If no barriers a mature buck is a formidable opponent regardless of his home base.

The trophy isn't in just the antler it is the experience that get you there!!!! I consider myself a trophy hunter and went several years without notching a tag on a buck. In those years I had just as much fun, rewards as years where I put an animal on the dirt. The meat and horns are an absolute bonus, being able to chase them all over hells acre is the true trophy experience to me. I vividly remember being outsmarted more than when I won the battle of wits, the day I stop learning is probably the last day I will ever hunt! Oh and BTW I do it for the meat, we eat venision more than any other meat product we run through 3-4 deer and some moose or elk every year. 1 month till hunting season I need to finally breakdown and buy some beef if i want steak. I certainly agree it ain't b/c it is cheap but it is the best and like a steak when I buy one it is not going to be the round that is on sale but striploin baby!

King Ranch or any other fenced hunt it no thanks...give me wide open spaces, rubs and let me go make my own trophy experience. However I won't diss those who do, I fully understand and am absolutely grantful of my opportunities each fall.

Do it for yourself and you'll be more successful, find it relaxing/enjoyabe and the rewards are what you experience not what you may hang on the wall or dunk in the freezer.