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QDM in Missouri !!!

Rackaddict

Rackaddict

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Well guys Missouri may finally be getting the picture. I read today that they are starting a Pilot QDM program in select areas of the State beginning in 2004. MDC- QDM

I had to call the MDC office just to double check and they confirmed it. Here are some of there potential moves.

1) Antler point restrictions of 4pts. or better on one side.

2) Buck Quota

3) Reduce the length of the Buck season.

4) Moving firearms season to Post Rut date. (late Nov. or early Dec.)

5) Earn-A-Buck Harvest a doe before allowing a buck tag.

I really like #1 at least for a few years and #4 permanently. Earn-A-Buck might be good at least in the first years to balance the buck to doe ratio.

How does this concern the Iowa hunter? Think of all the hunting pressure it could potentially take off Iowa's bucks. Hopefully in the next few years with hunter support of QDM, statewide changes will be in effect.


Just think, someday you all might even consider buying a NR tag in Mizzurah!
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Assuming these all proposals pass and the landowners that used to let me hunt while I was in college will allow me to hunt again, Two years and I will start to hit it hard in MO. That will make a world of difference in the quality of bucks produced from that state.
 
I went to one of the MDC's meetings on this subject at Hannibal. There where mixed feelings about this subject. They seem to be leaning towards the 4pt restriction the most. My feelings are that their is a good chance we will kill off our good genetics by killing the really good 1-1/2 old bucks. There are a lot of people who don't care how old the deer is.
The proposed management pilot program units are 4,5,12,13,28,29&30.
 
Looks to me like it would help your situation out a lot. I was kind of shocked that it was a 4 point limit instead of a 3. Many deer are 8 points and seeing that brow tine can be difficult sometimes. That should really help things out. Hope at least part of it get passed if not all of it.
 
It sounds like a step in the right direction. Once they have it all together we most likely will pay more to hunt your great state. Supply and demand! I'll bet they are truly motivated because it means $.
 
Great to hear they're finally starting to make some changes down there. I'd like to see the point restriction placed here in IA also.

CRITR
 
Well I like the idea of QDM in general. Point restrictions do not do anything in my book. Where I hunt I have seen 2 bucks that were 6 points that are mature deer that would score 130 inches plus the last 2 years. In my book these deer should be taken from the herd and a 4pt rule would make harvesting these deer illegal which is stupid. I like the ideas of earn a buck, so you would have to shoot a doe first, moving the gun season out of the rut would make a huge improvement, and limit the number of bucks a hunter could shoot. I think these steps would make the hunting much better!! The point restriction in my book is stupid because there are alot of 1 1/2 old 8 pts running around so you would accomplish nothing, and you would not be able to harvest mature 6 pts with inferior genetics.
 
Bowhunt,
You're right, there are a-lot of 1 1/2 old eight points running around, but how many small bucks are waxed before they even get the chance to become 1 1/2 years old? I've never ran into a P&Y six pointer so I can't sympathize, but I can see you're point. Regardless, I'm all in favor of any type of restriction to help improve the quality of bucks we have here in this state.
CRITR
 
The way I see it is the more qdm that is practiced in the midwest the more hunting pressure will spread out and Iowa won't be such a hot spot. I think virtually all midwestern states have tremendous potential for producing trophy quality deer.
 
bingo old buck that is what i am talking about we have one dmu here that is 3 on one side or better this will be the third year and you can see some better dear. most locals dont like it but who cares about them. wisconsin would be great if they did something like this but they have that cwd problem and dont know what is gonna happen to there deer herd.

the moose
 
I think that this is a definate step in the right direction for MO. There is no reason that the northern half of MO does not produce as many quality deer as southern IA. So if they do at least get the season changed to late Nov. early Dec. I think that they will see great results in a few years.
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I hunt in Northern Mo about 10 miles from Iowa and they have some great hunting in that area with the way things are right now. If they implemented a QDM plan of some type or just moved the gun season I can not even imagine how good it would be! The cover and food of northern mo is a whitetail heaven!
 
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