This thread really just shows me that you can't lump everything into one catagory. Different circumstances can make big differences in what is hunting and what is harvesting!
I was invited to go on a hog bow hunt a few weeks back. It ended up being a high fenced, 250 acre area. These animals were fed, not from feeders but from a truck or 4 wheelers. These animals were practically tame, and came out to the sound of vehicles, instead of shying away from them. I feel that this was "harvesting"," not "hunting!"
I did not like this and will not go back!
On one hand, this is no different than going to a butcher shop, so if that is what you want to do and it is legal then go for it! Just don't try to pedal this off as "hunting" or try to tell people of your great "trophy!"
On the other hand people that do pedal this off as "trophy hunting" are disgusting, and they do disgrace true sport hunting!
Then, as I said different circumstances call for different conclusions!
Such as, hunting a 5000 to 10,000 acre high fenced ranch, were the animals are not "tame" IS hunting! These wild animals can be as hard to hunt as animals on open range land!
5 to 10,000 acres is a lots of territory and a WILD animal that does not want to be seen, could go for years without being shot!
So, you can't just say that ALL high fenced hunting is bad, or even ALL baiting is bad! It just depends.....
Frank