Does he need help? Lol

Use the same argument and replace fence with city, or urban sprawl, or road, or whatever man made thing you want...bottom line, people affect animals and historic migration patterns are historic for a reason, but they do not make anything present or future.

Even birds with "free reign" of the migration patterns don't follow the exact same migrations every year and different areas will get hit better than others in the "historic migration zone".

Not sure what you mean about the pronghorn, fences can affect their migration in extreme snow events. Sheep wire also can affect their movements and why we have areas without it along migration paths.
Seen many jump barbed wire fences and go under, they know how. Throw in say 4 feet of snow and see what happens.
Those city deer are free to roam outside the limits, no high fence keeping them there. Now slap a high fence around that town and see what happens.

Good discussion actually, I enjoy the discourse. Good points made by many here on both sides.

I'm not against high fence but do understand how it can affect natural animal movement, regardless of pasture size. And no I would not call thousands of acres a pen by any means, but put a high fence around it and it is affecting animal movement and dispersion, even if on the edges or fence lines.

I personally hate them - but it's not because of what is on the inside of it. If you want to shoot a 180-inch buck in 25 acres or 25k acres - your conscience - your money - you spend it.

My gripe about high fences is the disruptive nature and the impact it has on wildlife - outside the fence. I border about 2 miles of high fence and some areas of my ranch have not seen a deer since that fence went up. I understand deer (and other animals) are adaptive by nature and to a degree, they have. With that said, a deer doesn't put itself in a position with no way out (if you understand what I'm trying to say). Unfortunately, when that fence went up (roughly 10 years ago), it created areas that are not conducive for a deer to feel safe - I presume?? I have no other answers as to why deer have vacated those areas and will not come back. I realize my perspective will differ from others and the high fence guys are going to hate - I am just speaking from first-hand experience and the impacts that a high fence has on me, personally.

They probably fenced you out for a reason

Not that anyone cares but they have their reasoning;
The Boone and Crockett Club defines fair chase as the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper or unfair advantage over the game animals. In 1983, the Club adopted a policy that made whitetail deer and other species taken in escape-proof enclosures ineligible for its records books.
1 acre or 50,000+

Not that anyone cares but they have their reasoning;
The Boone and Crockett Club defines fair chase as the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper or unfair advantage over the game animals. In 1983, the Club adopted a policy that made whitetail deer and other species taken in escape-proof enclosures ineligible for its records books.
1 acre or 50,000+

I for one have no issue with B&Crockett's rules or record book. Qualifying an animal for their book is super rare and difficult and I have been proud for years to have done so. IMO it is not bragging or vane - it is an acomplishment

I personally look at it as shooting livestock, so I have no interest.

I don't care what others choose to do with their land and their livestock.

But livestock are not state property like deer are....so making the semantics jump from a texas controlled game animal to livestock is a really lazy argument.

Now if you are talking exotics behind a HF, then you can talk all day long about them being nothing more than livestock, because the state has stated they don't care about exotics....

Modern bows, rifles, scopes, ammo, feeders.... whats the difference?

I also think/know if someone had a 25,000 high fence ranch; with one fence surrounding the property, there are going to be multiple fences within the high fence to “channel or funnel “ deer or cattle to a specific location. Feeding is usually done at specific places. Properties operating for a profit are not going to have multiple Joe Blows coming different days of the week, and not know where the deer or game is located on that 25,000 acres. The Cotton Mess ranch, which is 10,000 acres will make sure you get your $4500 elk or $75,000 elk… you choose, you go, you shoot. And B&C will not recognize those elk.