I can tell by that huge smile on his face holding those sheds that those are just your average 3 year old set of horns.

And I assume by your comment you would love to hunt there.

Sure looks like an artificial skull plate to me,..and I am pretty sure I can see the exposed pedicle on the deers right antler.

Nope Im not into shooting ducks in a pin.. like my deer wild and free of charge. Not that cool to see a deer with a price tag in its ear

agree 100%. game management is an art form and a lot of hard work. is it a little easier to control your hard work and investment with a high fence and see the results a little sooner yes, but hard work all the same.

An art form? Haha! Get a life. Penning up deer in order to manipulate the herd isn't an art form, Picasso. It's a business. A business of making money from "hunters" that want to seriously increase the odds of killing something and not spend so much time out in the field. AKA....cheating. And all that a large majority of high-fenced owners care about is making that $$ from their clients. That's not art. That ranching. Just like a cattle operation. You could hold the biggest set of antlers up that I have ever seen in my life, but at the end of the day, if they are from a high-fenced operation, then it's barely worthy of a chuckle. To some people, its just about putting some big antlers on the wall. And THAT is really sad for our hunting heritage.

SHEDS ????? ok SO I GUESS THE WHOLE TOP OF HIS HEAD FELL OFF !!

An art form? Haha! Get a life. Penning up deer in order to manipulate the herd isn't an art form, Picasso. It's a business. A business of making money from "hunters" that want to seriously increase the odds of killing something and not spend so much time out in the field. AKA....cheating. And all that a large majority of high-fenced owners care about is making that $$ from their clients. That's not art. That ranching. Just like a cattle operation. You could hold the biggest set of antlers up that I have ever seen in my life, but at the end of the day, if they are from a high-fenced operation, then it's barely worthy of a chuckle. To some people, its just about putting some big antlers on the wall. And THAT is really sad for our hunting heritage.

An art form? Haha! Get a life. Penning up deer in order to manipulate the herd isn't an art form, Picasso. It's a business. A business of making money from "hunters" that want to seriously increase the odds of killing something and not spend so much time out in the field. AKA....cheating. And all that a large majority of high-fenced owners care about is making that $$ from their clients. That's not art. That ranching. Just like a cattle operation. You could hold the biggest set of antlers up that I have ever seen in my life, but at the end of the day, if they are from a high-fenced operation, then it's barely worthy of a chuckle. To some people, its just about putting some big antlers on the wall. And THAT is really sad for our hunting heritage.

Looks like I responded to the other comment before checking out page two and missed the good stuff!

Cibolo, I like the tender tone you've used to explain your views on high fences to the "anti's". Perhaps we should just cut our losses in this conversation... we are in fact dealing with an aggie. (JOKE)

I don't think a single anti-HF guy knows what it costs to run a large high fence operation... Most of them just see the "price tags" on the deer themselves. I'll go ahead and say that I'm not a fan of every high fence, and I feel like there should be a certain acreage to allow for fair chase hunting. I already know some people are going to stop reading at the end of the previous sentence and angrily respond to the last three words, "Fair Chase Hunting". I define fair chase as giving the animal, through cover, terrain, property size, and several other factors, the opportunity to utilize their superior senses and escape. Back to the money aspect, I know from first hand experience that it is practically impossible to "get rich" running a ranch, HF or LF. To do it right, (i.e. balance herd numbers, feed properly, maintain food plots, establish ample water sources, etc.), the profits a rancher makes from selling hunts barely cover those costs with enough money left for the savings account. In regards to txaggie's final statement about taking trophy deer... "big antlers" usually only come on mature bucks, something you apparently disregard when you harvest an animal. I will say that hunters who shoot big deer purely for the trophy and couldn't care less about the meat aren't seeing the full picture, and that's unfortunate, but it's easy to see that your opinions of high fence whitetail hunting and the anger you feel toward its advocates go deeper than the usual petty argument of "it's cheating!" I think the guys who created this video had you in mind when the wrote the lines for the low-fence hunting spokesperson.... You should take a look and let me know if I'm wrong.

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12523853/historical-figurez-movie

Let's clear up a few things real quick.


A)you act like you can only shoot big deer in hf, you can buy a 190- 200+ in deer on lots of LF ranches.

B) my personal favorite and most important---this thread is not a HF debate thread... They are pictures for you viewing pleasure... this site DOES NOT promote harsh and stupid outbursts..basically if you can't say something nice move along.......