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Originally Posted by Mark B
I started hunting some 40 years ago. Bowhunting is a way of life for me. I've hunted in a number of countries and lots of places here in the US. Over the years I've tried lots of different methods including the use of dogs, bait/foodplots, drives, and yes, even canned hunts. Some methods I enjoyed, and some not so much. From reading all these posts I get the feeling that those who have gone to a pheasant farm or hunted an enclosure are ok with it. Those who haven't, see it as an evil endevor which will ruin hunting. If it's fenced it's not fair chase. All other (legal) methods are fair chase. So what is fair chase? A reasonable chance for the prey to escape, right? But isn't there more to it than that? Spring bear hunting over bait. Fair chase? Antelope hunting over the only water for 20 miles during a heat wave. Fair chase? Hunting deer over the only unpicked cornfield in the county. Fair chase? Running bear, hogs, or lion with packs of dogs. Fair chase? Those methods might be fair chase to some but not to others. When we get rid of all the high fence operations let me know who to go after next.
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There is one BIG difference in all your examples........
They are all wild animals EXCEPT for the fenced in killing of livestock. They all have a chance to go some place else EXCEPT for the fenced in livestock.