Someone please explain this.................what difference does it make if I and/or anyone else shoots a buck when he is 1.5 or 3.5?? It is still 1 dead buck that you didn't get and someone else did. No matter how big he was when he was killed once he is dead he is just one deer.

Now say you had a total cease fire on ALL bucks for 2 years and then resumed hunting them. All the 1.5 bucks will now be 3.5 and they will all get killed just the same. You have simply exchanged a pile of 1.5 bucks for a pile of 3.5 bucks. Does this somehow make you feel like a better hunter or that you have accomplished something greater?? Doesn't make sense.

The only thing "management" programs or TDM/QDM, or AR do is make the average deer taken a little bigger.............are we so desperate that we need to artificially inflate our egos this way??

How hard is it to understand that you kill what is out there...........a 3.5 yr old buck in Iowa is no big deal because there are plenty out there. In my area a 1.5 yr old buck is no big deal because there are plenty out there. If you want a serious challenge in Iowa go chase a 5 or 6 yr old...........in NY go after a 3 or 4 yr old. The odd ball needle in a haystack challenge is available in EVERY state (each different) if you want it..........Why on earth anyone feels the need to try and change a whole state to better their odds is a mystery to me.