Just what are you guys calling a "ranch hunt"? I think you are confusing high-fenced operations with working ranches. There is a huge difference.

A high-fence ranch is really a game farm where the game is contained behind the fence. Depending on the amount of land, these hunts can range from fair chase to downright slaughter -- and everything in between.

A working ranch hunt out west is simply a cattle, sheep or other agricultural operation that offers hunting on their property for whatever native game happens to reside or migrate there. The only advantage the hunter has over public land is that there is usually much less competition for the game on hand. Also, ranches tend to have an abundance of game because they offer what wildlife needs most -- food -- in the form of agricultural plantings. This is the type of operation I hunt on in Colorado and have yet to strike out. This type of ranch hunting is very fair chase, albiet at times there seems to be so much game on hand as to make it seem like you have an unfair advantage.

Just what kind of ranch was the original question referring to?