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Main Boards => Hunting Legislation & Policies => Topic started by: Brian Halbleib on October 08, 2006, 02:02:00 AM
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Click on the link and watch this video. It's a bit lengthy but you should watch the whole thing. It's actually nauseous to see the lengths these idiots will go to "get" a trophy buck. It's time to close these places down, legal or not.
http://real-hunters.com/full.swf
-Brian
www.bowyersjournal.com (http://www.bowyersjournal.com)
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Thanks Brian. I just had to pick my jaw off the keyboard.
How on earth does this happen? There not hunters, but crims, each and everyone of them.
Pure slobs. The sad part is, they feel the need to wear camo as well.
Just plain fools.
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That is sick-sick-sick! Hap
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I don't know how some people sleep at night. I better not see a few of them faces in a dark alley.
Todd
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all i can get is the sound.???
Danny
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Brian,
Thank you for sharing that video.
It's appauling how far people will go to get a "Trophy".
I have and never will support"High Fence hunting".
Which is realy NOT hunting at all.
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THAT IS DISGUSTING!!! :mad: I wonder if Jimmy Houston fishes in an aquarium? How shallow do you have to be to want to pay $15,000-$20,000 to get to shoot an almost dead or drugged deer? How about the idiot who has the arrow bounce off the deer and says "I just shot the biggest deer..........." :help: How do you go about closing these places down? It's BIG money as we all know. It certainly isn't the way I am going to get my next/first deer. Sorry for the yelling. :)
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I have no doubt that hell will burn hotter for some!
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I just lost all respect for jimmy houston! He can't even score with the buck bouncing off the fences for crying out loud!Thanks for the video brian some one should go and knock down those fences. There's a place like this in Northern N.J. if it wasn't closed down by now I heard rumors of the guy buying deer[big bucks] from out west with traces of cwd.Close down all these places as far as I'm concerned.This is KILLING not HUNTING. I wonder now if it is true that Jimmy Houston has a scuba diver under water putting all those nice fish right on his lure!!
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And the non hunting public paints all of us with the same brush. Pitiful.
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Oh and by the way isn't it typical that the two guys in the video were shooting wheely bows !!!! I would bet the house no TRAD ARCHER would ever do something as stupid as this!
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All that I could get was sound, also.
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if things like this don't end i hate to say it but i can see an end to all hunting. i will never watch another Jimmy H. anything. @$$who!~'s all of them. there must be a way to end this kind of crap? excuse me while i go vomit...
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very very very very sad
can t find any words to discribe my feeling about things like that
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These canned game farm "hunts" are the most disgusting thing to me and an embarrasment to any ethical hunter. If we feel disgusted by this, just imagine what a non-hunter must feel and think about it. Unfortunately for us, the non-hunters don't distinquish between "us" and "them". Most would put us all in the same group.
For those that weren't able to view the whole thing, there are two quotes in it that I think are worth repeating.
Author Jim Posewitz - "Tolerance of the lowest ethical standards for the sake of unity simply demeans us all"
Theodore Roosevelt - "The rich, who are content to buy what they have not the skill to get by their own exertions, these are the real enemies of the game."
How many times have we heard the arguement that we need to stick together as hunters and not allow anti hunters to divide us? I say Bull....
We need to fight the game farm industry with everything we have and eliminate farces like this from being associated in any way with our sport.
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I cannot type for the tears.
Killdeer
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Danny go to the site real hunters .com and download the version of Flash they have there.....
I'm at a loss for words....... Terry
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I dont even know what to say or do. I want to go and give out some beatings. Why dont we all just go to the zoo on safari. I cant believe that "people" I will not call them hunters, would stoop so low. If you or any one you know goes to a high fence operation please give them a good talking too. The "people" that engage in this type of activity are the real enemy among us. I am going to personally call Jimmy Houstons sponsors Tuesday morning and tell them what kind of a person he really is. One of his major sponsors, I will not say which one, just happens to be run by a life long family friend. You gotta hit people in the pocket book to get their attention.
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This actually happened a while a go. The person who "guided" this hunt lost his license several times for different violations and this one put him out of business. His partner(brother) still runs the operation. Good news is there are only 8 of these places grandfathered to be open in Indiana. No new ones may be opened and the licenses for these places are not transferable so they will be gone in time from there at least.
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Just to add to Vermonsters post The 8 remaining were only grandfathered for 12 years then they will have to be shut down as well. This was/has been a huge issue with alot of Indiana hunters but i beleave the good guys have won this one! If you search for bellars place you will get tons of info on this subject.
