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• Why practice QDM?

• Do I have to wait for a “wallhanger” or a “trophy” before I can kill a buck?

• I hunted all season and did not see a buck that was legal under my club’s antler rules, and none of the bucks in my trail-camera pictures were legal either. Does this mean QDM is not working?

• What’s the best buck-harvest rule? Is it antler points? Antler spread? Beam length? Age?

• Should I harvest “management bucks” or “cull bucks”?

• I captured trail-camera photos of mature bucks, proving that QDM is working, but I never see these deer while hunting. What’s wrong?

• Is it possible to practice QDM without harvesting any female deer?

• If I kill a doe, aren’t I also killing next year’s buck fawn?

• How do I know how many does I should harvest?

• I reached my doe-harvest goal last year, so can I skip doe harvest this year?

• I just want to see the maximum number of deer when I am in the woods. Is this goal compatible with QDM?

• I saw a lot fewer deer while hunting this season than I did in previous seasons. Does this mean I should stop harvesting does?

• Someone in our camp killed a button buck. Should we punish this hunter to prevent this from happening again?

• Is it okay for a kid or new hunter to kill a young buck in a QDM program?

• Do I have to plant food plots to practice QDM?

• Do I have to own land to practice QDM?

• What’s the minimum acreage required to practice QDM?