ORIGINAL: burbaust99
I think it also depends on the type of land you hunt. In WI if you hunt only public, you shoot most anything that comes by. On the flip side, the people who own private land are getting into QDM in myparts.
I agree...Rybos about 10-15 years behind...10 years ago when I started planting foodplots and making mineral licks on some land I lease here in central NC, most guys just shot whatever they saw...Few were managing the herd...Now it seems everyone is planting food plots so the deer have more to eat year round...Down east where we own the land and farm it, we started taking a lot of does and letting smaller bucks walk as well as planting food plots...It has paid off...Same as here in central NC...We still have guys that don't own land and will kill anything, but the guys that own land and look more long term are killing some nice deer.