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It is DISGUSTING, but I'm not really surprised. Buying deer to shoot in a pen is really the logical conclusion of the "faster, easier, stack the odds way in your favor, type of mindset that is sadly so prevalent in hunting these days. While some just go to any length to make it easier/faster to hunt wild deer, others will stoop to flat out buying the much coveted title of "trophy deer hunter". I guess the next step will be selling photo ops with already dead trophy class deer. The same was going on years ago with people becoming instant "great white buffalo hunters" by shooting penned bison. Kinda makes you wonder about alot of the outdoors shows.
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There was a serious lapse of enforcement against cervid shoot operations in the past in Indiana. We finally got a DNR director that had the guts to stand up to some serious political cronyism and said it was time to end this. They were never legal. The problem was there was a lot of wink and turn a blind eye going on. Bellar is well-connected politically and this battle isn't over. There have been repeated efforts by politicians to get regulation over cervid shoot facilities handed over to the ag folks as a livestock operation. So far it has been successfully battled. Thankfully, we have some pretty big political fish to fry here outside of this arena so maybe it will eventually fade away.
Houston killed that deer eventually and had his livestock kill on his website prior to Bellar's disgrace. He's a bigger idiot than I ever imagined. He testified in the trial.
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Jim Houston shame on you , and I thought you were the sportsmans friend...thats some kind of sad...
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Can you say "some one needs an ass kickin"?
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You are right I feel sick!!!!! I am ashamed to say that I'm from the same state as Jimmy H and I've always liked him and his shows. Too bad he got caught up in this. That just aint right.
And he even bleated like he was trying to get that buck to stop for a shot. If that wasn't so sickening it would be halarious.
I'm officially down with Jimmy H and anyone else involved in this.....
Todd
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You should have seen the tap-dance he and his agent went through when we called him out on this. ESPN still airs his show though.
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I heard about the Jimmy Houston incident but I didn't realaize just how small of a pen they were talking about. I have just lost the sliver of respect I still had for the man.
There was an HBO special several years ago about poaching in the US, America Undercover. It showed similar kinds of events. Some showed shooters getting ready and pulling the trigger as the animals were released from cages.
It's sickening. These people probably brag about the "great hunt" they had. These guys should be thrown in to a cage match and see how they fare.
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In addition to Houston, Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn, the country music duo, visited Bellar's Place. It was Dunn's first deer hunt. He killed this deer:
(http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/attachment.php?s=5d91f3f1bc375556d594f493d830e9ff&attachmentid=56771&stc=1&d=1104968252) His 17 year old son also killed a deer. If you take your kids canned hunting, you won't have to can your kids. Or something like that :(
Dunn testified at the trial.
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I just sent a copy of the link to the video to virtually everyone on my "contacts" list, hunter or no, with the following explanation:
All,
If the link below doesn't work, copy and paste it into your browser window. This video has do do with "high-fence" killing of deer. Proponents call it high-fence "hunting", but this is NOT hunting! It has NOTHING to do with ethical hunting and fair chase, which gives the animal opportunity to detect and evade the hunter, something they are VERY good at. An ethical hunter seeks game on its own territory, where it has plenty of escape routes, the opportunity to get your scent, hear you, or see you, and escape, which happens often. These deer learn from their experiences, and become progressively wiser and harder to hunt, a challenge that real hunters enjoy. High-fence killing traps the deer in an enclosure it cannot usually escape, and its murderer virtually shoots at will, sometimes paying tens of thousands of dollars to do so. Sometimes, the trapped deer are also drugged or sick, making them even easier prey. Sometimes, by whatever means, some of the sick deer do escape, to spread disease through the healthy herds in the wild.
High-fence killing is an abominable practice, and decent, fair hunters get tarred with the same brush as these monsters. Please contact your Congressmen and senators, both state and federal, and urge them to bring these places down. Even if you don't hunt, real conservationist groups like the National Wildlife Foundation or the Isaac Walton League certainly have to be against this practice. Find and join any one of these groups that suits you and works against this awful thing, and add your voice to theirs. Thank you.
http://real-hunters.com/full.swf
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Bellars place has some very large enclosures that could be construed as hunting. Houston slaughtered his in a 6 acre pen, no misconceptions there.
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If that doesn't make you want to puke, there's something seriously wrong with you. I never liked ol' Jimmy before. Now I have a reason to hate him and I don't like hating people. I'd like to see him giggle with no ^%&$@# teeth.
