Back when the QDMA got started they preached a 1:2 ratio . Wellllll at the time there was one way to do it ,,,, slaughter does.. then is when they needed to limited buck harvest not wait 20 damn years and then do it .

All the places I hunted back then the bucks look healthy at the end of season and had does out the ass. Before QDMA got started you heard the saying from older guys ,,,,, more does more bucks .

IMO ,,,,,how they pushed QDMA is why we are where we are . To many does was never a problem in most places the problem was they needed more bucks . Things should've been different back then and over the years . But money and a few with a little pull got in the way