ORIGINAL: D.Parsons
The thing is when you have a balanced deer herd you will have all age class animals!Thus big bucks and small bucks.The antler size depends on more thanage.Nutrition,& Genetics play a hugh role too.What I am trying
to say I guess is you can have a balanced deer herd and still not have boone & crocket deer running around on your farm!
That has always been my take on QDM having all age groups and a proper doe to buck ratio. Where I havequestions is when you have an area that is well balanced with bucks to doeswhat is wrong with killing any buck you want?
There is nothing wrong with hunting for P&Y bucks but let's be clear here "Let them go so they can grow" IMHO has nothing to do with QDM and should not be associated with each other. Ones sole purpose is to grow P&Y bucks and the other is to have a healthy herd.