Greed is a horrible horrible thing. I believe it is the origin of all of the deadly sins. It's a shame that a simple, well intentioned record keeping body such as Boone & Crockett and Pope & Young had to become the standard by which these greedy people had to measure themselves against other greedy people with, when it was supposed to be used to record the animal. Those without strong morals or wills have become trophy junkies. Anything to get their fix. They justify it in their own minds by "killing it themselves".
Shoot a "Monster/Book/Record" animal = fame & $$$. Two things the greedy people love most. The topic of eliminating record books and such has been kicked around before and beaten to death. I'd love if it were illegal to profit from the taking of a wild animal but how are you going to enforce that? Hell, I've even bought the videos, mainly just to look at the nice deer. I could care less about the kill. I guess I'm just an enabler. :rolleyes: Land prices in the midwest have been rising at an alarming rate because there's big money to be made in hunting trophy animals. I hate to tell Joe Schmoe that he can't earn a living but maybe it's time we (the hunting public and wildlife enforcement) actually bite the bullet and do what we all know needs to be done to stop this crap.
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Take a look at these bucks if you want an idea of whats growing behind the fence. The antlers alone from these bucks have sold for 100s of thousands to collectors and "hunters" who have them mounted to on other bucks (a trophy to be proud of in the office).
http://www.trophyclassdeer.com/genetics.htm
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Yep, and one or more of those deer or the doe they are bred with will get sick and then all he** will break loose....again.
I'm sorry folks but the days of naturally occurring mega deer (sorry, couldn't think of a proper word for it) will be polluted for a good long while, thanks to trophy management programs. I liken this to organized sports and steroids. We're on they way to where nothing will be pure anymore.
I'm afraid it's time to close the record books folks. The world is far to obsessed with records anyway. None of these deer belong in a record book for their racks, any more than Mark MacGuire (sp?) or Barry Bonds does for hitting all those home runs. The record books were never started with this in mind and, quite frankly, lose much of their credibilty when these deer are included. When stud animals from northern climates are bred with a south texas doe, directly or indirectly, you just ruined the reason for the Pope and Young record book as far as I'm concerned.
I suppose you could argue that it's no different than breeding dogs for profit and that you can't draw a line on deer hunting because then you'd have to draw a line on dog breeding and horse breeding, etc. Well I'm sorry folks but yes you can draw a line. It's time for all of the wildlife departments countrywide to grow a set and draw that line.
I don't know how sharp the ol' fella still is but I'd like to know what Glen St.Charles thinks of this. I bet I have a good idea already.
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I had a hard time watching the entire video. The whole time I'm thinking, "what kind of sick individual would pay to kill an animal that way?" It would mean absolutely NOTHING. How can they sleep at night?
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Like I said in my first post. They become trophy junkies, hooked on the fame it gains them. He'll just have to be infamus and notorius for all the wrong reasons instead now.
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The video made me sick. Has anyone contacted Jimmy Houston about his involvement with this video or has he made a public statement? I live close to a lot of high fenced property but the smallest one that I know of is 350+ acres. These guys make a lot of $$$ for their hunts. Still don't like the high fences but it is legal in Texas. Actually attended an exotic wildlife auction where the sight of these animals and some of the conversation made me cringe. It's all about the $$. On the positive side, at least we know whats going on and can do damage control from our perspective. God bless. DT
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PITIFUL!!!
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DTS, Jimmy was dragged over the coals for it earlier this year. I have some friends on a different site one of which is an outdoor writer for an OK paper and he was friends with Houston before this and was the one who got the actual size of the pen. Houston actually had this buck on his site as a fairchase kill, but couldn't air the segment because they couldn't edit it well enough to cover the drugs. Whoever leaked the footage must have a conscience.
I am all for big tent when those in the tent are actually hunting. This isn't even close.
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Can someone stop the merry-go-round! I need to get off or I am gonna puke. I got my wife into hunting this year, She only has a desire to hunt with a bow and has NO interest in a compound ( I thought if it was easier she would like it more HAH). She lovers her Shakespear and is proud of her 1st kill- a franklin grouse center punched at 25 yds with one of her broadhead tipped arrows. ( oh ya she is deadly folks!) When she saw the video she was silent for several seconds and then asked what do they get out of it? I had no answer that made sense.
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Originally posted by vermonster13:
I am all for big tent when those in the tent are actually hunting. This isn't even close.
So true and when this happens, it needs to be responded to by all the good folks in that tent. These losers aren't welcome in the tent and the public needs to know how we feel.
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High fence hunting is becoming huge business in Texas and I think it is pathetic. I don't care how big your enclosure is, it is still HIGH FENCED!!!
