High fence poll
01-08-2009 | 05:35 PM
#33
Giant Nontypical
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From: IL
RE: High fence poll
I don't believe in exotics, they should remain local to wherever they are.
I'm not into high fences, though I don't necessarily feel they should be banned, I'd rather see free ranging landowners ban together and practice some QDMA.
But if it ever got ridiculous where everyone had a high fance, that wouldn't be a good thing.
I'm not into high fences, though I don't necessarily feel they should be banned, I'd rather see free ranging landowners ban together and practice some QDMA.
But if it ever got ridiculous where everyone had a high fance, that wouldn't be a good thing.
01-08-2009 | 05:56 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: High fence poll
ORIGINAL: salukipv1
But if it ever got ridiculous where everyone had a high fance, that wouldn't be a good thing.
But if it ever got ridiculous where everyone had a high fance, that wouldn't be a good thing.
01-08-2009 | 06:02 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: High fence poll
I don't hunt high fence land. But there is a big difference between a 10 acre "pen" and 10,000 acres! 10 acres is a pen, 10,000 acres isover 15 square miles!
To each their own, as long as it's legal!But, to me 10,000 acres is no different than shooting a deer at 800+ yards! That deer has no idea that he's even being hunted! Again, if it's legal go for it if you want to!
To each their own, as long as it's legal!But, to me 10,000 acres is no different than shooting a deer at 800+ yards! That deer has no idea that he's even being hunted! Again, if it's legal go for it if you want to!
01-08-2009 | 09:03 PM
#36
Typical Buck
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RE: High fence poll
Huh!
It's already legal to shoot sitting ducks.
It's already legal to shoot sitting ducks.
ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche
I've got an idea for a new high fence gig. Dig about a three acre pond on my land and then wait until Fall when a bunch of geese and ducks are on it.Then shoot one of those bignets (like on Wild Kingdom)over the pond and then rig it so thatthe netting is about 50 yards high and covers the pond and a few surrounding acres.I can then charge folks a couple hundred bucks apiece to go into the netting and shoot a couple waterfowl. It is pretty hard to hit a duck on the wing, soI may have tochange the rules to allow them to shoot the birds on the water or while sitting on the bank, so as to guarantee the same success rate that most folks get with a high fence deer hunt. I think this could be a real good deal. Anybody want to invest in my operation.[&:]
I've got an idea for a new high fence gig. Dig about a three acre pond on my land and then wait until Fall when a bunch of geese and ducks are on it.Then shoot one of those bignets (like on Wild Kingdom)over the pond and then rig it so thatthe netting is about 50 yards high and covers the pond and a few surrounding acres.I can then charge folks a couple hundred bucks apiece to go into the netting and shoot a couple waterfowl. It is pretty hard to hit a duck on the wing, soI may have tochange the rules to allow them to shoot the birds on the water or while sitting on the bank, so as to guarantee the same success rate that most folks get with a high fence deer hunt. I think this could be a real good deal. Anybody want to invest in my operation.[&:]
01-09-2009 | 07:18 AM
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RE: High fence poll
ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche
Yes, people have a right to fence their land. But, I'm still at a loss to understandhow it is someone's right to trap and restrict the movement of wild game, a public resource, for profit. If someone wants to buy deer and stock their fenced operation then it is hard to argue that it is not their right to do it. However, if someone simply encloses a couple thousand acres of "their" land, then they are now trying to control "our"resource.
Yes, people have a right to fence their land. But, I'm still at a loss to understandhow it is someone's right to trap and restrict the movement of wild game, a public resource, for profit. If someone wants to buy deer and stock their fenced operation then it is hard to argue that it is not their right to do it. However, if someone simply encloses a couple thousand acres of "their" land, then they are now trying to control "our"resource.
01-09-2009 | 08:15 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Southwest Ohio
RE: High fence poll
Actually, the issue of a deer's range came up a while back. Someone (NYBH?) posted a study that demonstrated that deer can commonly range miles and miles from where they were born. Elsewhere, I've always heard that deerusually stay within amileof where theywere born. However, I've seen a lot of bucks (notduring rut) that had to be further than a mile from any real source of cover.So i aminclined to think thatdeer certainlyrangea lot further than the area covered bymost high fence operations, except forthose in Texas that apparently areall the size of Rhode Island.
