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Ok, first off, I am not a fan of high fence hunting at all...but I work as a civilian at a Chemical Weapons depot which is approx. 7800 acres which of course is surrounded by a 12ft razor wire fence. And of the 7800, only about 100 of it it where the buildings are, the rest is corn and soybean fields and rolling hardwoods. This place is LOADED with deer in excess of 150". They allow hunting only on weekends and you must take a doe first, I've worked here for 6 years and never have hunted here because of the whole fence issue, BUT seeing monster deer almost daily is haunting me. I am wondering what you guys would do?I am a bowhunting, deer hunting addict, and dangling P&Y deer in front of my face is VERY tempting.

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Dude, you are talking about 7800 acres, it's not like he is in a pen as a lot of guys here like to say....You still have to hunt him, get drawn and hit the mark. I would hunt there in a minute.....let me know if you want someone to come up there and hunt with you......;)

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I personally do not like high fence hunting, but what i mainly do not like is the fact that you go, someone takes you to your spot, shows you the deer you shoot it and then you get your picture taken and that is it.to me that is shooting. I think in your case you would be behinda fence but you will be finding you own spot, doing your own scouting and handling everything on your own. To me that is hunting. just my opinion.

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I have hunted a couple ranches that were high fence (for hogs), they turned us loose on 12000 acres and said have a good week....I made that hunt for 11 years running....What you just described, to me sounds like hunting with a outfitter more so than hunting high fence....Not that they don't have both but not all high fence ranches are outfitted too....A lot are do it yourself as well...

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I would shot a doe and then the biggest buck of my life......

-john

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do what you want and feel is right. dont let people on here change your mind.

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Big difference between your situation and a 100 acre pen with a bait station that your "professional guide" takes you to.

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I have mixed emotions on the High Fence hunting ! I have personally hunted a few different highfence operations one was very small you might say pen instead of highfence . The other was a very large ranch. The large ranch in my opinion was no diffrent than any open area it was hard hunting no easy kills ! The small on was a joke more of a shooting than hunting situation ! You must do what suits you you shouldn't be swayed by anyone ! Sounds to me like one heck of a deal and i would be all over it !

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7800 acres is way different than what youre describing

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+1 I know I would do it, because7800 acres is more than fair chase.

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If I worked there, I would feel duty bound as a hunter to help the company manage the herd within their security zone. Naturally, I wouldn't enjoy it one bit. ;);)

It's 7700 acres of free hunting, fer cryin' out loud! I'd consider it part of my employee benefit package.

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Ihunted with walker dogs on a lease that was only 8000 acres with a river swamp on three sides. So there should be no reason you cain't still hunt that piece and feel good about it--And like ArthurP said its your duty.

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I would never "high fence hunt" for deer. . .but when I say that, I'm talking about private ranches with"grown" deer and huge profits.Your circumstances are very different.
-You're not paying to kill a huge buck.
-You're noteven guarenteed a shot. That's a HUGE piece of ground!
-The fence isn't there to keepdeer in.
IMO, it'ssimilar tohunting a military base, and I see no problem withthat.

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It is a formerMilitary Base. Now it's being used to house and destroy chemical weapons.

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This is not what I would call a High Fence Hunt. You have a huge range of land and a natural deer herd that has not been modified with trophy deer lines and managed for trophy hunting. You have a secured area that has a contained natural herd, go for it and slam a good buck!

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7800 acres. That is 12.1875 square miles. You might have to do a lot of work to get one on the ground. Go for it. I don't think anyone can rap on you for doing it fairly, especially since you are doing it all yourself with no guide.

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i personally would go it is just like going to an outfitter but guiding yourself at least with this you have to scout it and prepare everything yourself and i think it would be fun try it out and who knows once you get that first big one you might never go back[align=left] [/align]

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To me, that sounds like a fair chase hunt because of the size of the land involved. I think you would be crazy not to take advantage of that situation.;)

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I'd hunt it and not think twice. As others have said, not your typical high fence op.

Someone has to help take those does out of there;)

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Another thing is that they don't allow the whole area to be hunted, they've broken it down into areas.

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Exactly, who cares what we think! Do what you want to!