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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5020355" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Surprisingly tnanh, I tend to agree with you. It all comes down to how each is being practiced and why. QDM can be practiced at many levels, and in my opinion, some take it too far, to the point the hunting isn't fun anymore.</p><p></p><p>As originally designed, QDM only advocated passing up yearling bucks and <u>some</u> 2 1/2 year-olds. My personal hunting property is family property where we hunt for fun. And those are the buck harvest rules we follow. Any 2 1/2 year-old or older buck is a "shooter," but about half the hunters will pass them up for something older. Still, a good percentage of all bucks shot over the years have been 2 1/2. Hunters are happy and having fun. And we aren't reducing the number of mature bucks by much; just a few percentage points of the total buck population compared to the seriously managed clubs. We still have mature bucks and occasionally shoot them. Personally, I would never want to hunt those properties that are "mature buck only." To me, that wouldn't be fun. But to each, their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5020355, member: 17"] Surprisingly tnanh, I tend to agree with you. It all comes down to how each is being practiced and why. QDM can be practiced at many levels, and in my opinion, some take it too far, to the point the hunting isn't fun anymore. As originally designed, QDM only advocated passing up yearling bucks and [U]some[/U] 2 1/2 year-olds. My personal hunting property is family property where we hunt for fun. And those are the buck harvest rules we follow. Any 2 1/2 year-old or older buck is a "shooter," but about half the hunters will pass them up for something older. Still, a good percentage of all bucks shot over the years have been 2 1/2. Hunters are happy and having fun. And we aren't reducing the number of mature bucks by much; just a few percentage points of the total buck population compared to the seriously managed clubs. We still have mature bucks and occasionally shoot them. Personally, I would never want to hunt those properties that are "mature buck only." To me, that wouldn't be fun. But to each, their own. [/QUOTE]
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