I would have to agree with the last couple of posts. In my area of hunting, we are seeing a couple more larger deer than we had in the past but simply because the the spikes are now getting to be small basket racks that are barely legal which are then being shot. A few deer will slip through and get to be decent but never huge. I own about 600 acres in PA that we are practicing QDM and it has made a difference but as for the overall area it is a coinflip depending on who you are asking.