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We have a high fence property that borders our property...... it’s several hundred acres (not sure of the exact size) It has affected our productivity over the last few years But ms made it legal... so we deal with it But damn When you can walk up to the fence and literally pet does and 140-160” class deer through the fence What the hell is the point?????

Well, sounds to me a blind set up on the downwind side of that fence would be a pretty good place to catch the cruising, free-rangin' bucks during the rut.

Live2hunt,

I find it hard to believe you are petting Whitetails thru any fence no matter what the fence is, try your B.S. on someone else. Rio7

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How has this high fence property affected your properties productivity?
Where abouts are you in MS?

[quote=RIO7]Live2hunt,

Just telling the truth sir One of the does even had a red ratchet strap hung loosely over her neck I guess to indicate DONT shoot this one And as far as what YOU believe I really don’t care There is a place for people who choose not to believe I have no reason to lie

Yes sir one thing we’ve found out is free ranging bucks on our property will cruise than fence line as well I don’t know I just don’t think it should be allowed But it’s all about money I guess Don’t know what the fees are to target practice inside fenced property But I will never do it.....

I think there's an importance difference to make between a 'high fence' and a 'canned' hunt, though the lines can get very blurry.

Some high fences are there for legality only. The fenced size can be bigger than a lot of islands in SE AK, and some have lots of holes dug under the fence by pigs or whatever else, allowing many critters to come and go as they please. The OP sounds to be dealing with a canned hunt operation, but it does lend the ethics question of should a "fair chase" hunter use that downwind fenceline to hunt free range bucks during the rut? If the fenced area is only several hundred acres or thereabouts, the wind can carry estrus scent from about anywhere in there to the downwind fence line.

I believe you. I have a bunch of deer that eat from my hand. A nice 3x3 gave me a good dose of poison oak a few years ago when I forgot to wash my hands after scratching his head.

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What is the point? You assume that all are for hunting. For me, I enjoy growing, observing, and learning deer habits more than I do hunting and killing them.

On the place I frequent, which the deer are fairly tame, only one doe will let you approach, feed, and handle her. This is because she was orphaned and bottle fed as a fawn. She's getting long in the tooth. We've got to prepare another. She's a hoot. Roll down the window and rattle a pack of cheese crackers and she'll be there.

It all depends on the way the fence is used.

If you fence in a 2 acre plot and let a large trophy buck in for the punter to "hunt," I'd call that an unfair advantage. However, I have driven past mile after mile of high fence in Texas and would have no qualms about hunting that kind of situation.

With enough acreage the deer are just as wild and wily as those outside the fence. I've hunted 2000 thick high fenced acres in the south Alabama where bucks would die of old age often. I can even argue that they were harder to hunt in this fence. It was hunted hard. Bucks did not move in daylight hours.

I’d like to see that myself.

When you get into large enclosures, it’s like hunting anywhere else.

In our area the fence keeps poachers out, protects the deer.

And it does take money, often resented by those who can’t go there.

DF

I'm going to give it a try this fall in south Texas. 6000 acres no blinds or feeders. This is a big chunk of ground to look for a deer. Were hunting Fallow deer and they only take between 4 & 6 deer a year.

Sounds nice.

Some have added Axis deer which coexist well with WT’s and are better eating than WT’s from what I’ve heard.

Never killed one.

DF

It all depends on context. I wouldn’t have any qualms about hunting something like 6400 acres for deer allowed to live and reproduce naturally there. That’s ten square miles of ground. On the other end of the spectrum, I once had a parishioner who had a small herd of whitetails that he raised for semen production, just like a rancher would have prized bulls, he had prized bucks from with the semen was extracted. His biggest one was named Twister. Gigantic whitetail. Easily 220” of antlers. When he was without horns or in velvet, he was like a pet dog. I’ve got pictures of my girls feeding and petting him. Once he goes hard horn he was deadly aggressive. But his semen was worth tens of thousands of dollars per year. I wouldn’t want to hunt if a deer was raised like Twister. Might as well go shoot a steer in the feedlot and call it hunting.

Twister. This was in late July. So he wasn’t done growing antlers yet.

DF Axis deer are wonderful eating. By far the best venison I have ever eaten. One day I'll go back and look for a bigger buck than I got (30 inches in length) and will also take a doe, there that good to eat.

I've heard this over and over about Axis deer. It's one of the reasons they are on my bucket list for hunting and eating.

If you get the chance to go do it you won't regret it. They make a pretty and unique mount and excellent on the table.