Canned Hunts

[Whitetailer]

Ok, I guess this is the right place to run my mouth lol. My apologies for cluttering up the other thread.

I personally would be ashamed of myself to post pictures of hunting inside a fence. There was a comment made about hunting exotic species, and that it can't be done without a fence. Yes it can.. Its very simple actually. Buy a plane ticket and fly to wherever they exist naturally. If you can't afford it, go hunt deer, or moose or elk or birds or gophers or whatever DOES exist naturally in your area. This kind of thing is an embarassment to our sport and gives us all bad names and images as hunters.

[CROWKILLER]

not every one can afford to go to Newzeland or Africa

[adkRoy]

not every one can arord to go to Newzeland or africa

I can attest to that. And if an anti gets upset by it well they can just kiss my a**. I am not ashamed of "hunting inside a fence". It was a fair hunt and it was an exciting hunt.

[esox slayer]

I'm not exactly "pro" on canned hunts, neither am I "con"...I'd say that I personally wouldn't go on one of them, however, I feel that if a person wants to do one of them for whatever reason then thats their choice.

Not everybody lives in an area where you can just walk out the back door and even shoot white tail...if they choose a canned hunt then I say let them be.  I'm lucky and I can get deer right behind my house, however if I did ever feel the need for something more than deer I'm sure economic considerations would have to be a factor.  If I really wanted a boar, dall ram, elk, etc...and money were no consideration (and that is a factor for a very small percentage of us) then I'd consider a "canned" hunt as you call it.

There are far more worse things in the works out there today than canned hunts...the "darting" of deer comes to mind.

Btw....I'm new here myself, but I know the person who has prompted you to make this thread..and I am acquainted with many of the people who post on here, and I can tell you from experience that being new as you are on this forum and posting as you have, is not the way to gain any acceptance whatsoever.

This site is about hunting, not about opinions of right or wrong..especially in something so prevalent these days about hunting on preserves...my .02 rant....Esox

[archbishop]

i would go against canned hunts for domestic animals, but if you dont have $10k+ to go where these animals are wild, how else could you get one? im not sure of the acerage on the nuge plantation but im sure its not really a canned hunt, these animals probably run in less area than he has in the wild? bu8t you need the fence to jeep the animals, especially the hogs, nasty animals in ther wild, but you cannot have them free ranging in the wild, in this case i think its a go with your gut scenerio, i mean if your on a ranch with feeders in front of your stand i can see your point, but then alot of hunts are low fence, mostly to keep predators out i would go on a hunt like this for an exotic, but never for a domestic animal.

[Pikeguy]

I'd rather hunt in a large fenced in area....than over any bait in the "wild"

[CROWKILLER]

I'd rather hunt in a large fenced in area....than over any bait in the "wild"

me too and i would hunt exotics in a fence cuz im not spending 10 ,000 $ on a hunting trip to some god forsaken 3rd world country full of disease and commies

[scansy]

The fenced in hunt isn't for me.  But I don't see a huge ethical problem either.

Hunters have enough trouble keeping anti-hunters away from our sport.  We can't fight from the inside over something that is legal.  We need to stick together.  Big game hunters and small game hunters need each other.  Bow hunters and rifle hunters need each other.  Etc.

Let's stick together.

[archbishop]

not all hunters, that tranq. dart hunting is BS and going to ruin hunting if it goes that way!

[Out4Trout]

I'd rather hunt in a large fenced in area....than over any bait in the "wild"

Baiting bear here in Maine was a big issue not long ago and will arise again. I agree with baiting bear, it's pretty freekin hard to get otherwise and it's still pretty hard to get one to come in over bait - not to mention all the time spent baiting before the season starts. I'm not sure what other game animal you hunt over bait.  You can't bait deer here, but you can use scents, and calls. You can plant a field full of clover or some kind of deer food plots, but you can't throw a bunch apples on the ground and hunt over them. Seems like a very fine line to me.

As far as canned hunts go, it's never been my list of things to do, but I'm not saying that I wouldn't some day.  I would like to go on an elk or mule deer hunt someday, but that wouldn't be in a fenced in area.

[archbishop]

im not one for baiting anything either, we cant bait bear in NY like some other states, yet we put in the work, walk way back in the brsh, keep alert and kick them out, sometimes you miss sometimes yoiu get one, hunting isnt supposed to be taking the easy way out, thats why baiting is called baiting and sitting in a stand, ground or tree, still, and stalking, are all called hunting.

[Out4Trout]

thats why baiting is called baiting and sitting in a stand, ground or tree, are all called hunting.

What's the difference between sitting over a food plot or doe in heat scents waiting for a deer, and sitting over bear bait waiting for a bear? It's still a food source or attractant of some kind for each animal.

[archbishop]

we cant do anyof that in NY, unless its a natural source and not planted for hunting or the feeding of wild animals in any way, you find a wild patch of apples, go for it, you find a half acre of clover go for it, you plant food to bring in animals to hunt over, well its baiting, wich is illegal here, im sure there are athor reasons stated as to why the crop was planted, but it still comes down to hanging a stand in the fall and we still manage some nice record book bucks, as i recall the winning buck came from NY in last years tourney, heck right from this area, and no bait, just hard work and "hunting"

[Whitetailer]

 being new as you are on this forum and posting as you have, is not the way to gain any acceptance whatsoever.

Its a good thing for me that my chief concern isn't about being "accepted" into another internet forum lol. I really liked the looks of this site until I saw how many guys around here don't mind leading an animal into a fenced area, then killing it. Wow, you guys are real hunters  . Does it give you a special thrill if its tied up too?

What a farce, all of you that supported this crap are the reason hunting is losing popularity. You're an embarassment to all of us.

[CROWKILLER]

i have shot a pig that was tied to a tree then we took it to the butcher