OT: Hunters
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I used to be mad a deer, not so much anymore. We've done white tail breeding in cuero for several years. (My family) I just ain't mad at them anymore. Slaughter tags will do that to you. However, I do remember as a teenager thinking to myself "how would I feel if somebody shwacked my a$$ while all I was trying to do was get some tail?".
Seemed a little unfair to me.
Seemed a little unfair to me.
Deer ranching turns me off. My vet says the deer breeders feed chlortetracycline (antibiotic) during the velvet phase to increase vascularity and grow bigger antlers. I don't mind blinds, but high fence doesn't seem like hunting to me. Like pen raised quail or pheasant.
My favorite hunting happens in Utah and Idaho. Beautiful country, wide open area with no fences, and they grow some big deer and elk out there.
All of my deer are free-range but I have MLDP for maintaining food plots, water sources, natural habitat, & census for said deer. A friend of mine maintains a large operation out west and the TP&W came in and slaughtered around 80% of the Whitetail to test for CWD (Chronic wasting disease). Not 1 deer had the disease. Heart wrenching to say the least.
Apparently you can test for CWD with a swab of the throat or anus but decapitating and testing the brain stem is cheaper. If not for the tax benefit, I'd drop my MLDP in fear of the same happening to my herds. Although I'm an avid hunter, I couldn't stomach the government needlessly murdering these animals that have given so much enjoyment and managed venison to me throughout the years.
Having a high fence is different than having breeding pens. In breeding pens the deer are basically livestock status if they are born in one. You can buy and sell them as you want. In a regular high fenced ranch they are still considered wild deer and are property of the state and all laws apply the same as low fence. If the ranch is big enough it is just as sporting as hunting on a low fenced property. I personally am not a fan of breeding pens, but for those that do there is definately money in it. However don't brag to me that you shot a 200 inch deer that had a tag in its ear.
I think he meant feral hogs. There's no limit or restrictions on them and we all know they multiply faster than rabbits. Javelina are 2/yr i believe.
No I meant javelina. They multiply just as fast and always screw my hunting up. I don't mind them as long as they don't chase my deer away, but they always do. They seem to have a bad habit of camping out at the feeder every morning. Oh, and those were the only two I killed that year Mr. Game Warden
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Hmm, I guess you're in a javelina haven or something. I occasionally see a couple in my game cams but they are much less common than the feral hogs where I'm at.
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