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Texasrecurve, I spoke with a Gamewarden about the high fence trend and he was pretty much for it. He said it brought a lot of $$ to the agency. In Texas he can still go into any high fenced area to check hunters and enforce any regulations on the land owner. He said he thought 99% of these operations were well run. Does anyone know if the guy from Brooks and Dunn had any remorse? Happy hunting and God bless. DT
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From here
http://cgi.jconline.com/cgi-bin/resend/printPage.pl?storypath=/lafayettejc/columns/200501100local_sports1105333358.shtml
In case you have been under a rock for the last year, Bellar and his farm manager, Hinds Tom Jones, were arrested in 2004 by federal authorities on multiple counts of game violations at "Bellar's Place," a high-fence deer hunting operation near Peru. At this writing, Bellar is having his day in court.
The reason we bring this item back to the forefront is because hunters across the state should understand what Bellar and his friends think is acceptable and normal in such operations as they pursue legislation to help these types of "farms." The more this situation continues the more I believe it is the single most important issue currently facing Hoosier hunters and outdoors enthusiasts.
The trial has featured testimony from country music superstar Ronnie Dunn of the duo Brooks and Dunn. The singer told jurors that he and his son went to the farm and shot two deer despite never purchasing an Indiana hunting license.
Upon cross-examination by Bellar's lawyers, Dunn was asked if he was aware that he had committed illegal acts during the "hunt" and inquired if he were receiving immunity for his testimony.
Dunn said he was told the farm was a private facility and required no state licenses. He also said he had received no assurances of immunity.
Fox Sports Net South TV host Joey Mines told the jury about filming a promotional video for deer bait at Bellar's Place. Mines said Jones later called him and asked that the video not be used because Bellar was concerned about the baiting seen on the tape.
The episode did later air.
One of Bellar's attorneys asked Mines if he has investigated the possibility that it was illegal to hunt with bait in Indiana. The TV host admitted that he had not.
An undercover DNR officer testified about a hunt in which he took part during the investigation. For $12,500 the officer was allowed to hunt two bucks that were pre-identified from a videotape catalog of deer on the farm. The deer were placed inside a six-acre pen for the "hunt."
Another witness, Tennessee homebuilder Greg Bridgers, told the 15-member jury that he paid $3,000 to hunt at Bellar's Place. Bridgers told the jury that during the visit he observed an obviously ill buck lying in a small fenced area. After Bridgers inquired about the price for the buck, Jones spoke to Bellar. Bellar said through Jones that Bridgers could shoot the deer for an additional $15,000.
Bridger tried to negotiate a lower price but eventually agreed to pay the $15,000. Accompanied by Jones and a video camera operator, Bridger shot the deer.
"(Jones) had to literally push the deer to get it up off the ground," Bridgers said, according to a story in the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. "That's how sick the deer was."
After the deer was shot the men re-enacted the scene to make it appear "as if it was a real hunt out in the wild."
Do I need to continue?
By the way, the legal strategy being used here appears to be the old "discredit the prosecution witnesses" tactic. That might work with your run-of-the-mill drug dealer testifying against a former buddy but when an enormously popular singer says that he was told he didn't need a license, the jury is going to sit up and listen.
Aside from the small but vocal minority who doesn't see anything wrong with this type of "business," one thing is clear: the affairs at Bellar's Place should infuriate any person who even remotely considers themselves an ethical hunter.
Regardless of which side of the debate you find yourself, it is hard for anyone to justify Bellar's methods of operation. While some people believe current state laws unfair to deer farmers, there is no justification for simply ignoring rules with which you do not agree.
If the pro-canned hunt folks are looking for a spokesman, I'd suggest they find another point man because I believe Bellar is going to be busy for the next 3-5 years.
From here
http://www.fws.gov/arsnew/regmap.cfm?arskey=14636
Russell G. Bellar, owner of Bellar's Place, Inc., a 1,200 acre deer farm near Peru, Ind., pleaded guilty in federal court in South Bend, Indiana, to two felony violations of the Lacey Act, including conspiracy, and one felony violation of a federal food and drug law, on Jan. 12. As part of the plea agreement, Bellar will pay a $5,000 fine, $120,000 restitution for investigative costs, and a $450,000 payment in lieu of the forfeiture of assets listed in the 38-count indictment. Bellar has also agreed to assist the government in its on-going investigation. Bellar may also face a prison sentence of up to two years. Sentencing for possible prison time will not take place until this spring.
