I also wonder this: in Texas where QDM was invented back in the 1970s all those big ranches started to try to manage their deer herds for superior antler traits. I recall that they were (and still are) trying to get deer herds where the majority of bucks grow 10 points, so these ranches would aggressively cull bucks.

Without getting into the debate about free range deer herds and antlers, does anyone know of any reports or studies on the results there? It has been going on for decades and it seems the deer study groups at the major universities and the deer magazines would have reported on this, but I don't recall ever reading anything about results there.