RE: Preserve or free range hunt? White-tails
If you want to "hunt", fair-chase is you're only option. If you simply are looking to kill, you should go into the business of being a cattle farmer or something. Hunting isn't and shouldn't be 100% about the kill. If if is, then you're missing the point.
Killing animals inside of an enclosure is not only unfair - but in my opinion, is going to be the demise of our sport. The whole point of hunting is working for it. That is the only reason I get "that feeling" when I kill something - because I've worked my butt off for it. Like anything in-life, the reward is only as great as the effort put forth to accomplish something.
For the record, if you want to kill a 130+ buck, you can do this pretty easily if you do you're homework with an outfitter in Illinois. PM me if you would like a reference for a good one that will put you on a property that can produce this size or bigger for a fraction of the pricing you are talking.