Bellar, 57, and farm manager Hinds Thomas Jones, 36, were charged July 15, 2004, with 38 counts of illegally selling and transporting wildlife across state boundaries; facilitating the illegal killing and transportation of wildlife; knowingly providing false information to federal agents; and, illegally introducing chemicals into food-producing wildlife for interstate transfer. Jones pleaded guilty January 3 to conspiracy to violating the Lacey Act, a federal wildlife protection law.
Bellar pleaded guilty to three of the charges today, a day after the government had rested its case and before a jury began its deliberations. More than 50 witnesses testified against Bellar during the seven-day trial, including personalities Jimmy Houston, host of the television show ?Jimmy Houston Outdoors,? country musician Ronnie Dunn and Fox Sports Net South television host Joey Mines.
Evidence presented during the trial established Bellar conducted at least 51 illegal deer hunts on his property since January 2001. Bellar's customers -- many of whom were from outside Indiana, were unlicensed, used illegal weapons or bait -- paid between $4,000 and $20,000 to select and shoot a white-tailed buck in the enclosed preserve. The deer were often drugged prior to being placed into small pens where they were killed. Once killed, the deer's antlers, hides and drug-contaminated meat were illegally transported, often across state boundaries. Although Bellar's Place, Inc., was licensed by the State of Indiana as a game breeding facility, the license did not allow the sale of deer for hunting. To sell a specific deer for hunting is illegal in Indiana. Interstate transportation of wildlife-- including hides or parts--obtained in violation of state law violates the Lacey Act. The practice of killing animals within an enclosed space for the purpose of obtaining a trophy is known as ?canned hunting.? Currently, there are no federal laws prohibiting canned hunts in the United States.
Bellar's guilty plea is the result of a joint investigation into illegal deer hunting by special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and law enforcement agents of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ? Office of Criminal Investigations also assisted the investigation. The Northern District of Indiana U.S. Attorney's Office, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald J. Schmid, presented the case in federal court.
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Absolutely appalling. I'm very dissapointed too see Jimmy Houston involved. I always thought of him as being o.k. Thanks for bringing this to light. Someone needs to kick their........
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Sounds like we're all on the same page. I hate these places. The industry of fenced preserves is growing like a cancer. If I had the power I'd ban them. Here in Michigan a guy has an outdoors show in public TV. Virtually all of his hunting episodes are on "ranches" that offer paid hunts. I guess he thinks he needs to always show kills to get viewers and he's probably right. His show has been on for years- that is what's really sad. Some years ago The editor of Bowhunter magazine wrote an article about some fenced place in Michigan he went to. He actually tried to legitimize it a real hunting experience. I met a couple of clowns that paid to "hunt" at a preserve owned by the "great" Ted Nugent- they actually thought it was great and a terrific "Hunting " experience. Amazing.
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While this story and many others like it make me sick to my stomach because of their perversion of hunting, I am concerned at how quickly some decry any/all high fence operations.
I have hunted bugscuffle in TX, as well as one or two other operations that do have high fences. On more than one occasion, I was skunked, sometimes only to return home to familiar public grounds and quickly take an animal. The greatest stalk of my life was for 6 hours on bugscuffle....it truly was a terrific hunting experience that was not diminished at all by the fact that there was a fence that I never saw once I drove through the gate. There are some reputable high fence operations, villifying all of them becuase of prostitution by some, is short sighted in my opinion.
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Hunting is like politics.Until we take the money out of it we will continue to have corruption.
I have never understood the need to kill just to prove you are a hunter.I guess I'm a simple man.I do not need to kill to prove I'm a hunter.Mr. Lamb said it best."BEING THERE WAS GOOD ENOUGH".
Hunt safe
Scott
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It Makes Me Sick............. And None-Too-Proud that I Live in the Same State as These "Butchers" and Defilers Of Nature. They Will PAY for what they have done.
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For all of you sick of this type of hunting, maybe you should think about getting involved in organized archery, like the NFAA or state organizations, don't just set on your butt's and talk about what you don't like, let your local reps, do it for you, and pay the dues.They are not the best, but it's all you have
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That is just pitiful. Why would someone like Jimmy Houston or any one at all even think that that is right. I guess some will go to any length to make a buck or kill that trophy if that's what they call it. It's no wonder some people despise hunters all they have to do is see something like this and form an opinion about all of us. Even though these people are clearly slobs and not sportsman.
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Disgusting. I have a difficult time understanding how someone can be proud of shooting an animal in a "non-fair-chase" situation. Also, I don't understand how they can be so proud of a MONGO Deer that didn't get that way by being an old Mossy-Horn (naturally).
