Shooting an animal behind a high fence, in my opinion isn't hunting. I haven't done it, so I can't spoak first hand of how difficult it is or isn't.

Hunting on a ranch which practices QDM is entirely different. Anyone who thinks all ranches in Texas running hunting operations are high fenced is mistaken. Many of these ranches are so large they excede the home range of a buck. This allows the operator to manage the herd without fences, and know that the deer herd he is managing won't be shot on some one elses property. Are the deer herds on these ranches larges than other places? I don't know. Are the bucks bigger? Yes, because that's what they manage for. So, is it hunting? In my opinion yes. It is hunting. Is it worth paying the prices they demand to shoot a big buck? Not in my opinion. Could we all shoot big bucks without paying? We could, but it would take an attitude change by all deer hunter. We would all have to agree to not shoot immature bucks, and to shoot more does if nessesary to balance the herd. Am I comfortable telling others how to hunt and what to shoot? No. I hunt to because I like the interaction with nature as part of the cycle, and I like eating venison. I've shot mostly does, but if a buck comes by, big, or little, it's coming home with me.