Before getting back to my 2nd scenario I have a quick question for you Buckeye.
Do you currently practice QDM?
I do not adhere to any exact form of QDM. But I do my part to help control the deer herd and improve the quality of the land.
Atlas.
You act as though the "battlefield" does and fawns do not go through the same pressures as the young bucks do. You make it sound only he is pressured and only he learns from the close calls.
With all things being equal "battlefields" or not the 1 1/2 year old buck makes mistakes that does of the same age do not. I still believe the 1 1/2 year old buck is the easiest deer in the herd to shoot.