Forums46
Topics538,056
Posts9,732,518
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Anti high fence guys.....
#6616342
01/04/17 08:09 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,720
Texas Tatonkas
OP
Pro Tracker
|
OP
Pro Tracker
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,720 |
So are you native game only as well? Serious question - if you had the opportunity to hunt ibex or oryx here in new mexico would you pass since they were introduced and confined to certain areas. Also if you have an exotic come on your low fence place would you shoot it?
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616380
01/04/17 08:32 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,574
Leonardo
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,574 |
I am an equal opportunity shooter and this HF vs LF has completely gotten out of hand. I have killed deer on HF and would do so if the opportunity presented itself again. I primarily hunt LF but the majority of the HF supporters arguments just don't resonate with me. I believe both are legitimate hunting opportunities but they are not equal in my eyes.
I was probably not your intended audience but found reason to respond.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616386
01/04/17 08:34 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547
chital_shikari
Minor in training
|
Minor in training
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 12,547 |
"The foreign hordes..."--Bill Cutting, The Gangs of New York
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616444
01/04/17 09:16 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,269
swmays
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,269 |
If there were any exotics near my slice of heaven I would shoot it, if I knew what it was and it was tasty.
I have nothing against HF until the rationalization begins. Not sure how this pertains to HF...
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616549
01/04/17 10:01 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 27,091
Nogalus Prairie
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 27,091 |
I am not a big fan of exotics to be honest. Especially those just raised and shot for commercial purposes. I do understand that some species have been preserved because of their commercial value. I guess that's laudable, though it's really just a by-product of the commercialization rather than a directed effort to save the species. I have no interest in hunting exotics at a commercial operation. The gemsbok and ibex of New Mexico are a different ballgame from the commercial operations. Just as the free-ranging auodad of west TX are different than the pen-raised ones. I would not hesitate to hunt the NM wild ibex and have put in for the tag a couple of times. It's a challenging hunt in some rough terrain. They are not artificially confined as I understand it. I have not put in for the White Sands gemsbok hunt and will probably never hunt aoudad. I would shoot an exotic that wandered into my place for meat if the opportunity arose. And to get rid of it. I wouldn't crow about it or get much of a thrill from it.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616555
01/04/17 10:07 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 118
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 118 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me.
Last edited by deftsound; 01/04/17 10:08 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616562
01/04/17 10:11 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 5,067
titan2232
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 5,067 |
I'd much rather shoot a 140" whitetail than a 30+ inch axis.
I've hunted HF, but prefer LF. It's all just personal preference.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
#6616569
01/04/17 10:15 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 366
Fishercounty
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 366 |
Sure Id "shoot" them if they wondered onto my place. Like Nogalus said, to get rid of it. If I wanted goat meat Id go to a livestock auction.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: ]
#6616588
01/04/17 10:26 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 11,027
Texas buckeye
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 11,027 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. Wait a minute, I thought every respectable HF "hunter" from southlake drove a souped up jacked up never seen the dirt of a gravel road 4x4 while drinking wine out of their yeti rambler while giving their teenagers beers from their yeti coolers in their backyard oasis... You telling me they drive escalades?
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616609
01/04/17 10:37 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 27,091
Nogalus Prairie
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 27,091 |
The exotics discussion is different than the HF discussion - though they can (and often do) overlap. Even on a LF place in TX I would consider the presence of exotics more of a negative than a positive. Many feel differently and love them. A lot of guys love hogs on a place too. I wish mine would disappear.
A lot of folks just like having stuff available for them to shoot. They like to hear their guns go bang and watch something fall.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: ]
#6616667
01/04/17 11:08 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,298
Creekrunner
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 25,298 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. This has to be a new record for the number of ignorant statements in 4 sentences. Especially that Michelob Ultra is a. beer, and b., a rich man's beer. The rest of it just makes the point for your opposition, reinforcing the class envy argument, and is astounding in its stupidity.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: ]
#6616702
01/04/17 11:22 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 12,348
Duck_Hunter
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 12,348 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. Hunting's downfall will be, in part, to hunters that think like this. Maybe not now, or in 50 or 100 years, but at some point. And, also, you seem jealous of people that, your view, don't dont do what you find to be acceptable. I just can't take people like you seriously. It's too much effort and would require me to care about self-righteous people that have no respect for some vision of people you made up in your head. I guess that's my opinion on HF vs LF - more people need to live and let live. A lot of people on this forum are starting to sound like the millennials they despise.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Duck_Hunter]
#6616711
01/04/17 11:26 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 11,027
Texas buckeye
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 11,027 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. Hunting's downfall will be, in part, to hunters that think like this. Maybe not now, or in 50 or 100 years, but at some point. And, also, you seem jealous of people that, your view, don't dont do what you find to be acceptable. I just can't take people like you seriously. It's too much effort and would require me to care about self-righteous people that have no respect for some vision of people you made up in your head. I guess that's my opinion on HF vs LF - more people need to live and let live. A lot of people on this forum are starting to sound like the liberals they despise. There I fixed it for you.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616721
01/04/17 11:31 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399
PKnTX
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399 |
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas buckeye]
#6616748
01/04/17 11:52 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,179
therancher
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,179 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. Hunting's downfall will be, in part, to hunters that think like this. Maybe not now, or in 50 or 100 years, but at some point. And, also, you seem jealous of people that, your view, don't dont do what you find to be acceptable. I just can't take people like you seriously. It's too much effort and would require me to care about self-righteous people that have no respect for some vision of people you made up in your head. I guess that's my opinion on HF vs LF - more people need to live and let live. A lot of people on this forum are starting to sound like the liberals they despise. There I fixed it for you. Nailed it. What gets me is most won't own it.
