YES, I support QDM, and try to practice it on the places I hunt, regardless of what the other hunters do, but there are only a handful of other hunters on all of the places I hunt anyhow.
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QDMA …better deer, better deer hunting
42 acres in the Haymarsh Swamp, near Moorestown, MI.
While I only have 42 acres, I do the best I can. Harvest guidelines are pretty simple, don't shoot yearling bucks. Unless you are out of antlerless permits, kill every doe that stands still long enough to put cross hairs on.
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Unfortunately, this is the attitude of a bunch of Michigan Hunters I've encountered. Except they'll shoot all the small bucks and let the does go because it isn't "manly" to kill a doe. The state of Michigan should be producing bucks of the same quality of OHIO, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois, but it's not, because the DNR hasn't managed the herd as well. Can't blame the hunters, when the DNR keeps letting them kill 2 bucks each year without having any incentive to control the doe herd. I've heard a few guys gripe because they would hunt all day and see 20+ does but NO BUCKS!!! Certainly we have some of these type hunters in OH, too, but they can only kill ONE buck a year, therefore oftentimes, they get a little more picky.
I think Antler Restrictions are a form of QDM, but often times are only a partial attempt at a good QDM, but at least they are an effort. I believe PA is a good example of where AR have improved the bucks being harvested, but the state has put out so many doe permits that the overall herd took a beating from many of the reports I've heard.