ORIGINAL: davidmil

One other thing for all you QDM types and people that have land they're trying to control to that end have to remember. Most of the young bucks in an area are run off by the bigger bucks. Biologist will tell youthese young bucksusually end up establishing their home territory away from where they were born. Nature does this to cut down on inbreeding and alsoto ensurethe fittest do the dirty. Understanding that, you can't control a piece of property unless it's extremely large or you have full cooperation of the neighbors and those who hunt it. If you can get that, well you can make a difference. If you can't, well, you have to rely on the neighbors to allow enough to grow to make it to your land. By 2 1/2 they're willing to put up a fight and try to exercise some dominance and herd migration is a lesser thing. You have to realize that most of those 1 1/2 year olds you let walk end up somewhere else. especially if you have a few big ones hanging around. Most don't have the Large chunk of land under their control. You have to beable to get help from the neighbors. I've said for years I wouldn't mind seeing states just say does only for a couple years. Think what that would do. But, without enforced minimum standards QDM is a pipe dream to most of us. Some states have gone to QDM zones but their criteria is often subject to a lot of criticism because they use rediculous criteria, like minimum points to a side or something. This doesn't allow for the removal of genetically inferior deer. In fact, it often assures their survival to breed.