National Deer Association At Virginia Tech

04/15/2024

Hey y’all!

Go check out Sound of Spring ‘s page!

This is a page made by some great guys who eat, sleep, breath hunting! They will be posting videos of their hunts, as well as showing off their kiddos hunts as well!

Definitely worth giving a like and following along!

A video will be coming soon from this mornings hunt. Adam was able to bag this nice Tom after a slight mishap…

03/18/2024

Good Evening everyone!

The NDA @ VT is offering an opportunity for you or your child to be taken turkey hunting (accompanied by an experienced NDA @ VT member) this April 6th & 7th, 2024.

Please save the photo to your camera roll, scan the QR code and fill out the form if interested or contact the phone number on the flier and/or email [email protected].

02/07/2024

Are you new to Turkey Hunting and don't know where to begin?

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is holding a Novice Turkey Workshop Class on March 9th, 2024 in Manquin, VA from 9:00am - 3:00pm.

The event will be held round-robin style with participants visiting and engaging in the following stations:
1) Shotgun Basics for Turkey: Participants will learn to safely use shotguns for turkey hunting, learn about the various types of shotguns, chokes and gauges, and practice shooting turkey targets.
2) Ground Blinds & Locations: Participants will learn how to optimize success by scouting for game food sources and how to safely set up a ground blind.
3) Turkey Calls & Decoys: Participants will learn about the different types of call the wild turkey makes, and how we mimic their language using game calls. Participants will also learn about the safe and ethical use of turkey decoys and how to place them for maximum benefit.

Please follow the link below for more information, and to register for this event.

Please contact me with any questions!

Register-Ed is the Official Online Hunter and Boater Education Course Registration platform of many states. Choose your state, find an event, and signup online.

12/19/2023

Congratulations to our members Taylor Grizzard and Kyle Tanner!!

12/19/2023

Huge congratulations to our Vice President, Paul Hardrick for graduating with a degree in Wildlife Conservation!

Paul will begin a job with DWR following graduation.

Thank you for your time and dedication to the National Deer Association at Virginia Tech over the years! We appreciate all you’ve done for this chapter!

Go Hokies!!

11/23/2023

Our members have been taking full advantage of their time in the woods this season!

Connor Hamburger (10 point)
Jacob Powers (10 point)
Grace Neller (7 point & her first buck!)

11/23/2023

NDA @ VT wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!

11/07/2023

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out this past Sunday to our 1st Annual Rut n’ Raffle!!

Congratulations to all the winners!

Thank you to all our NDA Officers, Grace Neller (President), Paul Hardrick (Vice President), Trevor Moore (Secretary), Truman Collins (Treasurer), and Emy Delaporte (Social Chair) for planning this event and to all our NDA @ VT members who came out to support and work the event!

I also want to thank Jacob Powers, and his parents, Vicki Leamy, Michelle Neller and Harry Neller for all your help in cleaning the venue and preparing/serving our Food!

Lastly, a huge shoutout to Clay Cox Music for your performance at the event!

Overall, it was a great first event for our club/branch and we look forward to see you all next year again at our 2nd Annual Rut n, Raffle!

11/05/2023

Come on out to our 1st Annual Rut n’ Raffle!

Raffle tickets last call is at 4:30!!

11/04/2023

Thank you to Josh Leamy and Grace Neller for their donation to our 1st Annual Rut n’ Raffle!

This is a custom built, double seated (ambidextrous)shooting range gun bench.

This will be on display at our event tomorrow so make sure you are there for a chance to win this!!