You made a big jump, so I am going to jump with you...

When the deer are dying from starvation on your place, your grandchildren will not see the habitat back to a "normal" structure after the deer have degraded it to that point. It is all in you personal goals but if you want to allow deer to destroy your habitat, they absolutely will. Once they do, the damage takes years to reverse and some important indicator/historical species could be extirpated from the local fauna.

As has been stated over and over and over again, it varies by location and herd and habitat health will tell you how to manage your population. It has nothing to do with QDM.

healthy habitat = healthy deer --> you add trigger restraint and you have a well rounded management plan.