Sorry but hunting pets is not hunting. High fence should be illegal. We grew up on an exotic game ranch. This is how it works. Ring(phone), want to shoot this kind of buck, when will you be here? Alright guys(guide not really, ranch hand) take him to back 40. Sun rises, look its the buck, shoot it, mexican hands load it and clean it, man leaves with pictures and head. Before all this ranch owner called around and found that buck, darted it, transported it the day before and strategically placed it in the back forty pen, complete with a deer blind and feeder for effect.
Another one, netting exotics, landowners spoiled son hands me rifle and tells me to shoot monster 10 pt standing 20 yrds from jeep at night. As tempting as it should of been, we hands turned it down because it was bruce the buck and fed him everymorning. YOU ARE NOT A HUNTER or GUIDE behind a game fence. Always know that. Hunting low fence is pure. Seeing a monster buck is rare and brings that excitment or the shakes out. Seeing all kinds of free ranging game is pure. Scouting trails and scrapes is real. Being in the right place at the right time is pure and true hunting and guiding. Sitting for years and finally outsmarting an old buck is true hunting. Want to go hunting? Go lowfence. Scout out for a few years. Decide where to put your blind. Sit and wait and fail for awhile. Choose to take him or wait for a possible bigger one. Because when you do find success with all your work. You can proudly show off your trophy and tell your story and events leading to your harvest with pride. And another thing, you can tell real quick a high fenced buck from a low fence. So try not to lie. Even the taxidermists Talk crap about you guys. Boone and crockett doesnt even recognize you. You are not hunters and not guides.
Mark Klapmeier - 12 years ago
I have been fortunate enough to hunt all over the world, and have taken many fine animals on free range, fair chase hunts.
I have also been to many high fence operations, and if it's a few thousand acres and up, with good cover, there is no such thing as a sure kill. I have been on no less than 3 hunts for a particular species (not picky about size, just a good representative), and have come home empty-handed.
I have also harvested a fine animal the first day. Much of it still up to the hunting gods, and the hunters patience and skill.
There is also the fact that without some of these operations, there are species which would be extinct in the wild. That fact alone justifies their existence.
Hunters will have to make up their own mind, but do it with the knowledge of having been "on both sides of the fence"
Thanks
John Pierog - 12 years ago
People are free to do what they want on their own land in accordance with established laws and acceptable morals and ethics in regard to the hunting and treatment of wild animals. These game farms aren't for me though. It takes too much away from "real" hunting where the risks, physical effort and final outcome of the hunt vary widely, and are pretty much decided upon and controlled by the individual hunter.
Sorry but hunting pets is not hunting. High fence should be illegal. We grew up on an exotic game ranch. This is how it works. Ring(phone), want to shoot this kind of buck, when will you be here? Alright guys(guide not really, ranch hand) take him to back 40. Sun rises, look its the buck, shoot it, mexican hands load it and clean it, man leaves with pictures and head. Before all this ranch owner called around and found that buck, darted it, transported it the day before and strategically placed it in the back forty pen, complete with a deer blind and feeder for effect.
Another one, netting exotics, landowners spoiled son hands me rifle and tells me to shoot monster 10 pt standing 20 yrds from jeep at night. As tempting as it should of been, we hands turned it down because it was bruce the buck and fed him everymorning. YOU ARE NOT A HUNTER or GUIDE behind a game fence. Always know that. Hunting low fence is pure. Seeing a monster buck is rare and brings that excitment or the shakes out. Seeing all kinds of free ranging game is pure. Scouting trails and scrapes is real. Being in the right place at the right time is pure and true hunting and guiding. Sitting for years and finally outsmarting an old buck is true hunting. Want to go hunting? Go lowfence. Scout out for a few years. Decide where to put your blind. Sit and wait and fail for awhile. Choose to take him or wait for a possible bigger one. Because when you do find success with all your work. You can proudly show off your trophy and tell your story and events leading to your harvest with pride. And another thing, you can tell real quick a high fenced buck from a low fence. So try not to lie. Even the taxidermists Talk crap about you guys. Boone and crockett doesnt even recognize you. You are not hunters and not guides.
I have been fortunate enough to hunt all over the world, and have taken many fine animals on free range, fair chase hunts.
I have also been to many high fence operations, and if it's a few thousand acres and up, with good cover, there is no such thing as a sure kill. I have been on no less than 3 hunts for a particular species (not picky about size, just a good representative), and have come home empty-handed.
I have also harvested a fine animal the first day. Much of it still up to the hunting gods, and the hunters patience and skill.
There is also the fact that without some of these operations, there are species which would be extinct in the wild. That fact alone justifies their existence.
Hunters will have to make up their own mind, but do it with the knowledge of having been "on both sides of the fence"
Thanks
People are free to do what they want on their own land in accordance with established laws and acceptable morals and ethics in regard to the hunting and treatment of wild animals. These game farms aren't for me though. It takes too much away from "real" hunting where the risks, physical effort and final outcome of the hunt vary widely, and are pretty much decided upon and controlled by the individual hunter.