Shed33,
I appreciate the link and in theoryI agree.Like I said I have no problem with QDM. It'sthe QAM hiding behind the QMD moniker that is what I'm talking about.
I think the article is slightly skewed to the
authors definition of QDM. By saying that the traditional method of deer management is:
the approach where any antlered buck, regardless of age or antler quality is harvested and few, if any does are harvested.
This is not true. I believe most (if not all) states have far more does killed than bucks. But he would like to have everyone believe that all the bucks in the forest are getting killed and the does aren't. You see this way he doesn't have to answer questions like "If the doe to buck ratio is fine, and the herd is healthy, does it matter what the ages of the bucks are?"
To further look into this you only need to see who wrote the article
This article was written by Kip Adams, wildlife biologist and Northeast regional director for the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA).