The diferance is free range deer , as opposed to hunting basicly a tame animal thats been fed steriods , atibiotics , and hormones ,and disproportionatly high protien feed from the feeder its been eating from all its life .

I went on a guided hunt this year , my guide left me at a water hole , he was miles away when I shot my bull , Im sure he knew there were good animals where he had me sit , thats why I was there , but there are many water holes in the area we hunted and open range in the Missouri river breaks , not a canned hunt IMO . Right next to public land also . I hunted with a man that had been coming to the same outfitter for 11 years , without killing an elk , hes happy to come back , and a good hunter I might add .

Yes there are huge bucks in pike county , my friend killed a 150 class buck in Illinois this year , not pike county , does that make it less of a trophy , I think not . Thats kind of like saying killing a trophy in Canada , or where they grow in the states is not an accomplishment , I believe it is , just that the word "trophy" has different meaning in different parts of this country . Im fro FloriDA , a 90 inch deer is a trophy down here in my eyes .

A canned hunt to me is behind a high fence , on deer that have eaten from a feeder all of their lives . Ive seen some shows where the deer had tags in their ears , guy from Ohio that kills monsters , dont remember the name , hayes maybe .

I did not respond because I wanted to argue , to to show we all have different opinions .