's raffle drawing. The winner of a Full Shoulder
Mount was William Dove of Lothin, MD. The Shoulder Mount
was donated by Jeffers Taxidermy of Mt. Airy, MD.

National Hunting and Fishing Day - 2008
Ken Schrader's Bridgetown Manor hosted DNR's and Wildlife and Heritage Service's National
Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday Sept. 27, 2008. Patricia Allen, Natural Resource Manager of
Information and Education Wildlife and Heritage Service said nearly 700 people attended this
year's event. It was great to see Maryland conservation groups pull together to make this event
so successful. The guy's from Buckwild Adventures had their BIG DEER balloon afloat. Up a Tree
from MBS was teaching the kids to shoot bow and arrows just to name a few. Mike VanBuren
and E.W. Grimes had the QDMA display up and fielding questions about QDM. George Timko had
a radio collared deer out and about for the kid to locate. Great Time for all, if you did not make it
this year, plan to attend next year.

E.W. Grimes awarded the QDMA trophy
for Best Taxidermy to Brian Durham of
After the Hunt Taxidermy at the 2009
Regional Taxidermy Convention.
Brian's shop is at 4219 Greys Run
Circle, Belcamp, MD 21017.
Phone 443-987-4039
Congratulations!

Maryland State Chapter QDMA had a display booth 6/19/09 & 6/20/09 at the
Chicken Festival in Queen Anne County with an estimated 13,000 in
attendence and was well received by the local farmers. Thanks to Cheri
Winter(MSC) for helping on Friday. Saturday, the booth as manned by the
newly formed Chester River QDMA Branch and E.W., Director of the MSC and
they all got wet but had a great time! Meeting people and talking about
QDMA is always great! Jenny Rhodes and the rest of the Queen Anne Farm
Bureau staff hosted this event and we had an awesome time, great food,
good entertainment and met some great people. Well done!

The 2009 QDMA Convention in Louisville, KY was a great success!
Congratulations to C. J. Winand for being the first winner of the Signpost Communicator
of the Year Award. Congratulations to the members of the Maryland State Chapter,
Bachman Valley Branch and the new Chester River Branch, of the 7 Branch awards, this
group of Marylanders were nominated for 4 awards, out of 180 branches and nearly
60,000 members of QDMA. Keep up the AWESOME WORK and SUPPORT of QDM.
Congratulations to Mali Vujanic who was nominated for the Al Brothers Deer Manager of
the Year Award, the first time a Marylander has been nominated for this award for his
work in land management along with educating others on how to provide the Whitetail
Deer with better habitat. Congratulations to our own Dr. David E. Samuel for winning the
Joe Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award. Click on the pictures below for larger images.
"Click here for a News Release about C.J. Winand's Award"

"MSC AT SOUTHERN MARYLAND EXPO - AUGUST 15th & 16th 2009"

STAN POTTS OF NORTH AMERICAN WHITETAIL &
E.W. GRIMES, DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND STATE
CHAPTER OF QDMA. THEY WERE GIVING SEMINARS
BACK TO BACK. GREAT PRESENTATIONS FROM
BOTH!

E.W. Grimes at the MSC booth.

New MD Nontypical #2 buck (Donza Watson)
248 7/8, Charles County, Firearms - 11.24.07

E.W. Grimes presenting the Romancing
the Rutting Moon Seminar.

Chuck Wright won the QDMA Cooler
from the Saturday Raffle! Congrats!

Thanks to Shedhunter for his support of the
MSC QDMA for holding a shed count raffle!

E.W. presented a MSC QDMA hat to
Jeffrey Stein, Winner of the Expo Youth
3D Shoot! Congrats!

Thanks to the MBS for hosting the Youth
Archery Clinic again this year!

There were lots of BIG Bucks this year at
the Maryland Big Buck Contest!

(left photo) Pete Pappass and wife from the Chester
River Co-op with his 144-1/8" QDM Buck.

2009 DNR Junior Hunter Field Day in Garrett County
E.W. Grimes, Director of Maryland State Chapter QDMA attended and held a presentation at this annual event. E.W. and QDMA
was well received and there were 80 plus junior hunters along with their parents in attendence..