Based on my posts, do you consider me a "brown and downer" or a "wanker" because I disagree with the air of superiority I sense from the majority of folks who practice QDM? Just to set the record straight, no one on this forum has ever heard me complain about buck to doe ratios or buck size where I hunt. Also, every club I hunt on in Tennessee has an 8 point minimum rule. That may not be much by your standards, I'm sure, but it's a start, right?

In Arkansas, it's a 3 points on one side rule, which isn't much even by my standards, and I passed on quite a few smaller legal bucks and the first buck I killed there was a 10 point. The thing is, I still had a handful of fellows from your persuasion tell me that I should have passed on him as he was a smaller 10 point. Christ Almighty, it was my first buck with a bow and I'd passed on so many. I was thrilled with it, and to have some holier-than-thou prick at a gas station in Arkansas, of all places, tell me to my face that I shouldn't have shot it was an insult.

Fingerz42 made a post on the previous page in support of QDM and his opening statement was this:

"Let me preface this by saying this is intended for those who want to see larger bucks or want to practice some sort of QDM. I am not preaching that we all should use QDM, but if you would like to, or do, read on."

That was well said by Fingers42, and if this thread had opened with something similar to this, I'd have had no input at all, and I'd wager quite a few others who posted wouldn't have either. Unfortunately, this thread opened and gave the impression of a sermon on what you should do instead of what you could do, and that's the fastest way to spin most people up, including me.