If a deer is born or raised in a fenced in area ( no matter how many acres ) then it can not be considered wild, if that deer is shot then it can not be considered hunting.
How would these deer be any different than say the deer born on Anticosta, Afognak, and Kodiak Islands (again, to name a few). They're confined/restrained too, where can they go? "Success" is more dictated by "time" verses confinement in the places named above. Wouldn't you agree?
Wild- A. living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
Those bowhunters who hunt within an urban setting(where the deer are accustom to people) are not really hunters then, right?
growing or produced without human care or aid
not subject to restraint
Where exactly do these conditions not take place to some degree or another?
hunt·ed,
hunt·ing,
hunted.
v.tr. - 1. To pursue (game) for food or sport.
- 2. To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges.
- 3. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
- 4. To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict.
- 5. To seek out; search for.
- 6. To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town.
Taken directly from American Heritage Dictionary of The English langauge, 4th Edition.
Prey.
An animal taken by a predator as food b : one that is helpless or unable to resist attack
Game.
A mere part to the definition of "hunt". Please re-visit "hunt's" definition.