Jim Timber
5 year old buck +
I'm done with any affiliation with QDMA. When you squelch your members because you can't justify your behaviors and they call you to task - that's a bit too much like a dictatorship for me to be involved with.
Ya, saw that. I'm about done posting anything on the NDA page until I see them actually do something...besides send out polls and make posts on facebook :rolleyes:
Just to set the record straight......I like to put on that "rant act" just to provide a bit of comic relief every now and again. The guys here get a kick outta that sketch...when the subject of North Central MN.....and QDMA comes along. QDM concepts have no doubt provided lots of good things for landowners and hunters.....the "A" part....not so much. It's just that the Association has not done any favors for the folks here in MN....when we asked for even just a little support to our recent scuffle over deer numbers with our DNR. Instead, some on the forum got pissy with us, and started banning folks. Some of us are pretty sour about that. I'm quite sure had the problems we face been present in Alabama....the QDMA would have called out the calvary.
Personally I think the QDMA did more harm than good by its in-action and banning spree. The organization seems to be all "take" and no "give" IMHO. I think it could be some time before a new QDMA chapter is formed here in MN....but that's just my guess. :)
Then I hope they get banned quickly. Shouldnt be that difficult to keep this forum focused on what it was created for.The more you complain, the better the odds are that word is going to get back at that forum and then some people that you don't want to see will come here looking to fight.
I think Life is way too short and too precious to really run down Don or Matt or anyone else. I just don't see why people make such a big deal out of either of them and why people dislike them so much. I have never had an issue with either of them. I remember both of them taking different stances than QDMA over the years and one in particular was Don in regards to licenses in the state of IL. If I remember right Don was very much against out of state hunters having the same rights to licenses as in state hunters. Not saying I agree or disagree, but pretty controversial subject and expressing a pretty politically incorrect opinion in a public forum.
I would just rather see people engaged in a conversation stating facts rather than just slinging mud for no reason. I am a family man and some of the comments that are made and typed are really borderline for the conduct of what I would consider professional and most of them I would not want my mother to read. I think everyone should take a better resounding look at scrubbing the language and take a higher road.
Nofo we are just smsrt enough not to give $ to an organization that does nothing more than take your $. Kinda like trading a used and abused Brett farve for a clay Matthews draft pick. People in some states just take a little longer to figure out they are getting screwed. But hey, not everyone has had a professional wrestler as governor. That's something at least!The 2012 whitetail report was also a joke. I only looked at the wisconsin numbers, called them out on 7 th grade math mistakes , massaging numbers to fit an agenda and the thread was locked. The 2013 report went away from math and had vague generalized statements. Besides, qdma in central wisconsin has a bad rep as really tdma. No thx
For the record I was only joking about my mn comments....but there is always some honesty in a statement. Alright I'll stop now
^^ This.Also please remember there is a big difference between QDM and QDMA. They are not interchangeable and they are not synonymous. One is a movement dedicated to managing quality deer herds and one is an organization that makes money off of people who want to participate in quality deer management practices.