i do not think a 3000 to 5000 acre fence ranch would be a issue to me to me. when you on 5000 acres you still have to hunt. i think the fence is there to keep the good deer in the bad out.
ORIGINAL: Mike from Texas
I'll admit to 200 acres being really small for a high fence hunt. I am a supporter of every legal means of hunting but I have turned down high fence hunts that I didn't agree with.
BUT......Texas ain't PA, or MI or one of those other yankee places [8D] where they think a 100 acre place to hunt is a big deal. Ranches in Texas are huge most of the time thousands of acres and many square miles. It's my guess (since I don't know and who am I to judge) that most of the anti high fence crowd has no idea what it's like hunting inside a high fence scenario much less one that's thousands of acres. And as far as tame deer and picking out the one you want to shoot, might as well tie one to a tree that is just plain stupidity on the poster's part.
Yes there are some less than desirable operations out there and they give the good high fence operations a bad name.
I challenge ANY of you anti high fence guys to come to Texas and hunt a reputable high fence outfit that consists of a minimum of 3000-5000 acres and honestly tell me it was as easy as picking out a deer and shooting it. Then at least you can say you have tried it and can speak from experience and just not out of your ass about something you know nothing about.