BigJ12:

First of all a 4 foot fence is not considered a high fence, its just a standard barbwire fence that any deer can jump over. Secondly, YES people would and do still come to Texas and dish out thousands of dollards to hunt on ranches that are NOT high fenced. Take the King ranch for example, it is not high fenced yet the top deer on the ranch bring a $20-25,000 price tag. There are many ranches in the area that are NOT high fenced yet get $15-20,000 for the bigger bucks. Most ranches weather they are high fenced or NOT, get atleast $3,000 per deer hunt with most being in the $5,000 range.And lastly, even if your hunting on a high fenced ranch there is never a guarentee that you will see or kill the type of buck your hunting for. In south Texas killing a 140" or less buck is not that big a deal, its very common even on ranches that are NOT high fenced, but once you get into the true trophy size deer (160+) your chances of killing one is drastically reduced.

Not really. Like I said in an above post, the landowners in Texas carry a very big and powerful political stick and if they really want somethingthey will get it. And most of our elected officals are also landowners, most of them are large landowners. One of the gentlemen who is the chairman of Texas Parks & Wildlife is one of the largest landowners in the state and is also one of the richiest people in the country. The politicans for the most part are on our side.

Not all people high fence their ranch for money, I dont. I dont sell ANY hunts on the ranch. The only people who hunt on it are people that I invite. Saying its all about the MONEY is not true. Most people high fence their ranch because they want to and because they can. Its really that simple........