Well, if you guys all enjoy the experience of waking up insanely early to try to beat ole liquored up Larry to a hunting spot every morning, only to sit there and not see anything for several hunts and finaly end up killing a button buck at the end of the season to put meat in your freezer than by all means....

YOU ARE THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN HUNTER

Me, I would rather spend a few more dollars on a quality hunting lease, manage the herd by letting young bucks walk, feed them some protein in the spring, and get to see quality deer.

Just a difference in oppinion, that's all.

But don't tell me I'm not a hunter because my lease has a high fence. I'm not paying some outfitter to scout out bucks for me to show up and shoot. I look for scrapes, rubs, tracks, and all the other sign that goes into prepairing to have a successful hunt and even tho my lease has a high fence, I'm not guaranteed ANYTHING. I've gone 5 years and not killed a quality buck. This year is my first year that I have taken rack buck on our lease, but I've been able to let several nice bucks live longer and mature.

I've done the public hunting thing before and it's always the same old thing. 200 guys fighting over the same 100 acres.

Point is this.....you get all the hunters in North America on the same management program where bucks have a chance to live past 3 1/2 and I'll gladly tear every foot of our high fence down. Until then, it stays up.