I try to Practice QDM as much as I can.. I support it..
I wish Michigan would go to a ONE buck law and have it 3 or 4 points on ONE side or better to be legal.. As of now they have 2 bucks, One can be anything and one has to be 4 points on one side or more..
They also dont give out enough doe tags..
My problem is, where I live, If you let a 110 or better class deer go, the guy on the next 40 shoots it.. For example, the deer I shot this year, i scored it at 107. I passed it up once and decided the second time I better shoot it. Reason being, the kid next to less than a 40 away would have shot it. He actually came to my house to see what i shot and I showed him and he said, well I would have shot it anyways if you didnt..
It nearly impossible for a deer to survive up here.. Especially past rifle season.. Rifle season up here makes me sick to my stomach.. I can't go ANYWHERE without seeing some Orange Blob.. I dont even hunt rifle season barely anymore.. I just take the girlfriend or my dad hunting and try to do the best I can for them.. YOu have to constantly worry about stepping on someones toes.. And its starting to get like that bowhunting too..
Another problem we have.. I feed deer in my yard. The neighbor shoots them at night.. NICE.. Next to him a kid i know hunts and shoot EVERYTHING.. He shot the Nine point that was coming to my yard.. It should have been let go.. I could have shot it if I wanted, but I elected not too..
People ride around on the roads constantly where I live and shoot deer.. One kid was riding around the day before season trying to shoot the bucks I feed in my yard. He didnt even have a license yet, one arrow with a RUSTY broadhead..
Thats that crap I deal with here in BESSEMER, MI...
So tell me how I am supposed to practice QDM, when one person who owns 100 acres wont let you hunt, cuz the deer are there pets.. The next 40 is a person who Preaches, BROWN ITS DOWN, and I'm on the next 40 passing up deer..
Just can't be done until the DNR does something..
AND THE MICHIGAN DNR CAN BLOW ME, Cuz they suck..
People are shooting Wolves illegally here now, cuz they are getting overpopulated and everyone is getting mad because they are seeing less and less deer..
So, I try to do my part for QDM.. but it aint much..