treboryerf

Thats why we call it hunting and not just going out andkilling>.

Fieldmouse

I don't know from first hand info but I think your 10k amount might be low in an upper class place. Last year when I was duck hunting, I saw some nice pics of a few bucks. I asked about bow hunting there and was told it was a place where they point and say thats 50k, that one is 75k and the one over there is 90k. I just shook my head and said wow.

It aint hunting to meand neither is paying a hooker for sex. There's no thrill in the hunt but the more you pay the better looking the trophy is and there is a market for it.

TerryM

What you're describing is a canned hunt which isn't hunting at all. Its a way for well heeled guys to shoot big animals in a pen. No respect for that at all. Using an outfitter to hunt a new territory or animal that is not available locally is fine . I have used outfitters and will again. Its just not practical to travel thousands of miles and expect to just walk into game within a week long hunt many times.

wis_bow_huntr

Ill get the beer!

Plus One

Never a canned hunt, for every reason already stated on here. However, I would pay an outfitter if I was going to say... Colorado to hunt for Elk. I wouldn't have any idea on how to start, and if I only had a week I would want to maximize my chance.

Ken

sparky357

I totally agree there is a difference between canned hunts and fair chase hunts and thats the issue, not whether you hire someone to help you hunt. Personally I can see hiring an outfitter as long as the hunt is fair chase.
I still say if that trophy animal is harvested non-fair chase it should not go in the record books or atleast identified as a non-fair chase harvest. Maybe the sponsors would not be so quick to promote someone who is not an ethical hunter. Stop the money train and these canned hunts I beleive will be reduced or totally illiminated.
I always here about people who are making $300-500per hour and that there time is more valuable thensay someone who earns $20 per hour. What a bunch of %^&*.Everybodyis time poor today. Its just a matter of priorities and taking the time off.To ethically hunt speaks volumes about your character. These canned hunts and the so calledkillers should be banned from ever hunting anywhere, finned and disclosed to the public.They don't respect nature and are a poisin to our sport.

bearklr

Well...let's clarify this a little. First off...what your describing is not a canned hunt. You said that a hunter is paying x dollars for a specific deer that the owner has scouted out on his land. Every outfitter I know has a pretty good idea of what deer are on his land, where they travel and where to put you to get a good shot at it. Some of them charge x dollars regardless of the deer shot while others charge x dollars depending upon the size of the deer taken. Both are free roaming whitetails that have been scouted. The only difference in your scenario is the pricing structure. NOW...if you would have said a high fence operation that purchases privately bred deer then that is a whole different story. In fact, here is the pricing structure for King Ranch in Texas. Someone may pay $20,000.00 for a whitetail but they didn't hunt it any different than someone who paid 3,000.00 in Illinois. They're still hunting 825,000 acres from a stand on pre-scouted ground. They're just paying more.






White-tailed deer


Hunt #1
(3 days)


up to a 150 Boone & Crockett Gross Score $5,500.00 flat fee

151 - 170 B&C, $5,500 plus $200.00 per point above the 150 B&C gross score

171 - 180 B&C, $5,500 plus $250.00 per point above the 150 B&C gross score

181 - 199 B&C, $15,000

200+ B&C, $20,000