The first thought most people have when someone mentions Minnesota’s Camp Ripley is that it is a premier military training site for the Minnesota National Guard. However, for the avid whitetail deer enthusiast, Camp Ripley is thought to be home to one of the most coveted deer populations in the state. While both trains of thought are correct, the focus of this article is deer and the role MDHA has played in sharing this wonderful resource with our veterans and the general public.

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If you aren’t or never have taken full advantage of spring scouting before green-up, you’re missing out on a lot of whitetail information that could be applied to following seasons. Many times, you’ll hear from successful deer hunters that the most important time of the year for a deer hunter is spring. The more hours you spend scouting, the better odds for success next fall. Here are three things you should pay attention to while you’re out scouting and/or shed hunting this spring.

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If you shed hunt strictly to find antlers, you'll come home disappointed a lot of days. Even the best shed hunters get skunked. Shed hunting is a great way to beat back cabin fever, get some exercise, learn about deer bedding and feeding areas and if you're lucky, maybe bring home some antlers. But sometimes you get more than you bargained for.

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The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is committed to preserving our hunting heritage, promoting habitat education as well as building and protecting habitat to benefit deer and deer hunters in Minnesota. MDHA brings people together who share a common interest in the stewardship of Minnesota’s resources, with opportunities for involvement in local chapters, events, partnerships, and networking. Through these activities we are able to ignite passions, ideas, talents and raise funds to maximize our efforts for habitat conservation. 

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Today, more information is unfolding regarding whitetails and predators. Yet can predators “alone” impact deer herds to the declining numbers that some hunters are experiencing; and when do management agendas tip the scales in favor of predators….? 

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The hunting season has come and gone. Maybe it went the way you were hoping, but for many of us, it may have been another hunting season that left us scratching our head wondering why we have to endure another meal of tag soup. If that’s you, you don’t have to let the next hunting season follow the same trend. The change can start this winter! Here are three easy-to-do habitat improvements that can have you punching your tag next fall.

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