NEW61375

Fences seems pretty common in Texas and not being from there I don't know what the reasons are but I am sure there are legit reasons for people fencing their properties. I agree,a huge ranch that consists of 1000's of acres IMO isnot the same as a farm that is 400 acres with a fence around it,that I would considered "canned". My farm and the neighbors combined equals almost 400 acres and I know for sure if you put a fence around it we could exterminate every deer within the fence. I recognize the difference and was not trying to bash how things are done in areasI am not familiar with, I was making an obsevation about why people would go on a canned hunt if it were free but theymight notnormallybe for it. No flaming intended.

liquidorange

think of it as a controlled way to fill your freezer. if you go fishing in a trout stocked pond on opening day of trout seasonis that any different. go have fun and make a good clean kill.

PreacherTony

Without stealing the thread, the feeling of accomplishment is the greatest for me when I personally spendtime scouting, and ultimately taking a specific buck or doe. When I have been invited to hunt a stand that someone else had put the effort into, and I have taken a deer, it is satifying, but not nearly as much as the aforementioned scenario.

My personal effort, to me, determines the intensity of my satisfaction at the end of a successful hunt, which doesn't necessarily end up in a dead deer.

So for me to spend money on a "guaranteed" hunt that I had put zero effort into ..... it wouldn't be nearly as satisfying to me. I am not turned off by it though, so if any out there want to give me a free high fenced hunt, I am down [8D]

It's all personal

Charlie P

Wouldn't even consider going.

ericstac

400 acres is a little small..

For several years I hunted a buddies ranch down past Kerrville, TX which had a "high fence" but it was 4800 acres. The only difference between this hunting and hunting a no fence was that the cattle couldn't get out. I watched a many whitetail, axis, foxes, cats, pigs, and every other critter that roamed there cruise right under them fences. You would try to keep holes patched but them darn pigs would just make a new one.

So just because a piece of land is high fenced doesn't mean it is an easy kill, or tamed animals, or "canned hunting". Now it would be hard to say 400 acres is not that way, I have never seen a 400 acre ranch so I wouldn't know. I would take the hunt though, just to practice with my new bow.

pigiron

I'm sureall High Fenced facilities aren't as bad as the one that I had explained in an earlier post. It seems the "ranches" that have bucks growing antlers that almost look hellish(and sometimes ridiculous) fall into those ranks.Their antlers have grown far more than they would have in the wild.Bucks areconstantly herded into cages, tranquilized andpumped up with steroids, so the animals can be "worked on" or "genetically engineered". It's almost like the deer are a scientific experiment. The largest bucks have grown into freaks, with world record bone on their head. Again, theirtranquilized, have their sperm removed,then sold(for huge money)to other ranches to produce more circus freaks. Then BIG JOE HUNTER GUY comes along, pays his12,000.00-20,000.00, gets set up in a box, on a predictable run that the buck will take from his cage back to the woods, and pulls the trigger on a 280" trophy. I know of people who have gone to ranches and the guide will pull up in front of your stand in a p-up truck, and start throwing alphalpha hay out.......RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE"HUNTER". The animals hear the truck, and it's like a dinner bell. As soon as he pulls away, all the deer come to the bait.This simply disgusts me, and is by all means a disgrace. This type of controlled killing does nothing for the sport of hunting.

OHbowhntr

I never cared much for TED anyhow.

I think if I won something like this, I'd probably try to donate it to a handicapped hunter who was interested. Either that, or I'd go and shoot one of their $25k deer, then sell the rack for $$$$$ for a REAL HUNT!!! But I'd be more apt to donate the hunt to a handicapped hunter that was interested.

huntingson

Maggy, you are correct, but out of 46 posts, have all 46 been about Ted Nugent? Seriously, this is amazing.

I don't have any desire to go on a "canned hunt". It honestly would not be worththe time to me. Just wouldn't raise my heart rate one bpm so why bother? If you decide to go, I do hope that you have a great time.

BowHuntingFool

I wouldn't bend my beliefs just because something is free! I would decline it! JMO!

HuntinGUS

When I was 18 a friend of mine invited me to go on a hunt with him and several business associates that he was entertaining. He had an extra spot so I said what the hey andalong I went. I did not know what I was getting into at first and I did not ask enough questions I guess.

I ended up killing a pig before I realized exactly what I had just done. While I was walking out it hit me. I had just participated in something that made me feel terrible. Prior to this I had no feeling one way or the other on the subject. I really never knew these types of places existed. The fenced in areas were probably 15-20 acres per lotand each lot had different priced animals in it. Pigs were $400.00. It was not hunting imo.The gutted and hung the pig on a meat pole and quartered it. The owner asked me if I wanted it caped out for a mount! I respectfully declined.

There was a man in the $2,000 pen with a high powered rifle shooting exotics. He killed 5 animals without leaving his "blind". Walked to the lodge and cut a check for each animal and the taxidermy work that was to be done. The owner said he would mail the heads to him after the taxidermy work was done[:@]. The man got into a mini van and drove off.

I was so sick at myself, I refused to even take the meat home.[:'(] I gave it to one of the others in my group. I was so sickend by what I had just participated in that I was angry.[:@] I know all canned hunts are not this bad, but my experience was enough for me to never consider doing it again.........

So, I would decline the invite, or sell it like some others have mentioned.