Tomme, my problem with QDM is that I hunt for meat. I don't have a photo album showing all the deer I've shot, I don't have any taxy'd mounts on my wall, just memories of plates filled. I hunt for an adult deer and I abide by the laws of the state. Some of the laws I find suffocating, but I still abide by them because without law, we've got chaos and the herds will dwindle back to where they were in the 60s and 70s, maybe earlier. Its good to see the numbers coming back up. But, though QDM may net you more mature deer (which the meat gets coarser as the deer gets older), QDM does not fill a freezer. Its geared so that more people will be able to give the Chuck Addams grin at 3 feet behind, not so that those who are making most of their meals of chicken and potatoes can have an occassional change up in their menu. And that's my viewpoint on it.
Anyway, I hope you are all having a fullfilling season.
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