ORIGINAL: davidmil
So what ya'll are saying...this QDM isnot about the health of the herd or for the good of the herd really. In fact it's all about BIG HORNS so I can pound my chest. A half rack makes a mature deer suddenly inferior. As I've said all along. Most QDM nuts are totally horn hunters. DOn't give me all this bull about health of the herd yada yada yada. It's pound my chest when I get lucky and let everyone know... I am the greatest. These same people are the ones that say you shouldn't shoot that nice little basket rack even though you only get to hunt 2 days a year. They say you're hurting the herd and should let them "MATURE". Now we find out it's really, let them go so I can possibly shoot one with both sides of his rack when it's big. I don't care what age he is.... just make his horns whole and bigger than your's. Go to it macho boys. Now I know why the Outdoor channel and MOR have all these "Male Enhancement" commercials.
Well David..I don't know if you can make a blanket statement and say
Ya'll. Cuz I, and others, said upfront that we don't practice QDM or TDM.
It would be foolish to even pretend I do. I Hunt Other Peoples private land and Public land. I wish I had a huundred acres or moreso I could manage what was killed and ratios and such..but I can't. The truth is I can't make a lot of difference by myself on public land and to make someone elses private land my priority to managewould be stupid. What happens when I get the ratios right and the forage right and the herd is thriving with the big bucks roaming..every neighbor or passerby sees this and soon someone drops a wad of bills on the farmers lap and he leases to them??
I'll tell ya upfront..if I'mBowHunting, I'm looking for the biggest set of head-gear on a buck I can expect to find in a given year. Once all the scenerios are played out if I get a chance at him I'll take him. If not I can let lesser bucks go and enjoy the encounters.
Will I pound my chest if my patience pays off..hell yeah. I have a whole pile of the racks that you like topose with..
and most are where yours are buried in the basement or at camp under a bunk bed. The ones that hang in my den or are proudly on display at camp either in a shoulder mount or a nice antler mountare the ones that fuel my passion these days! The basement racks were a stepping stone. I don't care if other guys still shoot them.
I try and chase bigger bucks, I'll tell ya that upfront. I don't need to hide behind any philosophy to do so. If you don't like it, honestly, I just couldn't care less about your view.