I agree with rybo we did get a little off topic here. And I also agree that someone would enter a big buck contest with the hope of having a big one stroll by, but in reality they are hunting for the first available buck.

No back to the QDM soap box.... I personaly agree that you need to let the little guys walk in order to grow big boys, but as already mentioned depending on where your hunting every spike and 4pt you pass can get shot by guy on the next ridge. I wish our state would put some QDM regs into place I think the results would be great. The point I was trying to get at in my original post is that every hunter has a different idea of what a trophy is, to me it may be a 100" buck, to you it may be a 150" buck, to someone else it may be a spike or a forkhorn. I dont think any hunter should feel he did something wrong if he shot a small/legal buck. Someone should be able to come on this site post their story and a pick and not be judged for it no matter what the bucks size. Like I said I think QDM is great, its just not a practical concept for every hunter depending on their situation. Sorry to take your thread off course wolfen68, and by all means nothing personal, just giving my 2 cents..