Results of 2nd year of QDM at Ky WMA,s??

[Valley Station]

How is the "Quality Deer Management Experiment" (15" or larger bucks) doing at our WMA's??
What do results of 2nd year of "QDM" at Yellowbanks & Green River WMA's indicate? With all the 1 1/2 old bucks protected, do records reflect a large increase in 15" plus bucks harvested during "quota" gun hunts?
Does F&W have any "before", 1st year, 2nd year numbers they could share with us hunters?
What kind of harvest have the deer bow hunters had at Y'Banks & Green this season?
As always , Many Thanks.

[Multidigits]

I was talking with the Meade Co. CO the other day and he said there were over 600 people who put in for the Yellowbank Mentor hunt. I believe the selected 100. The kill was a disappointment I suspect. According to him, 14 total with only 2 being over 15", and both of those were shot by adults. Maybe the Mentor hunts need to be looked at if the results were the same at the other spots.

[Valley Station]

"How about ya , F&W , got your ears on??"
Is this info. available?

[Multidigits]

I talked with a FW employee yesterday at Green River WMA and he said the kill was about half of previous years. I think he said 54 animals were taken, with the largest weighing in at 205. Several nice bucks were taken.

[KYhunter]

I would like to think ALL the bucks taken were "nice" bucks with the QDM in place.

[Valley Station]

Many of the bucks harvested were "fuzzy faced" little button bucks.
"Nice" for frying and gravy, but, Not quite QDM material.

[DC]

I don't have the data available here. I've talked to a few staff to find out what others have reported. We're real happy with 2nd year at Green River and yep, the Yellowbank hunt protected almost all bucks with only 2 taken. The mentor situation may indeed be looked at. Ole dad may be restricted to doe-only in future years for example. We'll find out which of the dads (or moms) are putting the young hunter first.

I'll get all the numbers soon and report year 1 and year 2--either here on or KDFWR web site.