Here is the deal. There has to be a market for these hunts or they would not exist. The reason high fences exists is that ranchers who own big ranches and tried to be selective about what they shoot would lose deer to the neighbor who would shoot the first thing they see. I see peole on here all the time talking about not shooting this deer or that deer; let them grow and on and on. That is what these fenced ranchers are trying to do. Just because a deer is inside a fence does not make them pets or tame. 10,000 acres is probably more land than most deer cover over their lifetime. They also do a great deal of managing which bucks are taken so the better genetics will be pasted down the line. Like it or not it works to get huge deer. Many of those places are not "shooting fish in a barrel". Some are. I wouldn't want to hunt in a place that was too easy but most are not as easy as they look on TV. Now I don't like it myself, but I can see the other side as well. I believe the deer belong to all the people not just those who own large amounts of land. But there are those who try to buy a small piece of land right next to a large ranch so they can shoot the deer coming off of that property. If I had the money to own such a place that would not make me real happy.

I have been hunting on open public land and kill deer within minutes of getting in my stand. Should I pass on those deer because it wasn't hard enough? People wait all year to hunt and when they get an opportunity they want to take game. Not everyone has been brought up hunting and know what it takes to hunt free ranging deer. Noone has ever shown them. So if they can afford to hire a guide to take them and have a good chance for success more power to them. A house divided can not stand.