they don't they run in a circle... most wont jump a 5 foot fence either they look for a place to go under.

Just saying the whole idea of sporting has gotten stupid.. not that I'm for hunting a 400 acre HF ranch, but we all make it sound like its so hard to kill a whitetail, or what ever. We also make it sound like a buck off a big native herd HF ranch is so easy... when you can also go to a very well managed LF ranch and get a 170 class buck or bigger if you got the cash..

Just saying the word sporting is stupid... if we want to be sporting then lets laydown the 400yard gun, 320 ft/s bow, the plush deer blind, the climbing tree stand, doublebull blind, coverup mouth wash.. and we need to go back to loan cloths, nasty breath, and pick up spears or wooden long bows and flint tipped arrows.. Just saying


Sorry rant over so lets

Been a member probably 20+ years and am on my last subscription. Not the same mag as it was back then. Seems like 2/3 of it is advertising...It has just gone a different direction for me.

just I have to much German in me not to enjoy a good debate..

I get the TTH magazine and like most of you find a good bit of it worthless. But there's still plenty of good stuff in there, and I really like the deer science and research articles they have.

And reading through some of the earlier posts about HF vs LF and a deer's ability to "escape," let me ask one question. I hunt a low fence ranch that is fairly large. If I jump a buck in the middle of the ranch, it's going to be a minimum of 2.5 miles (probably more) to the nearest property line. Do you think that deer has a chance to escape? Will he make a beeline for that fence that's 2.5 or 3 miles away in order to elude me? Just askin...

what's wrong with having 85 does on a 10acre field.

no 99.9 percent of the time he will run 100 yards and then circle back behind
you


exceptions being wide open spaces like the panhandle...IMO

my observation (and having a lack of pine plantation stealthy ninja skills)...they will put water between you and them...a clearing...or circle around and get downwind of you and wait you out. Suprise the mess out of them at close range and they get stupid and tear the woods down just trying to put distance between you and them.



this is on wild deer...on tame spooked deer, they will trot back a little, turn around and walk back up to you. they always seem to have that..."Whatchu gon' do abowdit, homeboy" look in their eyes.

deer breeding is just like any other business.

it went from the few people getting into it, that were trying to improve a herd.

then you had people wanting to buy deer to introduce genetics on their places.

originally, most of these were large ranches.

now it seems anyone with 50 acres and access to a tractor supply credit account wants to buy high fence and start a breeding operation.

there are going to be irresponsible and unethical people in absolutely any industry out there, deer breeding is no different.

Once again, it's not about "the fence" its about the entire package.

Sig I figured you know this but did a little math for ya.

3130 yards square is 2000 acres.
990 yards square is 200 acres.

And back to tbe topic, I think I have boiught 3 of the TTH mags in the last couple years. Mostly tired of the livestock adds and the adds for blinds furnished better than a lot of houses.