#1903344 - 04/28/10 03:41 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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easy45
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If a person wants to on there land than so be it, but I would personally never hunt on one.
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#1903364 - 04/28/10 03:53 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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No but I think the person that does it should have to reimberse the state for ever single animal that is trapped inside when the final gate is closed. They can buy their own deer but should not be allowed to trap "public" animals and prevent them from being available to the "public".
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#1903439 - 04/28/10 04:39 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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No but I think the person that does it should have to reimberse the state for ever single animal that is trapped inside when the final gate is closed. They can buy their own deer but should not be allowed to trap "public" animals and prevent them from being available to the "public".
Honestly, I think that's fair. Yes, a landowner should have the right to high-fence their property, but I question their right to permanently trap a public resource.
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#1903495 - 04/28/10 05:35 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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Baxter83
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No, but they should have to pay a lease to the TWRA for the deer they're enclosing in it unless they ran all the deer out of it first. I mean, for people that want to "grow" deer they should have to buy their own. Farmers have to buy their own seed to grow the "products" they aim to sell so these "deer growers" should have to buy their own deer to grow to a certain size and sell.
Heck, you can't enclose a Tennessee deer and expect it to grow big anyway because Tennessee deer don't get big. They'd have to buy their deer from Kentucky.......just a thought 
Similar posts have been made.....Sorry I didn't read all them before posting. 
Edited by Baxter83 (04/28/10 05:36 PM)
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#1904817 - 04/29/10 12:41 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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No. I have hunted two high fence areas in two states and one area I have been to on 3 occasions. It is definately not as easy as some think, but it does depend on the size of the area. I wouldn't want to go hunt a 40 or 50 acre enclosure, but say its 750 acres and up and most hunts are 3 to 5 days, its not as easy as it seems especially when looking for a certain size buck.In the area that I've hunted 3 times the deer are very slick, if they get downwind you're busted, you move at the wrong time you're busted, etc. I have been on a 3 day hunt and was unable to get a shot at a buck so its not just pick one out. Some of these areas may be very different than what I've experienced and I'm sure they are. I think the reason more big bucks are taken in these areas as compared to a similar size public or private area is mainly because its a controlled area, but there are simply more big bucks available per size of area, not that they are just dumb and easy to kill.
Do you really think the deer knows what side of the fence he's on ? If they sense danger they react they still have their senses. Also when you book a hunt usually a year in advance you still have to deal with the weather and guess what? when its hotter than usual or pouring down rain those easy to kill, pick one out fenced in bucks don't move much either .
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#1905111 - 04/29/10 04:31 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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W.Seay
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highfences dont bother me one bit as long as they are thousands of acres. Now a 200 acres high fence property just doesnt rub me the right way!I actually hunt a 3000 acre highfence property and the deer there are every bit a skiddish as any free roaming deer i have ever seen!To each his own!
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#1905171 - 04/29/10 06:13 PM
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No but I think the person that does it should have to reimberse the state for ever single animal that is trapped inside when the final gate is closed. They can buy their own deer but should not be allowed to trap "public" animals and prevent them from being available to the "public". Honestly, I think that's fair. Yes, a landowner should have the right to high-fence their property, but I question their right to permanently trap a public resource.
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#1905544 - 04/29/10 09:19 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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RKenney
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I can't imagine what it would cost to high fence a property of
1,000 or more acers and maintain it. I guess with that many miles
of fence, areas on both sides would have to be cleared regularly
just like a power right of way.
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#1905663 - 04/29/10 09:54 PM
Re: Should High Fences be Illegal?
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The number of hunters per year and the number at one time that hunt a high fence area matters also the same as it does everywhere else. The area I have hunted, one year I was the only hunter on the area while I was there, another year it was me and 1 other guy, and the most at one time since I've hunted this place was 3 ( me and 2 others ). The area I hunt is a little over 800 acres so 1 -3 people at one time still leaves the deer plenty of places to hide.
As far as the cost of the fence I would think that would be scary. In addition to clearing the sides near the fence you would also have to do regular perimeter checks especially after heavy rains and high winds.
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