However, I do agree that we should be careful of pointing the finger at all high fence operations. If it's big enough that the animal doesn't even know there's a fence, I reckon it's fair chase. Also, don't just jump on the compound shooters. I seem to remember us having a few skeletons in our own closet; something about somebody shooting a carribou with a rifle and writing a story about the "fair-chase bow kill"??? Incidentally, I have never hunted behind high fences and I don't shoot compounds.
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Your right WL,we as hunters have created this by making such a big deal about size.We've lost what hunting is all about-food on the table,plain & simple!Money & ego's will destroy are hunting heritage. Leland
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Your right the worship and quest for big antlers is the root of ALL of it, including leasing. Cabelas is making the most of it.
We stop chasing antlers and it's all back to just hunting.
BTW I know of a traditional hunter who shot a deer in a pen (24 acres) while others chased it around.
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Don't get me wrong. I like to look at big deer with Big antlers just like anybody. I had a monster walk up in shooting range last year and I came UNGLUED!!! But that was a true old mature Mossy-Horn buck and he definitely wasn't fenced in. Now we got this old Doe on our farm that has busted me too many times to mention. It's become personal between us. Even told a guy that hunts the farm that he can take anything on that farm he gets a chance at (monster bucks included) but if he takes that old doe with a shotgun or rifle, he's not welcome back to hunt our farm. He's honored that requirement for two, beginning the third year now. Still laughing at me for how she always outsmarts me. If she and the monster both walked in shooting range and I had a clear shot at either...which would I shoot? I'm not sure but I think I'd take her. She's become the ultimate challenge to me.
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What sorry excuses for human beings! High fence hunting should be totally outlawed. We ethical hunters know this won't happen because of the whores in politics and money talks and BS walks. I figure these guys in the video don't have any testicals(sp) because a real ethical hunter won't do what these goobers are doing. Line them up and feed them venison from a CWD infected deer. Sort of a guinea-pig experiment to see what effect tainted meat does to a human.
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"And the non hunting public paints all of us with the same brush. Pitiful."
Yes, it is but we bring it on ourselves by trying to say they aren't hunters. Instead we need to stand up and voice opposition. he public sees them as hunters and always will.
The "Big Tent Theory" is crap used by fools like those in the video to keep doing what they do through fear. It is ignoring activities such as these that will ultimately doom hunting, not voicing opposision. If you ignore, you condone!
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Haven't seen the video yet, but I'll chime in anyway. My big question, for those who don't have a problem with fences, is where do you draw the line?
I think it's obvious why anyone hunts in an enclosure--be it 2 acres or 2,000 acres. You know, without a shadow of a doubt, the animal you want is there, and will be there for as long as you care to chase it or until you kill it.
I've heard of places that are so big you don't see the fence except when you go in and when you leave, and don't doubt it can be a challenge, but again--where do you draw the line? 10 acres? 100 acres? 100 acres plus 10 square feet?
Something else to consider--I don't think the non-hunting public cares about the difference in 10 acres and 10,000 acres--perception gets turned off when they hear the word "fence" or "enclosure". From that point on, you are shooting an animal in a cage, period. Definately not good for our image.
I've never hunted in an enclosure, and don't have any plans to. I just don't think I'd be happy even if I killed the biggest animal in it. I have traveled quite a bit to hunt, as far as Canada for moose. The closest thing I saw to a live moose was fresh tracks and scats, but it was one of the best, if not the absolute best hunt I've had in my life. I think it was Charlie Lamb that said it best--just being there was good enough.
I can only see one correct answer, if you have any real concern over the general public's perception of hunters and hunting--don't hunt in an enclosure.
That's my two bits anyhow.
Chad
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I live in Indiana and attended several of the public forums the IDNR held about closing down canned hunts.
The Indiana Bowhunters Ass supported the closure of the canned hunt facilities, along with other sportsmen groups. Some sportsmen groups opposed the proposed closure of the canned hunting facilities (The Beaglers alliance as one such group)
The director of the IDNR decided to close down the canned hunting facilities. Rodney Bruce an owner of one of the canned hunting facilities filed a law suite against the IDNR. At the urging of the Indiana Bowhunters Ass and the Indiana Deer Hunters Ass the IDNR accepted a proposal that will allow the canned hunt operations to operate for another 12 years.
I believe that within that time frame the canned hunt operators hope to sway the legislature to legalize thier operations. The canned hunting operators believe it is a property rights issue. The Amish make big money breeding deer and selling them to the canned hunting operations
I used to belong to the Indiana Bowhunters Assoc., but I have not renewed my membership because of the stance the organization took on the canned hunting issue. I felt the organization betrayed the membership, when the board decided to urge the IDNR to accept the 12 year proposal. I feel that the IBA boardshould have consulted the membership before making such an important decision.
