Hillbilly - you make some valid points and you actually read the posts rather than just ranting and raving; I'll talk to you.

I've been on a bison "hunt" as you described. It was a place outside Gold Creek Montana. The fenced area was 800 acres, but it might as well been a corral. It was not much fun and I didn't consider it a hunt, rather just going to the grocery store. I tanned the hide because it's beautiful, but it's not a trophy in any sense. The meat on the other hand was excellent. I'd never video it and sell it as hunting because it isn't. The owner misrepresented himself by implying we'd be hunting 42000 acres. He indeed has 42000 acres, but that was multiple times more than the price quoted - I was NOT a happy camper.

However, because of the terrain and the critter hunted, I have been behind fences on much less ground and got my butt kicked. So your point of how much acreage is "enough" is a valid question. Part of the problem with Bellar and the rest of the canned hunt crowd in Indiana was they would not bargain or even discuss minimum acreage requirements. Drugging must be OUT - that was non-negotiable. The canned hunt crowd in Indiana couldn't even agree on a minimum acreage of 40 acres. So, Kyle Hupfer, the head of the Indiana DNR played hardball and said that's the end of it. The court battles continue, but their days are numbered in Indiana and I'm part of that battle as a proud member of the Indiana Bow Hunters Association.

You might think that these stories are inconsistent with my previous posts, but they are not. I'm a hunter first and foremost. I detest canned hunts for able bodied hunters especially the marketing of cervids across state lines which increase the likelihood of spreading CWD. However, there is a placed for fenced hunting - with the right mixture of terrain, space, herd sustainability, etc. - for a controlled experience different from that available on other private and public ground.

If you haven't tried it, then you really should. My first experience was the aforementioned bison hunt and I was dead against it based on my experience. Huck changed my mind and I gave it another try in another facility that catered to bow hunters and difficult hunting. I'm so glad he did because I now have something to do in the off season that's truly a challenge and just plain fun.

Guys you can listen to what other people tell you or you can reason within your own limited experience and develop a flawed conclusion. I'm an engineer and scientist - wrong conclusions are my enemy! I deduce conclusions from a myriad of data every day for a living. I was raised poor and made my own way - no one handed me anything. I earned my own way through college over 20 years ago and have made my own way and developed my own conclusions my entire life. I advise you do the same. Be your own person. Make your own mind, but do it based on real data and real experience, not hype and emotion (leave that for the lefties).