ORIGINAL: Germ
ORIGINAL: davidmil
Atlas it's hard for me to believe the average hunter has done what you claim.
Perhaps YOU don't give enough credit to the average hunter. We're a pretty amazing group. We've seen and done a lot of things. You don't have to be cute or a TV personnality to succeed and know a few things. In fact, probably many of us know more than the so called EXPERTS on TV. Yup, don't sell the average hunter short.
As far as QDM, I'm saying the CRAZE for bigger horns is what propelled QDM. That's what it's all about. NOT EVER do you here these guys talk about big mature healthy does. They only talk about them in terms of buck to doe ratio and thinning them out so they can get BIG MATURE BUCKS with BIG RACKS. THe biggest and most mature buck on the place might very well be an 8 point. We've seen it time and time again on these shows where a big 8 is the dominant critter on the field. When they shoot him they claim to be culling an inferior buck. What's inferior about him. He's the biggest and the bully on the block and the dominant critter. EXCEPT his horns are too small. It's all about horns to these guys, not the dominant creature. It's all about score. Survival of the fittest has nothing to do with it behind these fences.
I hate to break it to you, but if you go to the Co-Ops here in MI, they talk about does
One member has not shot a buck in seven years. He just shoots mature does and loves it.
What you describe above is not QDM, period.
I like how you lump everyone in the same category David!! Typical BS!! Who gives a damn what the QDM guys on TV are doing, thats them and it sure the heck isn't US, me, Germ, anyone for that matter that manages the doe's as well as the bucks in an area. It would be boring as heck for me if I didn't shoot any doe's while doing my managing practices on my land!! I'd go without a deer damn near every year!! Don't be so quick to judge someone until you know the facts, that gets real old on here quick.