Complicated subject. Is sitting beside the only water hole formany miles during a dry spell a canned hunt? Every animal in the areaWILL come to water. Is the only rocky outcrop with a herd of mountain goats living on it on an otherwise forested mountain range a canned hunt? They never leave that open exposed area. All you need to do is be within shooting range at daylight and you will get a shot opportunity. Isabrushy draw connecting woodlots in open country during the rut a canned hunt? If you are there, youWILL see bucks. An out of sightcorner of a soybean field that extends down towards a thicket will have deer in it every evening right before dark. Does that make it a canned hunt? No one would say yes because the animals are free range. But would the same situations inside a fence be considered canned? There are many enclosures that are undeniably canned.But not all of them. A thousand acres of fenced prairie is not going to conceal any large animals. A thousand acres of fenced southern swamp or mesquite brush will harbor animals that will live under heavy hunting pressure and die of old age. It is all situation and species specific and hunting pressure. Tame deer, whether they are inside a fence or on a national park, are tame deer. How challenging is it to hunt for them? Not much. Wild deer with adequate cover and acreage inside a fence or out is a challenge. Other big game likewise. Elk in sparse western mountains would require tens of thousands of acres to be able to stay elusive. Wild boar on the other hand could easily stay hidden for life in fifty acres of fenced thick swamp. A fence can be used as a management tool that does not increase hunt success or it can be used as a shooting pen. One needs to look at the specific situation beforethey categorize all fences as canned hunts.