Friends,
I live in a remote area of Southwest Virginia less than 1 mile from the Ky. state line.
There are more elk on this side than on that side and rest easy they ARE wild.

Va. has opened season on elk and I have hunted whitetail for years and it is much harder to get an elk into bow range.

The anamals that were released may or may not have been from game farms. I don't know. There offspring surely were not.They were born here on this mountain and the only fence here is around my front yard.

As for breeding "super deer" I'm with Rob on this one. This sounds like a Keith Warren show. Any fishing trip he takes is at one of the "pay to play" lakes in Mexico so why would a hunting trip be any different?

I would love to see him on some National Forest land with tree rat hunters everywhere and a man every 100 yards or so.

Soon deer will be regesterd like dogs are with the AKC if this keeps up.

Where is the sport to a hunt if you can sit in a lodge and pick out your "trophy" from a catalog? Is this selective breeding natural?

When is it to much? I think we are well past that point now.

Sorry boys I guess this is sort of a sore spot for me.I had to vent

SF