Originally Posted By: Bucktrot
Originally Posted By: mike35549
From all of the stuff that I have read from QDMA through the years they have always said to kill does only if the population is above the carrying capacity of the land, and then kill enough to bring the population in line with the carrying capacity of the land. I have never read anything where they recommended killing does just for the sake of killing them. Or maybe I just interpreted it wrong. Either way I would be more than happy if people realize you can kill to many does. I think there are a lot of people that misinterpreted the material that they put out and just use it as an excuse to kill every doe they see. But there have been biologist that have put out information like you can't kill to many or just because you are not seeing any deer don't mean they are not there. That is the kind of information that people with no common sense do not need to hear.


^^^ YES!!! The QDMA provides the tools to make decisions and I don't know why it gets a bum rap for wanting to kill, kill, kill many does. If you need to kill some does... do it. If you don't think you need to kill any does, don't.

I'm a QDMA bible thumper and I am not for killing every doe I see. And besides... I'd rather bump up the carry capacity rather than kill does. I like seeing deer but I try to have a balance.


I agree 100%

I like to see deer when I hunt and you do not have to kill so many does that you see very few deer to kill big bucks. Most people can't tell you how many does they seen because they count every deer they seen that they didn't see antlers on a doe. Even though a large portion of those were probably young bucks.


If you're gonna be stupid you better be tough.