ORIGINAL: WNYhunter
Champlain Islander, now I think you are bringing your opinion into it. This is the USA, a legal activity is just that. You don't have to like it, but that is just the way it is. As far as the common man, hunting preserves aren't hurting us. Take a look around, it's called supply and demand. A rancher is going to get what he can as long as there are people willing to pay.
You are right I am bringing in my opinion. I never claimed anything else. Supply and demand hunting will always have its followers on both sides of that fence. Those looking at taking a shortcut at harvesting a game animal and those looking at profiting on the backs of people lacking sportsmanship. If it is a legal activity then both sides have every right to do what they want. In some places canned hunting is illegal. The reasons vary but most recent anti canned hunting laws were enacted to prevent the spread of disease to the wild animals. There have been many documented cases of initial CWD infections first appearing in a game farm then spreading to adjacent wild animals not inside the fence. That scenario ocurred 2 years ago in your state (I assume you are from NY) in Oneida County. I personally would't kill an animal in a canned hunting situation. Then again the actual killing of an animal isn't the necessaryend result of my hunts. I go for the chase and the chance at becoming one with nature not one with a fence. None of my hunts have been a failure. Sometimes I have been rewarded with game and other times all I have is the memory. I just saw in the daily rag that Vermont will conduct public hearings to decide how best to deal with the spread of canned hunting operations in this state. They are being proactive in an attempt to keep CWD out of here.