[elliot]

Well I've been watching the new crop of hunting shows on my favorite channels and is really starting to get aggravated with the number of shows being filmed in high fenced pens. These guys are supposed to be professionals and make it appear so easy to put a tag on a monster buck, yet they never once mention that they are in a pen, granted, they never said it was fair chase either. I can't remember all of the shows but one that comes to mind is Keith Warren. I watched his show over the weekend and with in 2 minutes I knew he wasn't hunting wild deer. He was rattling and had buck after buck after buck run right past him with no doe in sight. He did this on several sequences of rattling before finally shooting a real nice 8 pointer. I realize that it is his right to hunt in a pen and that it is legal (woopty-doo), but at least he could be man enough to admit it on his show. Another aspect that irritates me is that he is trying to push all of these failproof products, which would work any where on a tame, extremely horny deer. How stupid do they really think we are? I just wish there were more shows that the people hunted public ground and did their own scouting and homework to harvest a good buck. One show comes to mind that supposedly does this, it is Closing the Distance, I'm sure there are probably others as well. These types of shows are a lot more informative in my opinion.
Thanks
Elliot

[cherokee_outfitters]

elliot,

I couldn't agree with you more, I don't know why people that have enough money to buy a trophy would even consider themselves equal to the man who goes out on his own in public lands and kills his game the way it was meant to be done. I pride myself on fair chase and learning enough about my area, game, and conditions to be a successful hunter on public lands. I don't think there ought to be any record book entries for fenced hunting ranches. My 2 cents.

[Marvin]

Gotta agree with you cherokee.