I could care less..i lived in one for nearly 2 years an its not for me for the most part..bug i tell you how it is in texas..an ill use the place i worked on as an example…we were one of many ranchesin the family of the people i worked for...the smallest in fact at3700 acres or so when i was there..they have expanded now an i believe are rockin on about 6000+ acres now..still the smallest tho…we implemented what they call “EXTREME” trophy management..we were one of 2 that focused primarily on the improvement of whitetail deer,rio grand turkey, and bobwhite quail..an boy..did we have alot of all 3…we maintained at around 1.5-2 deer per acre density an that is extremely high…an we were on a state managed deer management program. We operated with native south texas genetics and only native texas deer…no deer breeding..no genetic manipulation whatsoever from the outside…we operated 3 6 acre pens, we captured native bucks an put them in each pen with 15 does…this is standard practice throughout south texas and every real trophy ranch there tries to do it..most have to deer breed and make scentific deer on much smaller acreages…they are the small time peons. We spent around $25k a month on protein feed alone…not to mention our amenities being of the absolute highest quality, and we were and still are, tho im no longer affiliated with them….one of the highest quality private ranches that DO NOT sell paid hunts in south texas, staye biologists came and inspected our property every year…and we were involved with many research programs in partnership with the kleiberg wildlife institute along with other large private ranches..king ranch being another. Incredible wealth…. unbelievable amounts of money spent to grow these native deer to an age class that can be found nowhere else on earth consistently…and a trophy structure that has been decades in the making…with hundreds of 200in native deer being killed and a good many coming from properties that we managed….all that said….why…would we spend millions every year to improve these lands and create the highest quality habitat you cojld conceive…..an let some redneck with 5 acres next to us kill a 235in deer we have been waiting 7-10 years to kill…or worse…shooting a 175in 2yo that has the potential to be one of the largest native deer ever recorded…hypothetically…i mean…i get why they put up the fence…it aint my thing…but i get it.
