Who are we managing for?

I'm all for letting the guys with the degrees (read KNOW-how) to manage our natural resources (until a more qualified body comes along).......but who are we trying to "please"?

AR's "seem" to shove a QDMA "type" system down some hunters' (in states they've been implemented) throats.

What is "hunting", to you? Is it about bigger bucks? What about the majority of hunters in your state?

I'm for the guy who gets to hunt 10 times a year.....being able to get "his buck" if that's what he wants to do. From everything I read.....the juvenile bucks do a lion's share of the breeding. To the average hunter.....why should he care if the herd is balanced (hold on...) in regards to age structure? As long as the natural resource isn't being depleted to dangerous levels......why should the average hunter care (and I ask this.....being ignorant to the answer) AS LONG AS the buck/doe ratio isn't completely out of kilter?

One half of a deer's genetics comes from the doe. I think this fact is oft overlooked.