The question originally was on RATINGS I thought but the responses so far haven't adressed that. I have the Outdoor Channel, the Men's Channel and also always watched the Sunday Morning lineup in the fall on ESPN2. As far as ratings like other tv programs have, the ESPN2 shows have the warning at the beginning of the posibility of kill shots, but the other two channels do not. That is one type of rating that is being used. As far as the high-fence versus free-ranging rating, I don't know how it would be monitored. There would have to be someone from the network along with each hunt to verify fair-chase. There are plenty of enclosures that are massive and you never see a fence on TV, but we all know that the deer are too good to be true, or just too many monster bucks running around. I think that it is up to the person watching the show to determine if they want to continue watching if there is suspected high-fence conditions. I know that I usually stil watch, just because there are some truly outstanding bucks filmed on these shows and I like to look at huge horns. I personally would not hunt in an enclosure, but I really have no problem with someone who does, to each his own. There are plenty of things on tv and in movies that are worse that a show hunting in a high-fence setting.