Crotchety old bastidge
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Creekrunner]
#6616750
01/04/17 11:52 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,179
therancher
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 7,179 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. This has to be a new record for the number of ignorant statements in 4 sentences. Especially that Michelob Ultra is a. beer, and b., a rich man's beer. The rest of it just makes the point for your opposition, reinforcing the class envy argument, and is astounding in its stupidity. Probably post of the day.
Crotchety old bastidge
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: therancher]
#6616756
01/04/17 11:57 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263
A.B.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. Hunting's downfall will be, in part, to hunters that think like this. Maybe not now, or in 50 or 100 years, but at some point. And, also, you seem jealous of people that, your view, don't dont do what you find to be acceptable. I just can't take people like you seriously. It's too much effort and would require me to care about self-righteous people that have no respect for some vision of people you made up in your head. I guess that's my opinion on HF vs LF - more people need to live and let live. A lot of people on this forum are starting to sound like the liberals they despise. There I fixed it for you. Nailed it. What gets me is most won't own it. That liberal crap is old. I'm a Republican, it says so in red letters on my voter registration card, and I don't like HF. A pen is a pen.
Talent is a gift, character is a decision.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Creekrunner]
#6616758
01/04/17 11:59 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263
A.B.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. This has to be a new record for the number of ignorant statements in 4 sentences. Especially that Michelob Ultra is a. beer, and b., a rich man's beer. The rest of it just makes the point for your opposition, reinforcing the class envy argument, and is astounding in its stupidity. Never tried Michelob Ultra, even the can looks gay.
Talent is a gift, character is a decision.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616764
01/05/17 12:03 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399
PKnTX
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399 |
You know it's serious business when folks opinion cast them as liberals or gays.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: PKnTX]
#6616783
01/05/17 12:16 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263
A.B.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
|
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,263 |
You know it's serious business when folks opinion cast them as liberals or gays. I only called the can gay.......
Talent is a gift, character is a decision.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616796
01/05/17 12:21 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,265
maximus_flavius
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,265 |
I wish people would stop liking what I don't like...........
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: A.B.]
#6616808
01/05/17 12:27 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399
PKnTX
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 5,399 |
You know it's serious business when folks opinion cast them as liberals or gays. I only called the can gay....... Duly noted, though cans are notorious fence haters.
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616823
01/05/17 12:32 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,930
ETexas Hunter
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,930 |
High Fence is more sporting
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: Texas Tatonkas]
#6616857
01/05/17 12:53 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 10,496
Halfadozen
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 10,496 |
I'll weigh in here - Do I hunt HF ranches - No. More and more of private property in TX is being HF off though. Landowners rights in Texas are important, not just fences but water rights. This goes all the way back to the 1850's. As original land owners pass away and leave the property to multiple family members either one or two things happen - the ranch gets split up into smaller tracts or is HF and managed for multiple uses. To the OP question - If an exotic happens to wander onto our LF ranch it is fair game. We have had Axis and Elk come through a break in a HF. We notified ranch owner each time but he said he appreciated it and would repair the fence but there was nothing he could do if the animal was on our ranch. One time fence was breached due to wildfire and second time due to flooding. Finally, I have no problem with those that want to hunt a HF ranch - like it or not it is the way things are these days unless you are in very remote parts of Texas.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again. -- Ronald Reagan
|
|
|
Re: Anti high fence guys.....
[Re: ]
#6617030
01/05/17 02:23 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 854
Shane431
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 854 |
Exotics are for rich city slickers from southlake who drive escalades and drink michelob ultra. No respect for exotic hunting of any kind. I don't respect hunters who shoot lions and elephants for that matter either. They are all in the same class of "hunter" to me. You are so ignorant! We drink IPA's! Obviously have never sat in a suite at Jerry's world!
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|