QDM= Quality Deer Management
I would support a QDM if it was done properly, but the way Pennsylvania is going about it by allowing entirely too many does killed in areas where the does DON'T need to be thinned out. NO!
Same thing is happening in West Virginia, their DNR is trying to tell them that their doe population has reached it's peak and more doesw need to be harvested. Alot of hunters in both states don't buy this crap about x-amount of deer in x-amount of acres, it's just a guesstimate that is not even close to the actual count. I agree that in some/certain counties the does need to be thinned down but mostly it has been done wrong by both Pennsylvania and West Virginia's management officials.
I'm 43 years old and have seen a drastic decline more so in West Virginia in the last 3 years due to the slaughtering of does and a not yet imposed antler restriction (AR). In Pennsylvania I have seen more bucks than before due to the AR's. I do see alot of deer due to the fact I am hunting in Southeastern PA unlike the scarcity of deer in the north.