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Originally posted by Pineywoods View PostI hunted some small high fence places where it didn't really feel like hunting and I've hunted 20,000+ acre high fence places where you wouldn't even know it had a fence around it. There are lots of factors that affect the quality of hunting and I don’t think there is a magic number for acreage.
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High fence= not hunting, no where for them to go. If someone wants to pay the money to kill a high fence deer have at it, just don’t call it hunting.. As far as deer being spooked I’ve seen it both ways, my family got a hf place years ago and when you would drive around they’d just stand there looking at you, now 20 years later they are spooked way easier, funny thing is the only thing that has changed is the hunting stopped when they bought the place. Pretty much they take off what the state says they need to and that’s it for the last 20 years..
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Originally posted by eradicator View PostThis seems contradictory...
Out away frim the house, it is a different story.
I kid my friend, the owner, that the deer discuss these things at their Lodge Meetings and Conventions, and eventually the deer on the other side of the ranch are going to start visiting this “safe place” with plenty of food on the ground. Then, eventually, he will have no deer on the rest of the ranch. They will be concentrated on the 10 acre no shooting zone in front of the house! 😬
He is in a safe zone.Last edited by Burnadell; 10-18-2020, 01:27 PM.
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The problem is that HF hunting has gotten a bad rap from outfitters that buy these pen raised animals (exotic and WT) and release them into a specific fenced off pasture for a client a day or 2 before they show up, you know, the "canned hunts" that used to be all over the internet. Legitimate HF leases are usually a lot harder to hunt than realized.
I hunt HF and you can drive the place and not see a soul until later in the day and then they are very aware that you are there.
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Originally posted by BrandonA View PostMy ex wife’s family has several thousand acres , low fence, in south Texas . Those were the easiest deer I’ve ever hunted. Hunted a 1400 acre HF ranch and it was one of the most challenging hunts I’ve been on.
You’re never supposed to put “ex” along with several thousand acres in south Texas. Dang man
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High fences restrict the movement of deer. If that statement weren't true, why would anyone put one up?
With that said, I don't really care. I think hunting behind a HF is just as legitimate and challenging as hunting a low fence property.
The primary difference in my mind is on low fence properties, you might pass on a deer or miss an opportunity on a good deer that ends up getting shot by the neighbors. You don't have to worry about the neighbors behind a high fence and even passing on marginal deer is less worrisome knowing that.
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Originally posted by randal View PostHigh fence= not hunting, no where for them to go. If someone wants to pay the money to kill a high fence deer have at it, just don’t call it hunting.. As far as deer being spooked I’ve seen it both ways, my family got a hf place years ago and when you would drive around they’d just stand there looking at you, now 20 years later they are spooked way easier, funny thing is the only thing that has changed is the hunting stopped when they bought the place. Pretty much they take off what the state says they need to and that’s it for the last 20 years..
For me it's the long range shooters. Rifle or bow. But that doesn't make my opinion right or wrong.
Kinda like yours.
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I'm good with either way (except the kick and pops) but I do have to laugh at the folks that hunt on small acreage surrounded by others that hunt small acreage jammed packed with hunters, or 25-30 hunters on 1500 acres of timberland that say that deer on 1500-5000 acre high fence ranches have no place to go and is not hunting. That just cracks me the F up.
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Originally posted by DRT View PostAbout 65% of the deer hunters in the US would say nobody in Texas is "hunting" when they sit on a feeder. Call it cheating and judge their fellow outdoorsman based on biases they've made up for themselves and defend that position vehemently.
For me it's the long range shooters. Rifle or bow. But that doesn't make my opinion right or wrong.
Kinda like yours.
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