So how many deer would it be ok for a guy with 10 acres to harvest "as long as they are on his property"? 10 deer? 20, 50, 100? I am not talking about him personally, but his friends, relatives, paying guests? One of my points was that the herd within the fence would be a healthier, more natural (buck/doe ratio) herd. In my example everyone was shooting yearlings and 2 year old bucks. Where is the sport/hunting in that? I would bet you a mature buck housed in a 10,000 acre high fenced area would be harder to kill than a yearling buck coming in to a feeder. I have seen first hand what these little "ranchette" subdivisions do to the deer herd and I don't think it is good for the deer.

The only solution other than high fencing to the problem of people harvesting more than their fair share would be to limit the number of deer than can be harvested determined by the size of the parcel. If in the same scenerio, the state limited everyone to 1 buck on properties less than 50 acres and then 1 buck per so many acres (would vary depending on the local deer population) then I would not put up a high fence.

What is wrong with the idea that you can shoot all the deer that your property can support on a day to day basis?