Ok I'm going to throw in here too. For disclosure I've never been on a fenced hunt or known anyone that has been on one. I do see a difference between a canned hunt (aka livestock kill) and a guided hunt on a 10,000 acre fenced in ranch. I'm not a deer hunter but I can't imagine many deer have a 10K acre range. I would think that would be just as much a fair chase hunt as a wild buck that never goes outside his 160 acre home turf. If the hunt isn't guaranteed and the animals have sufficient range I don't see it being unethical. Sure the guides have very good knowledge of where the big bucks are but if I had a guided hunt on public land I would expect good knowledge from my guide as well.
On the other hand, the livestock kill "hunts" should never be considered hunting. These are the ones that are going to give all hunters problems with PETA and friends.
I would propose, and I realize that each state would have to implement it, that the state agencies define the difference between the two. If the state is giving the permits to operate and selling the game to these operations, they should be able to regulate them and call them what they really are, guided private hunts or livestock kills. This would go a long way in removing the perception that all fenced hunts are livestock kills.
Just my 2 cents.
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