Our mission is to provide educational opportunities for our members through the sharing of informative information and experience to educate the general public and others about the growing cervid industry. Also, through our lobbyist at our state capital in Springfield, we have a collective voice in the issues that may affect our cervid industry. The ILDFA always puts forth the promotion of the highest ethical standards in the care, handling, and harvesting of Illinois’s cervids. We insist that our members operate legal, honest, and forthright operations in conjunction with the state and federal laws, fellow members, cervid producers, and the general public. The ILDFA will continue to work diligently to improve our great cervid industry within our state and beyond. We will do our best to expand opportunities for our members to prosper in the future for a bigger and better industry.