Thats good stuff. See me i am going to do a paid hunt in texas hopefullly this season. I know im going to kill a trophy buck and its gonna be easy. But in no way will that make me a better hunter or in no way will that trophy on the wall be any better then the smaller buck that i could take in florida.
And when ever anyone sees it i will tell them it was a paid texas hunt just to get a trophy for the wall. Easy hunt.
There’s a big difference between someone who fills there tag on their home turf every year and someone who understands the biology of their target. These people who are being labeled as the best (Larry weishun for instance) actually have earned their degrees and have dedicated their lives to the study and research of their quarry. They understand how the environment affects the animal, the mating and dietary needs of the species and all the other factors that play a role in the survival of the animal. They lecture and write books on the topic. All this before they came out with 101 hunting shows (that are more for entertainment than education, at least most of them) I would rather read one book on the subject of whitetail deer than watch 50 shows. Not to say I don’t enjoy them, but if my goal is to learn how to catch the animal, I’m going to study the animals life patterns before I even attempt to learn how to hunt it.
As far as high fence hunts, If you go to one of these places that has a few hundred acres and 20 stands over looking feeders, well all you have to be is a decent shot.theres nothing wrong with this but it’s not for everyone. These places in Texas are 20,000 acres. I don’t care how high a fence is, that’s still a wild animal. It’s been proven that unless some drastic geological event takes place a deer will be born, live and die within 1-3 square mile area. With QDM being practiced in these places, these deer don’t have the need to travel far. You could take the fence down and still have the same size heard. It’s only to preserve the integrity of the gene pool. This is a very expensive proposition to get this class of deer and it would suck to see it compromised by inferior genetics.
high fence is awhole nother topic. in texas for example. when a property goes to high fence, they have to run all the deer off the property. Texas owns them deer like livestock. what ever doesn't get run off the owner has to pay the state for. then deer are brought in. to breed, raise and eventually hunt. afar as the best hunters. I'm sure on WMAs or hunt club they would do fine if given enough time to scout and study. like most of us do. It is when they show up at a ranch (don't say if it is high fence or not.) and have 3 days to hunt scout and shoot a trophy. but there again what is a trophy. my trophy would be different than somebody elses trophy. some people horn hunt, some target mature bucks, and some shoot anything with horns.
in my situation in georgia, i fill my freezer with doe meat( can harvest 10) we get to shoot 2 bucks. It can be a hard desicion wether or not to shoot a certain buck. But through scouting and game cameras I try to pick a nice mature buck to fill one tag with. Might be a cull might not. I try to hunt that specific buck once i have a couple does in the freezer
