Well put Jeff.

We all have our own theories asociated with QDM. Many are correct. Many times we have the same goal but with different venues of attaining that goal.

When we do our part, no matter if it is 100 acres or 100,000 acres, we make a difference in managment. The biggest problem facing us today is the lack of education in not just the cumptive user but he non-cumpstive user.

Biologist are not always correct. While working on the C-Ranch (located next to the Welder Wildlife Refuge) here in S. Texas (75+ P&Y in 5 years) a biologist suggested killing off 300 does, in order to get to his 1:1.5 or 1:2 ratio. Granted we were on 14,000 acres, and there were a lot of does. This was a proven mistake. After running several hundred bow hunters a year ,a drought and an explosion in the coyote population - you could not find a doe. You might sit in your blind and see 4 bucks and no does.

As long as management programs are backed with scientific knowledge using pop. ecology, habitat selection and managment etc..should produce desirable results.

Biologists learn the same as the rest of us - scientific method combined with trial and error.