Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum High Fencing

Ten or fifteen years ago I never thought I’d say this but I’m to the point now where if I were one of these guys with a lot of land and DEEP pockets……I think I’d just go ahead and high fence it. Every high fence property I’ve been to has pretty much told me the same thing….”We just got tired of investing a lot into our property only to have the neighbors blasting everything we worked to produce”…….I get it now…..Why pay to have a bunch of land that you cant ever see it’s true potential come to fruition.

another perk is that it would keep the deer dogs out

The State dropped the ball years ago by allowing high fencing to happen.

If one side of your place borders the river and you fence the other 3 sides, can you claim its low fence like they do in Texas?

Yep it’s happening at a very fast pace too.

How could they have stopped it? Legally I mean.

I don’t know about you but I don’t want the government telling me I can’t put a fence around my property.

You could eradicate hogs off your property if you have a high fence. Another plus.

Bingo.

Not a fan of high fences but it's their land.

Fugg the gubberment.

Well at the point that you high fence it you should have to get all wild game out of said fence. Remember wildlife doesn’t belong to individual landowners so at that point you are stealing from your neighbor by fencing in any wildlife contained.

You can fence your property all you want. However, when you take ownership of something that belongs to the public, that’s an issue.

So, you don’t mind people stealing from you? Got it.

I guess my views on it are different from alot of people's when it comes to highfences. I know a great family with a highfence. Really think alot of them, down to earth type people. I love trapping on it just because I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my stuff or catching pets. I've tracked a few deer for them over the years. Don't have to worry about my dogs getting ran over, shot or stolen. At the same time I have zero desire to deer hunt it. The quail and pheasant hunting I can really get into though

Horsechitt.

There is NOTHING on my property that belongs to the public, or the government, if there is I need to start getting a rent check or they need to get it off and KEEP it off

Pretty sure he's talking about the native critters (Deer) I believe most commercial high fence operations do their best to get as many native deer off the property prior to fencing it in. They want their genetics only in the fence. They do this by fencing in stages, starting smaller and expanding.

Private land owners that high fence are taking away resources from neighboring land owners. Kind of like damming up a large creek that runs for miles across multiple properties.

Pretty sure I'm talking about everything, native and non native. If my property takes resources that are vital to the public, the public needs to buy it maintain it and own it. If I dam a creek on my property that's vital to others, others need to buy it or move. My property is my property. What's on my property is mine. If it's not the owner needs to get it off. This is the problem everyone thinks the government shouldn't pass laws to restrict their freedom, but everyone loves a law that restricts someone else's freedom, as long as it benefits them! Again I say, if there is anything on my property that belongs to someone else's, they need to get it off!

Years ago I remember reading about about a high fence being put up on a large tract of land here in central Louisiana. If I remember correctly it was the property owned by the wildgame innovation guys. A group of landowners field a suit against them saying that the fence cut off the access to their properties that the animals have historically traveled and pretty much shut down the hunting on their properties. Again it’s been a while but I believe they ruled with the high fence because all their properties were surrounding the fenced property and the animals were free to travel any direction they wanted and property rights allowed the building of the fence. I’m 100% for property rights and agree you shouldn’t be able to tell me what I can and can’t do with my property but I can also see where it might hinder neighboring properties but they’d just have to suck it up and deal with it.

All of this talk for some bone that grows on top of a male pine goats head

The high fence never did it for me. Guess my neighbors aint pissed me off enough yet - i would not do it if i owned property

We dont own the animals - they dont hav our name tag on em

What you're missing is that if you could do "anything you want on your property" then large corporations would very very quickly do things that you personally would find awful. They'd buy up sections of rivers and charge fees to pass through, dump anywhere, etc. etc.

You don't want the public to determine your property is vital and buy it... trust me. It's called eminent domain and the check you get isn't going to be as big as you think.


High fencing is interesting. Could see it becoming more popular as the price of land continues to climb and small parcels surrounding bigger properties get more and more pressure. High fencing 500-1000 acres that has 15+ small neighbors would let you have more control over the age class of the deer on your property and not worry about neighboring pressure. Heck... could just fence off sections around problematic neighbors and add as needed.