I completely agree with soonershooter. I've read several articles over the years from different magazines talking about the merits of hunting fenced in areas. Many of these echoed what Sooner is saying. That the fences were primarily used to keep out other deer. Of course this also keeps deer in but I recall that many of the writers stated that there was absolutely no perceived difference in the hunt! The deer inside the fence were just as elusive as free ranging deer.

I've never hunted inside a fence but I doubt I would feel too weird about doing it so long as the place was large like the one the original poster mentioned. I think one has to simply evaluate the quality of the operation. It just stands to reason that some hunting preserves are going to be run better than others. Needless to say, a 50 acre high fenced preserve would be akin to "shooting fish in a barrel" and I wouldn't pay to hunt a place like that. 15 square miles though is an entirely different ball game. That is HUGE!

One more thing. I think people are becoming too paranoid of the phrase: "100% guaranteed hunt". One would need to to ask questions but I don't think that always translates to: "YOU WILL KILL A DEER!!" Rather, I believe the statement might actually mean: "Your going to see lots of deer" or possibly: "If you don't take game, you don't pay". Again, it would be very important and wise to ask the outfitter questions to find out exactly what their 100% guarantee actually means.

-Mike