If you seen someone being raped would you tell the rapist that what he's doing is wrong and unethical, but he can keep doing it for 12 years, then he has to quit?? That scenario is extreme but also makes a point.
It's time Indiana had a sportsmen group that represents bowhunters and stands up for ethics instead of playing politics
This is my opinon
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High fenced enclosure "hunting" will be the death of our sport as we know it. It will take a lot of years, but it will happen.
TR
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It happens all around, the need for bragging rights, the need to call it a hunt and a success in what each individuals mind calls success.I hunt alot of TEXAS public land and sometimes deal with those that claim an entire public area as their own because they scouted it all year and placing permanent stands of which is illegalto begin with. If evreyone questioned their reasoning for what they do then maybe they would realize they missed the whole experience.
So the battle must continue to preserve what we love to do, and for those that follow.
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"It's time Indiana had a sportsman group that represents bowhunters and stands up for ethics instead of playing politics"---
It's past time Dean,but so long as the almighty buck rules the roost ethics are but an afterthought, and I'm afraid as long as these hunting operations, and their greedy supporters continue to grease the anals of our politicians with their sizable donations, we will lose,and continue to lose for years to come, why?.. because we will never have the resourses to compete with the likes of these lowlifes, I live in Indiana too,and this trend of "money talks" was started long ago, and it has become "status quo" for many, and they have gotten very good at using mis-direction to shed the heat of their actions,kinda reminds me of the lawyers commercial on tv where he says" my most important case is always my next one" ,Well what about the one you have now! this state has millions of people, Each and every one supposed to be equal under the law,and each one a supposed voice, but when you throw a little money into the equasion it sure doesn't turn out that way.
Texasrecurve, I disagree,I believe hunting will be here forever, but it will be like europe where the only the privilidged few can afford to participate.
When money talks fellas,.... hunting walks.....a very thin line,...The right to feed your family on one side as god intended, and the "privilige" to harvest some big antlers on the other as man intends, which will win? I don't know ,but I see where the money is,and I hope my childrens children are filthy stinkin rich so they can afford to hunt. When you look at the big picture it doesn't look so good,does it? just my opinions fellas.......Steve
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That is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. I know of a (game ranch) killing field in south Texas that a friend worked on that turned a buffalo out of the trailer 50yd from the blind the "hunter" was in, it walked out of the trailer down the field a pow. I makes me sick that people thing that all hunting and hunters are cut from the same cloth. :(
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These "hunters" and I use that term very, very, very loosly are among the lowest people on the planet. Anyone who loses their principles and moral backbone to make a dollar have sold themsevles out completely. Unfortunatly hunting was one of the last few places that was safe from such people, but no more. Thank goodness there are still a few decent people (like the ones on this site) that are willing to put there values above everything else and are willing to stand up to those who don't. Just my two cents.
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You guys need to know that's not just we TG'ers that are miffed about this/these idiots.
The guy I use for processing is right outside the boundary fence of this operation. The hunters who come in there (slug,M/L,wheelie) ALL think he should be under the prison.
Some say boundary fences would be ok others, like most of us,are tee-totally against any fence. But, ALL are against the things on this video.
What is needed is a HUNTERS' Association with a spine ! As well as, WE hunters to stand and demand rules and regs apply to everyone. Without regard to weapon or season.
Just my ranting, Thanx for allowing me to vent.
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Pathetic folks in that video. I'm disgusted but not surprised. I see mini-versions of it all the time. Though state authorities won't come right out and say it, many people here believe that CWD was trucked in when infected animals from Canadian game farms were brought in to improve the genetics in privately run Quality Deer Management areas. At the same time, infected animals were also being transported inter and intra-state among game farms. Source is difficult to pinpoint, but not the cause. Greed.
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Its simply pathetic what they do. I'm sort of in awe right now. this video should be shown on every forum on the net . thanks for sharing , I'll certainly keep the circle growing :) We all need to stand against this type of criminal behavior.
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WOW, have you posted this on other sites? This is the first Ive seen of it. More should see this.
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I went to other sites to see if people had seen or talked about this and most site this topic is closed and removed.
Why are people willing to turn a blind eye? Am I missing something?
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Go to Jimmy Houston outdoors & e-mail him about how disgusted you are. Mike
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speachless...............
