IMO, as far as QDM goes, I pass up on anything less than an 8pt, don't even give them a second look. I like taking 2-4 does a yr to feed my family thru the winter months. I work construction, and work gets slow thru the winter months and the deer meat helps offset the grocery bill.....having said all that, if I only have 1, or 2 in the freezer, come the last day of firearm/muzzy season. "If it's brown, it's down!"