dbltree
Super Moderator
I have been hunting most of this past week where mine is the only QDM managed property. All the ground around my place is owned by good people, but they chuckle at the idea of letting any buck go…no matter what the size. After hunting all week, I saw countless numbers of does and only one small yearling buck.
Yesterday I went to another property where all the neighboring land as well as mine is under QDM. All told perhaps well over a section and a half are under some form of QDM.
Within and hour of daylight I had seen 10 bucks walk calmly by my stand, several of which will be some outstanding bucks next fall! There are still too many does, even though we have all filled our freezers with them, but what a difference QDM makes! Unfortunately, the majorities are like my neighbors, who cannot imagine passing up a buck.
I certainly commend Iowa Whitetail and DNR Biologist Willie Suchy for trying to convince hunters to take does rather then those young bucks. Perhaps only a fraction of a percent of the states deerhunters read sites like this one (correct me if I'm wrong?) which is very unfortunate and relying on education to change hunting traditions will only affect a very small number of hunters.
Yesterday I went to another property where all the neighboring land as well as mine is under QDM. All told perhaps well over a section and a half are under some form of QDM.
Within and hour of daylight I had seen 10 bucks walk calmly by my stand, several of which will be some outstanding bucks next fall! There are still too many does, even though we have all filled our freezers with them, but what a difference QDM makes! Unfortunately, the majorities are like my neighbors, who cannot imagine passing up a buck.
I certainly commend Iowa Whitetail and DNR Biologist Willie Suchy for trying to convince hunters to take does rather then those young bucks. Perhaps only a fraction of a percent of the states deerhunters read sites like this one (correct me if I'm wrong?) which is very unfortunate and relying on education to change hunting traditions will only affect a very small number of hunters.
