I really agree with Northjeff, well said and put. First of all most deer in the wild don't live to 8 1/2 years. They dye way before that. The only way a deer will live that long is if the deer are fenced in. Now it that QDM. No way. Don't believe everything you see. Take it with a grain of salt. Make your own mind up as to what you feel is QDM. Who made up the defination of QDM anyway? They are just giving you there opinions and that is all. I wish I hade land to do that on. I am planning on moveing to PA north east area and If I get some land like 2 or 3 acres I will do everything possible to feed the deer in my area. So No I don't think QDM is defined as you stated. It is many things and to many areas and are different. But some principles are correct too but not to that extent. NorthJeff gave a better discription of what it means to me.

brian