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its not hunting,don't call it hunting its a slap in the face to us all. cattle going to slauter get more respect, at least that's their purpose, they are killed for food, what is happening to those deer is a lie.
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This stuff makes me sick. I do not understand people at all. Seems some people will do anything to be the big hero even though they are a big zero. This coming in first place and the win at all cost attitude must be something learned through sports and business. Now it even effects the only place we can get away from it all.
I don't think the majority of people even know what hunting is anymore. They sit in a high-rise blind over bait on a high fence ranch and shoot the deer they picked out of a photo album while someone films it all so they can look like the big hunter. Throw one of these fools out in the real woods and see how they fare.
To me hunting is a way of life. It takes care of the meat dishes that in part feed my family. It is not about big horns (although they are necessary to meet the requirements of the Michigan hunting tag). Hunting the "best" animal is actually counter productive. Nature doesn't work that way.
The woods are where we go to escape the modern world. It is all that is left and it is getting smaller each day. One of the reasons I returned to traditional hunting was because it is simple. It is an age old art that "fits" into the forest. In the interest of keeping the natural world natural I would like to see some changes. No more baiting, no shooting pens, no contests where the biggest rack wins, no more ATV or ORV use, no more trail markers, no more left in place blinds or tree stands, heck, I even wish ther was no more firearms. I know, I'm a dreamer.
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Horrible...absolutely horrible..they may as well be "hunting" in zoo enclosures..
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I hope the "Gates" are closed if they ever get that far. Alot of thing go through ones mind while watching this. All bad!!! I would like to pen them up and......well........let your own mind fill it in.......Mark
PS: This is NOT the freedom I served 28 years in the Navy to protect
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Very sad...
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Originally posted by J Osborne:
I went to other sites to see if people had seen or talked about this and most site this topic is closed and removed.
Why are people willing to turn a blind eye? Am I missing something?
Funny I posted it up on several forums I follow. On One in particular I was actually called an anti hunter and I should mind my own business. the guy got so whacky they locked the post :knothead:
of course he never even bothered to watch it . I figured he owned a high fence operation :banghead:
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When I started hunting here in Texas at the age of 13 or 14, most places around where I lived in Ozona I knew and went to school with all the ranchers kids. All we had to do was ask to go hunting and they would let us. Then after graduating and moving off to start life, I could still find places to hunt for $15 to $20 dollars a day. Now days none of the kids I knew seem to remember me. They are all grown now and running the ranches. Now you can not find a place for less than $150 a day with a three day minumum if you are lucky, and none of theese places are high fence. It is still all about the $$$. Most season leases now run from $1500 and up per gun/bow per year and go up every year. Gone are the days of just asking permission. Too many people are willing to pay $3000 or more to get on a quality lease where the can take a "Record Buck". Sadly I see so many low fence places sold and new owners putting up High Fences so they can charge the "Big" $$$. As long as people are willing to pay, the price will continue to rise. I will only hunt low fence cause I like the idea of the game being able to go where they want. I have hunted one High Fence, Bowhunters Paradise, and it was agreat experience. Nothing "canned" there, but I was still uneasy with the concept. He was reasonable then, but now is way out of my price range.
I just personally made the choice to not hunt High fence again, no matter how big.
I hope everyone in that operation in Indiana gets what is coming to them. They are not true hunters, and certainly not sportsmen. I for one am writning my reps and sens and asking for legislation against so called canned hunts.
I just hope there are some low fence or public areas left for my grandkids and their children.
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I'm PO'd and almost want to cry at the same time. And they probably call themselves hunters. Dear, look what I brought home. Disgusting!!
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This is disgusting. If any of you know of any of this going on, report it to your local game ranger.
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The thing I dont understand..actually I dont understand ANY of it..drugging them before the shot would make them impossible to eat!!..and thats the best part If ya ever saw me you would agree I thought it was the best part..lol
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WOW!! I can't believe that someone with the slightest amount of respect for God's creatures could even think about doing this. Absolutely apolling. I couldn't even begin to imagine anyone trying to justify those types of actions. Total loss of words now, man just unreal.
I started to hunt with Trad Gear just to level the field between hunter and hunted. It got to the point that I didn't feel good about other methods of hunting, ie: modern firearm and compound bows. I see so much more of the outdoors and a lot more critters hunting the way I do.
I guess that the simpler things in life are all that I need.
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I am sick to death and outraged about the torture to these creatures of such high respect.
Who are the real animals here?
Actually, I should'nt even use the same categoric name to associate such inhumane beasts.
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Perhaps when those fellows pass on they will be allowed eternity in Andersonville. Bow'narrow