mguthrie
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These are vids of deer breeder auctions. Deer farms. Not to be confused with high fence deer hunting operations
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Are these deer not the deer that go to the high fence deer hunting though?
Why else do they auction them?
Are these the deer farms where restaraunts buy venison from?
I'm slightly interested in learning more about it. Thanks!
mguthrie
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Research it. The particular videos are from an auction for high end whitetail breeders. Some of these deer may end up on hunting "ranchs" but what these guys are doing is more like what folks do breeding high end dogs. They sell some offspring to other breeders. One breeder buck sold for $27,000. There aren't to many clients out there paying that kind of money to kill a giant deer. I've been on a high fence hunt. It's nothing like Kieth warrens farm or the ones in the video
The Donk
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They have a little running segment on what "fair chase"actually is and that's one of the biggest knocks on High fencers, that it is not fair to put up boundaries for the deer. Pretty sure these guys and a lot of High Fencers keep each other in business by supplying wealthy clients opportunity at 200-300 plus inch deer. I've seen some of the pricing and misjudging the score of a deer can be a several thousand dollar mistake. The final cost is based on the size of the rack and a 250 inch deer aint cheap.
All I can say is that I have done a lot of research on it, and that is the way the evidence points time and time again if you're not just too biased to see it. High-fence deer farming is a rich man's game, with lots of cronyism and political connections involved, and plenty of opportunity to have an attorney sicced on you if you come out and publish the honest truth.
So, what is your explanation? Which lie were you taught?
HabershamHunter85
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If you have to hunt on a high fenced "hunt", your not a hunter. Just saying. You couldn't pay me to go to these ranches that have these genetically modified deer running around. When I kill a buck, I want to be proud knowing I put in the work and harvested a wild animal, not some buck that has been pampered and pretty much raised to be a target for a rich man to boost his ego. Like NChillbilly said, CWD has been linked to these deer farms in many cases.
Simply Googling the subject turns up tons of articles on links between farms and CWD.
Minnesota has gone from zero to 58 confirmed cases of CWD in wild deer in three years. While the origin of the largest outbreak, in Fillmore County, is not known, Minnesota's three other CWD outbreaks in wild deer have been linked by the Department of Natural Resources to infected deer farms. One, a hunting preserve and breeding facility in Crow Wing County, stayed in business for more than two years after the disease was discovered festering in its herd.
source: billinggazette.com
Simply Googling the subject turns up tons of articles on links between farms and CWD.
Minnesota has gone from zero to 58 confirmed cases of CWD in wild deer in three years. While the origin of the largest outbreak, in Fillmore County, is not known, Minnesota's three other CWD outbreaks in wild deer have been linked by the Department of Natural Resources to infected deer farms. One, a hunting preserve and breeding facility in Crow Wing County, stayed in business for more than two years after the disease was discovered festering in its herd.
source: billinggazette.com
buckpasser
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Some here may not believe me, but I’d honestly rather hunt and kill a wild spike buck than any high fence deer on the planet. The CWD is just the icing on the bad idea cake. Anyone arguing otherwise just doesn’t and won’t make sense to me, ever.
drewskyc
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I think most hunters feel like this. Well said. There must be a few guys with a lot more money and less respect for hunting wild game than us out there.
