There is nothing even remotely natural about the deer herds in the midwest ( read Illinois). With all of the developed land, meaning crop land, the abundance of food greatly inflates the deer population. Now days the deer herds in most areas must be managed effectively or it will lead to serious problems for the deer and the environment. QDM, if practiced correctly, does a good job of managing the herd and it's effects on the environment. By keeping a balanced age structure you will allow bucks to become older and more closely simulate the structure of "natural" herds of the past (olden days).

Having a greater number of mature bucks is natural and is accomplished by using QDM practices. It just took 50+ years of mis-managed hunting seasons and non-stop agricultural expansion to devastated the natural deer herd to what it has become today. An over abundance of deer does not make a healthy herd.

BigJ12 your statements are your opinion and in my eyes huge generalizations and for the most part not an accurate depiction of what a true QDMer is all about.

I just don't have time today to refute all this. Maybe later.