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2025 Southeast Deer Study Group
Tuesday February 18, 2025 8:00am - 8:20am EST
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Deer Management Assistance Program was initiated in 1999 with the purpose of providing technical assistance to hunting clubs in managing local deer herds and their habitat on private lands of Arkansas. In over 25 years of existence DMAP has seen participation rise but with accumulating workloads of the agency’s DMAP biologists, increasing turnover rates of both hunting clubs and staff, and the lack of clear focus; participation in DMAP began to wane. In 2021 the AGFC deemed private lands management a high priority, opening the way for the revitalization of DMAP. The agency streamlined administrative processes through standardization and automation of annual reporting and initiated a partnership with the National Deer Association to create five new cost share positions. Greenway Equipment was brought on as a corporate sponsor to increase technical assistance for the habitat management component of the program. The agency utilized an existing partnership with Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry in a new innovative way through DMAP deer donations. This helped clubs not only reach doe harvest goals but additionally helped address food insecurity issues in Arkansas. DMAP in Arkansas is now experiencing its highest participation and enrolled acreage in the past decade. Importantly, biologists are now spending more quality time with each club, receiving more CWD sample submissions, deer donations, and providing a higher quality annual report than ever before.
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Jeremy Brown

Deer Management Assistance Program Coordinator, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Jeremy Brown is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s statewide Deer Management Assistance Program coordinator. JB (as he is known by friends) earned a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management and ecology and a Master of Science degree... Read More →
Tuesday February 18, 2025 8:00am - 8:20am EST
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