Great video with some real thought-provoking material. I agree with 90% of what was said and I would love to consult on these farms that have went backwards. The challenge of getting them "back to" or even "better than" they once were is the kind of thing I live for. Best of luck to them.

I will never understand the concept of not shooting does in the late season because you’re shooting bread does. It doesn’t matter when you shoot them. A dead doe will not have fawns no matter when she is shot! Are you seeing a lot of does that don’t have fawns in the spring?

Man I’ve heard this same speech so many time and I still am glued for every second and picking up new small thing

It's been my thought for quite some time now that QDM is not understood by 99% of hunters, it's been preached by a few large land owners with successful programs that don't really apply to those of us that hunt small parcels or public land. In Michigan White tail organization's have implemented antler restrictions which in my opinion is actually stunting antler development. Mandating harvest restrictions to 3 points on one side leaving spikes and forks to do the breading, 30 years ago 120 to 130 inch bucks were the common expectation now 115 is considered a nice buck. I think a return to one buck any buck is the best thing we can do, we also have to be realistic in our expectations of a successful hunt.

Lee and Tiif what a bubble they hunt in not reality at all

How do you kill 500 deer on 4-5000 acres and still have surplus deer?

You may be seeing in part the symbiotic relationship between grazers and browsers. Cows eat grass and fertilize brush. Bucks eat brush - simplified version. I also believe that big bucks especially those adverse to fighting, hence great racks, tolerate cows better than other testosterone filled bucks.

Don't fix it if it ain't broke. You are shooting 200" deer and yet keep trying to improve the land, you have changed something for the worse.

You lost me at "cull buck" lol

Cattle if kept at a reasonable population on a farm doesn’t hurt deer hunting, but crop farming practice over the years now that has changed over the past 40 years and not always for the good in deer hunting and turkey, but they all need Mother Nature to be good for a few years in a row 🤔

Soils, climate, plant communities, etc. No such thing as a cull buck. Not one thing, but a concert of things. Perhaps, even hunting pressure on select class? Deserves some research.

Late doe season bad. 💯

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Deer have evolved for thousands of years without our help. Antlers contribute little to the animal’s survival. Antlers are there to show dominance-without a fight. We don’t know, only the deer know, what traits should be advanced? Besides, the doe’s genetics govern half the animal’s make-up. I’ve seen lots of northern bucks that weigh close to 275-300lbs that would score 140 inches.

Lol let me Hunt Public land NE and not have to worry about land thats been beat to death with publicly

I know guys that kill big deer every year and they don't own 2,000 acres. The "big" names in Iowa are "big names" because they make/spend a lot of money. There are 200+ bucks getting killed across the State of Iowa every year. Not all of them make Facebook, KZfaq or have a story on "deer cast". Also 99% of us that hunt in Iowa don't have a "camera guy" or a book of Bucks with pictures and names. BTW 160 is a huge deer, 170 is a massive deer, and anything over 180 is a maga.

I would not take any advice from this guy.