This is what happens when you let them grow!!!
10-18-2014, 02:31 AM
#51
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
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they shoot small deer because its easier.
10-18-2014, 08:30 AM
#52
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Wherever liberalism must be eradicated.
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Having read all the posts here on this thread.
The one thing that ALL of you missed, and it doesn't matter what age they are when you shoot them.
IS THAT FOOD.
You might get a decent rack at 3-5 yrs of age, but without a GOOD food base. Meaning many things to choose from. You ARE NOT going to have any consistency. Regardless of how many time you pass them up.
Many areas, usually public lands. Don't have a managed forage base to feed the deer herd.
And only once was it mentioned that you NEED does to make bucks. Genetics plays a VERY SMALL part in the growth of antlers. Its much more important to manage the food sources than the herd itself. That is the missing link with QDM.
The one thing that ALL of you missed, and it doesn't matter what age they are when you shoot them.
IS THAT FOOD.
You might get a decent rack at 3-5 yrs of age, but without a GOOD food base. Meaning many things to choose from. You ARE NOT going to have any consistency. Regardless of how many time you pass them up.
Many areas, usually public lands. Don't have a managed forage base to feed the deer herd.
And only once was it mentioned that you NEED does to make bucks. Genetics plays a VERY SMALL part in the growth of antlers. Its much more important to manage the food sources than the herd itself. That is the missing link with QDM.
