AT Hiker
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Have you guys seen these deer? KS, KY and SD. Supposedly all free range. Never mind the bait piles and cross bows
Looks like your correct.I believe the middle deer was shot off of a game farm in Indiana and checked in as a free range deer in Ky.
Patoka River Whitetails is the name of the operation and i believe they mention it on their page.
First deer had a hole in its ear and believed to have escaped from a game farm. Don't shoot the messenger but that's the info i've been sent
Its possible i have some of the info crossed lol
If he really checked it in Kentucky after killing it with a known outfitter in Indiana, that dude is the dumbest of dumbs. The field and stream article says the they confirmed that it was checked in Kentucky.Looks like your correct.
From the articles any deer walking on free range unintentionally released is legal to check in and it is encouraged they are shot as long as it's killed fairly, but record books can't accept themThe question is, at what point does a "high fenced" deer become a free range deer? once it out of the fence is it 100Yds, 2 miles, 5 miles 3 weeks a month? If a buck that size walks out in front of me and is legal to shoot, I will shoot it.
Some (not all) of those monster bucks that were taken at Oak Ridge many years ago were in high fenced areas.
My thoughts exactly. Just call a spade a spade.Why do people have to be like this? If I shot a pet, id be up front. Heck, Id brag about killing a $20k pet for free.
So that leaves SD....
Agree, as most would. With that said, I would be 100% transparent about high fence operation nearby, just as he has been thus far. The hunter seems to be humble and transparent about it, but others seem to want to run to his defense that he killed a "free range" buck etc etc. If that buck does not scream genetically enhanced high fence buck, I don't know what to say to you.If a buck that size walks out in front of me and is legal to shoot, I will shoot it.
The Kansas kid seems top notch. Seems like he was straight up about it from the start that it had a hole in his ear and possibly even contacted the deer farm. I would have shot that thing too.