I actually believe that the craze for QDM ( which I have always called QAM- quality antler management) is the problem. I feel about it like I feel about baseball's modern era- their should be an asteric by it. In my, and I know it is only my, opinion whenever you manage deer, they become livestock. The true TROPHIES from years gone buy were shot because of hard hunting- not just hard work in management. I just don't feel that a 125 scored buck from a managed farm can compared to a 125 from public land or land where dear were not inticed to remain or come to. Now, if what you want is to manage your own land- more power to you and I know you get great satisfaction from it- but I just do not fee, in my on humble opinion, that it is the same as hunting for a trophy. I have never shot a buck- came close to a monster on a public land in MO, but I still feel every doe I arrowed- especially the small one I stalked-(great hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!) was a trophy to me!