GMMAT:
After reading about your feelings re: high fence hunting I had to submit mine.....
Last year my new father in law called me and offered to take me to his brother's trophy ranch down in hill country Texas. They were doing their annual doe culling......I, of course, jumped at it. At the time I had no idea WHAT high fence hunting was........
I have to say, I have NEVER been to a nicer deer camp in my life.....They took me out to the blind in a covered Mule, I had my own guide, the blinds were carpeted with nice reclining chairs, and heated.....very, very decadent.
At six pm sharp, the feeder went off and about a hundred deer walked out. My guide said, "shoot that one, that one and that one".....and I did. It just wasn't right......almost like target shooting, except with deer. The guide told me that people call from Dallas and tell them that they want either a $10,000 deer or a $7,500 deer, they fly down and land on the ranch in their private plane, get taken to the blind, shoot the deer, go straight back to the plane without even getting close to the now dead deer and fly back to Dallas....all in about forty-five minutes!!!
I know they have to cull the Does out annually but I think I'm going to stay home next time. There's just something about the critters not being able to run away that gets to me.....