I apologize if my tone sounded harsh to you. That was not my intention. I have been hunting deer for 30 years now, and realize that there are a good many slob hunters out there, but in my opinion AR's will do absolutely nothing to change such activity. Do you think the QDMA is something other than a group whose main purpose is to grow big antlered deer? Sure they want to make it look like they are concerned with an entire deer herd, but the bottom line to them is big trophy antlers! No way anyone will convince me of anything different. I would bet that all the biologists you mentioned are trophy hunters or associated with trophy hunting in one way or another. That they paid there own way to get there doesn't mean much when they will surely be profiting from their appearances somehow.

And yes, I AM open minded about educating myself about deer. I am also a realist and can clearly see when something is being given a biological twist when in fact it has been created solely for the trophy hunters benefit. If we want to talk biology, why don't we take man out of the picture altogether and bring back wolves, mountain lions, etc. to control the deer populations. I wonder how much they were concerned with the age structure of the deer?