louddrummer69

Sounds exactly like raising livestock to me. I'm totally against it.

Rob/PA Bowyer

They wouldn't waste the $ to release them plus, it's illegal at least in PA but probably nation wide via diseases.

Cougar Mag

As most have said, this isn't to let them loose in the wild. No way, now how. Its big business pure and simple, these deer will be sold to the highest bidder on high fence ranches and preserves.

lnen#1

Wonder how much you'd be looking at to purchase some bred does from that outfit. I bet 10,000 per doe, there's no telling. Don't like it though.

huntingson

If some guy wanted to pay me $12,500 for my petdeer I would hold the apple to its lips while he shot it

OHbowhntr

Huntinman,
Those are stocked into HF ranches as the others said. Heck they have whole market in Texas based around FARMING deer. It's so common place that many Texans see nothing wrong with it. When you can raise deer and sell hunts at $3000 - $15,000, a lot of farmer/ranchers are finding there is something even more profitable and fun that cattle, and easier too!!! Hell, Deer are probably the #2 livestock in Texas.



+1, don't tell them Texans that, you'll be in a fight for sure!!!!

J/K'ing for you Texans that hunt wild deer not farm animals!!!

bugle man

well my friend owns his company out here in phx az with all kind of drugs for deer what they do they have a farm in texas and all they have in this farm is whitetail and muledeer bucks with the biggest racks you will never see in the wild what they do is get these bucks and feed so the have there racks grow big. thats when all these high fence ranches come down from the south and buy these bucks for there ranches thats how they get good geens in there fawn and have better chance of big rack your talking about over 200" bucks my friend has pics of these monster bucks

YooperMike

What's the big deal? They raise deer, sell them to other high fence operations to use. Nobody bitches about breeding cows for size/shape/taste but when it is deer, then we all get revved up. People that hunt high fences want big deer, not an 83" PA 7 point. There is no way to get deer of that size without selective breeding, and that's what they specialize in.

Cougar Mag

Well, their are deer of that size in the wild, but you have to hunt them and they are few and far between.

Cattle aren't hunted, at least that I know of. I guess as long as it doesn't affect me, but if it would change the whole way hunting in my neck of the woods is done then I would rage holy hell. I'm thinking Texas Trophy Hunters Association.....[:'(].

-DeerSlayer-

I don't like the fact that they can send them to be cooped up and shot in high fenced hunting, they have no chance. I disagree with the way those outfitsconduct business.