ORIGINAL: AJ52
1. I would say most who have studied nationwide QDM practices understand late breeding IS and CAN be due to skewed b/d ratios.
2. If your going to spout ALT said this and that, post the quote here from the exact source.
3. ALT was exactly correct in his statement unless your deer in PA are some exoctic breed. You cannot expect to see immediate results in all areas of QDM. That's a foolish assumption.
4-5. Boring - Boring
Simply conjecture and speculation on your part with little snips that again say - ALT said this and that.
Pure and simple propoganda ddear
1. If QDM'ers believmost late breeding is due to a skewwd B/D ratio of 1;2.1 , them they don't know as much as they think they know. PA studies clearly show that breeding of fawns occurs after the vast majority of adult doe are bred . The more fawns that are bred ,the more late born fawns there will be.
2. Alt gave many species that are not available in print ,just like newspaper articles. Therefore ,it is unfair to demand exact quotes when you don't do the same for Alt supporters.
3. We do not have a QDM plan in place in PA. No QDM manger would set a goal of 12 DPSM which produces a harvest of 2 buck PSM. If you were familar with the data from PA you would know that both buck and doe harvests are declining and the 2.5+ buck harvest will decrease this year.
4. It may be boring to you since you don't live in PA. But to those who live and hunt here the future of deer hunting is at stake and Alt is doing his best to destroy the PGC.