ORIGINAL: vital shooter
I myself don't understand why people get upset about large acre canned hunts? Most deer stay in a area all their life and would never roam outside of an 1800 acre area.
But, If I owned 1500+ acres and could afford to put a 12ft tall fence arounditIwould do. I could build the habitat and food plots to grow monster bucks for my pleasure of doing so at the same time of keeping poachers off my land.
I don't think a canned hunt is any easier of getting a deer than if one wasn't in an open area and posted. It's the same ashunting overa food plot on open area.But the best part about canned hunts are that you can grow bruisers like the one pictured in this post. What diffrence if it is a canned hunt or posted property? Your still not allowed on either without permission. And like I said deer stay in one area most of their lifes. Unless they are forced to leave from hunting pressure or lack of habitat. Would you fish a man made lake and they had to stock the fish in it and they got no where to escape. Would you call yourself a sportsman if you caught them fish or scream sardine canned fish?
It is hard for me to understand how a real hunter would be able to justify canned hunting.Many of the high fence operations have supplimental feeders and perminant shooting stands. Go there and you can pick the buck from their book complete with trophy fees. If that is sporting then I guess I feel sorry for you. You are missing out on one of natures finest times. Chasing a wild deer in his own world where he has the advantage. Head up to the Allegash in Maine with 6" of tracking snow during the rut and plan ontracking all day/ all week/ all season. That is hunting. When you score, you know in your heart you earned it. The guy that shot the monster in this thread doesn't impress me one bit. Perhaps next year he can get a larger one in a zoo.[:'(]