The state dosent make any more money off of a high fenced hunt or ranch, then it does on a low fencedhunt or ranch. The only money the state makes from the hunt is from the hunters lic. sell and when the landowner pays property and income taxes.
Do you really think people will come to Texas and dish out thousands and thousands of dollarsfor any "high fence hunt" if the fences are only 4ft high and there is NO LONGER the probabilitythey will shoot a monster buck????? Come on get real, and what about the millions of dollars that the state generates from out of state hunters spending money in Texas that they will no longer see?? If you think the state cares about anything but the bottom line you are sorely mistaken. If the statedidn't make money those fences would come down faster than you could say JR Ewing.
Thats what public land is for.
NO, thats what public DEER are for....get it.
The law they are trying to pass here in Texas has "NOTHING" to do with High fence ranches and the deer on the property. The new proposed law changes will pertain to deer farmsand genetic facilitys only, the law is short and simple, If a deer is born on a state permitted breeder facility it is the sole property of the owner and ownership will be tranferable through TTT permits issued byt the state..
Well I guess that kinda puts a damper on your deer stealing parade.
Obviously I can't stop you from "penning" in state deer, I wish I could. But I can say that I feel by doing that you are commiting one of the most selfish acts any sportsman can do. You are taking "fair chase" out of the hunt.
That buck knows the route he took to make it to the road, and he knows exactly how to get back to it. He dosent realize that 25-50% of his "escape" route is blocked,
So the buck knows how to escape but does not know there is a fence there?
If he knows how to escape then he darn well knows whats around him.
what he does realizes is that his escape route is completly open on one side and in one or two bouces he is back in the brush.
So make up your mind does he know there is a fence or not???? in one breath you say he does not realize that 25-50% of his escape is blocked, then you say he DOES REALIZE that his escape route is completely open on one side. If he knows the one side is open then he knows the other is not, so he DOES REALIZE that there is a fence.
But what's MORE important is that YOU ALSO KNOW the only way the deer can escape and that in my opinion is not fair chase.
There is a road that follows the perimeter fence all the way around the ranch. The clearing from the edge of the brush to the high fence is about 5-20 yards in most all places. If I'm driving around, or one of the guest are driving around,andifwe see a buck standing on that road then I (they) will shoot it.
That's hunting???? pathetic.
You want to play high and mighty Mr. Texas big shot go right ahead ifit makes you feel better. But until you stop shooting deer in a "pen" you will never be a hunter in my eyes, and all the acreage in the world won't change that.