I don't think QDM is a bad thing and I think the QDMA site is very good and very informative. Some of the information that often gets overlooked on their site is that QDM is not practical for everyone and they even give a question and answer type format to see if it will likely work for you. For some of us it's not really practicalbut that doesn'tmean that you can't put some QDM practices to work for you. However,they stress having realistic expectations based on yourpersonal situation.

One area of their site that is worth reading is:
Quality Deer Management: A Paradigm for the Future

(it is under the why QDM? section)

It stresses the organization of hunters andways that QDM practices will benefit us (hunters) in the years to come. There is also a section that describes many problems facing current herds based on traditionalmanagement tactics that were developed when deer herd populations wererelatively low. Those tactics were valid then but not so good for an established herd and as the herd/populationgrew some of the management tactics should have changed as well, some states are already changingand more will follow.

I am not a QDM die hard by any means but one thing I like about the QDMA is they are concerned with the future management of deer herds(on a large scale) and there is a lot of information to be learned from them that can help you as a hunter (whether you are into QDM or not).