The game ranch here in Mecosta sells hunts in the $12,000+ range. Are you telling me they are not making money?


To Some ranches its not about the money bro..I have several friends that own high fence ranches and will never sell a hunt....
but if you want to single out prosp
ects like the Mecosta ranch lets look at it this way one deer 12,000.00 that wont even pay the saleray of a ranch hand, if they sold 20 hunts for 12,000 and its not likely they might be able to pay some of there bills, taxes workers, protein , or what ever else they would need to spend money on..they would be lucky to break even..


With QDM especially in high fences, someone takes their kid in to shoot a management buck (8 points) for their first deer and it is taking all of the special, meaningful, challenges and accomplishments out of hunting.


So what now, we are not teachng our children the way you think is right???? My daugthers first deer was awesome, she sat with me in the edge of a wheat field and she harvested a old doe, with her 308. it was a memory of a lifetime, and its what got her hooked on hunting, two weeks later she was in my stand and shot a deer I had asked her exspressly not to, it was her first buck 9pt 1.5 year old deer, I was still very happy with her and never said a thing to her I let her brag to all the guys how she had shot the deer and live in the moment of that special first time harvest, but I guess for a guy like you that may or may not have children old enough to hunt can pass judgement on me.

well lets ad another story here for you, her second buck was harvested off of the world Famous King ranch, are you envious yet, hell I was... I watched literally a hundred different bucks that day, (it was only a one day hunt) and it also made memiories of a lifetime she harvested a 7 pt, with a typical 5 pt side and a 14 inch spike on the other with a 3 inch brow tine.. she bragged for several years about that hunt to anybody who would stand still long enought to listen. But she also decided ON HER OWN!! (could be because I rasied and taught her right) that she did'nt like the way that she had to harvest that buck, and if she ever went back she wanted to do it with a bow and make it more of a personal hunt..she now uses her bow only, and wont even pick up a gun. But I guess I have taught her all wrong....

How many 8-12 point buck mounts do you have to have on the wall before they are all the same and no more importance to you than a spike or a doe?

You still dont get it do you, each and every buck that I have every seen is natures work of art, each and every one is differnt and has its own beauty, its not about how many you harvest either, its about working your but off to improve something that YOUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY CAN ENJOY!!!

As for our 100 acres goes, there are 2-3 of us bow hunting and 4 rifle hunting. We have more than enough land for us to hunt safely. The neighbors are from the city and often have 6-8 people on their 50 acres which is 95% field.

Thats just plain scary.......I for one would never hunt with that many people PACKED on the a small parcel of land....thats why they call them ACCIDENTS BRO...