TXhighrack
How wild is a deer who lives his life in a part of the country that is covered in houses, shopping malls, and 5 acre lots that are owned by countless people ?
Until then dont make comments on a topic that you know nothing about...........
Take some of your own advice. The deer I dunt around my house (my first year living there BTW) gets quite a bit of hunting pressure from surrounding areas. I can tell you this - deer that are not hunted hard - like your huge Texas ranches - are much dumber than deer in rural public land areas that get hunted hard. The bucks I hunt in Kansas, they are not like the deer I hunt here at home.
I've hunted many states, I have some knowledge of how hunting goes. Public land deer, and deer that are free to roam with no fences that recieve hunting pressure, are totally different animals than those deer than recieve very little hunting pressure because of fences etc etc.
Thats why when I go to Kansas I'm picky and look for a big buck. Shooting a little one out there isn't a challenge. Hell the deer never even look up in the trees where I hunt ! In Arkansas, they come through the woods looking up in the trees - totally different deer behavior !
As for experiencing differnt Hunting adventures ? I've never hunted a big Texas ranch - don't intend to anytime soon either. I have hunted I think 10-12 states for deer, elk, mule deer and antelope though. I've had my share of Hunting experiences - but shooting half tame deer in a fences area is NOT Hunting and nothing I'd want to do anyway. Oh, I suppose I would do it, for the meat maybe, but it still wouldn't be hunting.