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 Stumped: High vs Low fence
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01/03/13 02:31 PM
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Team1roperdad
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We have a high fence ranch with lots of nice deer on it. They seem to not have patterns like deer on the outside of our ranch. The ranch is 600 acres. I would like to hear everyone's opinion on how to get these deer to move.
Thanks
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Team1roperdad]
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01/03/13 02:39 PM
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txhunter1010
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tear down the fence......... 
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: txhunter1010]
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01/03/13 02:41 PM
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scot
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Walk through the woods I can cover 600 acres in a couple hours.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: txhunter1010]
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01/03/13 02:41 PM
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Jimbo
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tear down the fence......... +1 they are probably dizzy from walking around in circles! 
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Team1roperdad]
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01/03/13 02:46 PM
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Johnny Bone
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We have a high fence ranch with lots of nice deer on it. They seem to not have patterns like deer on the outside of our ranch. The ranch is 600 acres. I would like to hear everyone's opinion on how to get these deer to move.
Thanks Shoot one, the rest will move.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Johnny Bone]
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01/03/13 02:53 PM
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txhunter1010
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sit one guy in each corner of the pen......sorry, property, and a couple in the middle, kinda like dove hunting, a coupel of you shoot in the air and get them moving......sorry......couldnt resist
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: txhunter1010]
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01/03/13 03:03 PM
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Rob Lay
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I thought you just had to call them by name to get them to move?  
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: txhunter1010]
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01/03/13 03:03 PM
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urbnat
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: txhunter1010]
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01/03/13 03:04 PM
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hook_n_line
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Turn some dogs loose amongst them. 
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Team1roperdad]
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01/03/13 03:06 PM
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Tye
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We have a high fence ranch with lots of nice deer on it. They seem to not have patterns like deer on the outside of our ranch. The ranch is 600 acres. I would like to hear everyone's opinion on how to get these deer to move.
Thanks Because hunting low fence is easy because they can be patterned.  . Find the food source they are using and hunt it
If you shoot a young deer because a neighbor will shoot it, you are that neighbor.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Tye]
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01/03/13 03:26 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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We have a high fence ranch with lots of nice deer on it. They seem to not have patterns like deer on the outside of our ranch. The ranch is 600 acres. I would like to hear everyone's opinion on how to get these deer to move.
Thanks Because hunting low fence is easy because they can be patterned. . Find the food source they are using and hunt it That should go in the "Funniest Advice" thread.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: stxranchman]
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01/03/13 03:44 PM
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DiverTexas
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I've heard cutting the fence is a good option.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Team1roperdad]
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01/03/13 04:55 PM
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Jimbo
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We have a high fence ranch with lots of nice deer on it. They seem to not have patterns like deer on the outside of our ranch. The ranch is 600 acres. I would like to hear everyone's opinion on how to get these deer to move.
Thanks You could start by removing their food source and make them get up off their lazy butts look for it.
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Jimbo]
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01/03/13 05:08 PM
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rifleman
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get about 30 folks together and line them up along one of the fences, set up hunters along any creeks, highline/pipeline (any long openings including fence rd buffers) or foodplots and get the folks along the fence to start walking. I;ve seen this work when folks weren't real picky about what was shot and they just wanted the numbers gone from a place. :poppycorn:
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: rifleman]
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01/03/13 05:31 PM
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Nightbird
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You could go on the down wind side of the place and light a brush fire. If anything would get them moving that should.. 
James
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger"
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Nightbird]
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01/03/13 05:33 PM
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rifleman
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^^^^ also good habitat mgmt 
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: rifleman]
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01/03/13 05:37 PM
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killemall
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Thread has potential, I don't know if IBTL or popcorn is appropriate.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: scot]
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01/03/13 05:48 PM
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Chris Barnes
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Walk through the woods I can cover 600 acres in a couple hours. Avg human walking speed is 3.1mph. This is measured on a good, smooth, flat surface (something raw land in "the woods" is not). Also, this is measured over a distance of 1 mile - the longer the route, the lower the average distance covered becomes. 600acres is approximately 1 mile x 1 mile square - meaning the perimeter is 4 miles. So even if there is a smooth path along the perimeter, it would take close to 2 hours to walk. .... and you and only walked the PERIMETER (nothing on the inside). To "cover the woods", you would need to walk a pattern of ~200 yard parallel paths. Since 1 mile is 1760 yards, this means you would need to walk (1760/200 +1) = 9 mile long paths back and forth in order to "cover the woods". There is a chance you could do it if given an entire DAY ... if it was flat ... if there were good paths through the woods ....... in the pattern you need to walk Otherwise, I'm calling BS.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Chris Barnes]
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01/03/13 06:05 PM
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Sneaky
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Half a day would be easy enough.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Sneaky]
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01/03/13 06:11 PM
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chital_shikari
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If you don't care if they get loose then lower the fence. If you do, stop givin em corn, protein, and another feed.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Chris Barnes]
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01/03/13 06:11 PM
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nsmike
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Walk through the woods I can cover 600 acres in a couple hours. Avg human walking speed is 3.1mph. This is measured on a good, smooth, flat surface (something raw land in "the woods" is not). Also, this is measured over a distance of 1 mile - the longer the route, the lower the average distance covered becomes. 600acres is approximately 1 mile x 1 mile square - meaning the perimeter is 4 miles. So even if there is a smooth path along the perimeter, it would take close to 2 hours to walk. .... and you and only walked the PERIMETER (nothing on the inside). To "cover the woods", you would need to walk a pattern of ~200 yard parallel paths. Since 1 mile is 1760 yards, this means you would need to walk (1760/200 +1) = 9 mile long paths back and forth in order to "cover the woods". There is a chance you could do it if given an entire DAY ... if it was flat ... if there were good paths through the woods ....... in the pattern you need to walk Otherwise, I'm calling BS. Then you would be walking with a gun not hunting.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: Chris Barnes]
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01/03/13 06:18 PM
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HWY_MAN
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Walk through the woods I can cover 600 acres in a couple hours. Avg human walking speed is 3.1mph. This is measured on a good, smooth, flat surface (something raw land in "the woods" is not). Also, this is measured over a distance of 1 mile - the longer the route, the lower the average distance covered becomes. 600acres is approximately 1 mile x 1 mile square - meaning the perimeter is 4 miles. So even if there is a smooth path along the perimeter, it would take close to 2 hours to walk. .... and you and only walked the PERIMETER (nothing on the inside). To "cover the woods", you would need to walk a pattern of ~200 yard parallel paths. Since 1 mile is 1760 yards, this means you would need to walk (1760/200 +1) = 9 mile long paths back and forth in order to "cover the woods". There is a chance you could do it if given an entire DAY ... if it was flat ... if there were good paths through the woods ....... in the pattern you need to walk Otherwise, I'm calling BS. Well I started to correct you but no sence getting serious in this thread.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: HWY_MAN]
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01/03/13 06:32 PM
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LAstrutter
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A 600 acre pen and you can't get deer to move? Funny. Only on a Texas hunting forum.
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Re: Stumped: High vs Low fence
[Re: LAstrutter]
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01/03/13 06:43 PM
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LandPirate
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I once went on a doe/cull hunt on a high fence section (640 acres) in the hill country. The owner told us how many deer were on the place and what he wanted shot. I sat for two days and never laid eyes on a single deer.
I think highly pressured deer on small, high fenced properties will shut down as soon as they detect activity in their "house". Personally, I wouldn't high fence anything less than about 3000 acres.
Mike
Buda, Tx
Hunt near Freer
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