Of course 10,000 acres high fence in my mind is essentially no different than free range. I think some of the problem is when the acreage gets smaller. I'm not sure what would be the minimum but a friend of a friend with 1000 acres checked into high fencing it with a biologist and was told something to the effect that after about 7 years he would have deer inbreeding. I think any landowner has the right to make money with his land as he sees fit. However, and I'm assuming most states are same as Texas in this regard, the deer are a natural resource that belong to the people of the state of Texas. As landowners sees money to be made with high fence hunting, there are more and more going up each year, many only a few hundred acres. Its even getting to the point I'm aware of a few people who've considered it with less than 100 acres. As for feeders, anyone who's hunted them on any regularity can tell you the deer don't always come at all let alone on time. And when they do, you'll get does, yearlings, some small bucks. Once in a while a shooter. At least free range deer. I can see where some high fenced operations could be somewhat predictable. I don't like high fences at all and see no positive end results for the average hunter or hunting in general. I've thought about this and think what should happen is any landowner who wishes to high fence his land should be made to have his land cleared of native animals. He should be made to pay for a state biologist to certify his land clear, perhaps by helicopter, as that last fence goes up. Then he can buy animals to stock, with the money going to the state department of wildlife. Then he can have all the paid hunts he wants and anyone hunting would know up front they were "harvesting" artificial wildlife. I think the costs would deter some of the smaller landowners, would put money back into the departments, and "hunters" would be less likely to brag about their "trophies". What would be the drawbacks of all free range hunting? I can't think of any legitimate arguments. But if high fence was a good thing, one could surmise we would be well off with all land high fenced. Now think about that and would that be beneficial to us or our kids?