RE: Ethical question,
 

Don't really care what B&C or P&Y think about it. Anyone who has hunted in south Texas would realize that this would have to be a fair chase hunt.

How about this scenerio which may be closer to what you guys know of. Lets say there is a patch of woods that is 200 acres surrounded by cut fields (very little cover) for 2 miles in any direction. You set up standers around the patch of woods and send drivers into the woods. I guarantee you that this hunt would be less "fair chase" than the hunt described above. Maybe B&C and P&Y should consider not accepting deer taken in this manner.

RE: Ethical question,
 

What do you consider fenced in? How high are the fences? Deer can jump pretty high if they want to. As far as it not being hunted, that is something I look for when I hunt. I want little or no pressure where I hunt. I am sure people don't hunt public land because they want to, it's because they don't have a choice. And 10,000 acres is a huge amount of area. It has been proven that deer do not roam as much as we think they do. If they have what they need and want they are content to stay close to home. Especially the big older ones. If they feel safe were they are at they won't go mosying around where they have never been, especially if they have been shot at before.

Just my opinion.

I don't agree with paying someone to hunt their land though.

Paul

RE: Ethical question,
 

The fences are usually 8 ft and while a whitetail could possible jump one, it would be very unusual.

How bout it guys? Is pushing a 200 acre patch of woods a "fair chase" hunt?

RE: Ethical question,
 

I wouldn't personally pay to hunt that area, but 10 000 acres is pretty large.I call that managed land.Who's tending to the fence?Sounds like a year round job for a crew of five.:)