Whether recurve or compound; compound or crossbow; shotgun or pistol or rifle; single shot or repeater; optics or open sight; .243 or .30-06; there will always be those who think they are better than others because of their method of harvest. Meanwhile, there are those who work their every breath and spend their every cent to prevent you from hunting any species with any method - and for this simple reason - I wish we all focused on teaching land stewardship, wildlife management, the discipline of knowing your weapon and knowing your target species and knowing your State Representative and Senator.

rwg15,

Although I disagree with your comments and conclusions, we here at TexasHuntFish.com want our forum to entertain the full spectrum of opinions.

Your more recent posts have departed from an attempt to express an unpopular opinion, and become non-educational, non-informative "jabs" for lack of a better word.

Respected members of our forum have also responded with comments that do not contribute to the eduational value of this thread.

As a result, with an effort to honor people's opinions, we have deleted a number of comments from a number of members in this thread.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING INFORMATIVE TO SAY, PLEASE DON'T RESPOND WITH PERSONAL ATTACKS THAT ADD NO VALUE.

Couple of points I wanted to make:

In Texas, the landowner does NOT own the wildlife on the land.

The industry of Deer Farming did not start in Texas and is not unique to Texas.

People profit from wildlife in many ways more than hunting. Animal Planet, National Geographic, and every grocery and pet store that sells wild bird seed. Where do you draw the line?

I can't tell what you stand for?

If I don't hunt over a feeder, but I set up my bow blind in the forest where all the oak trees are clustered, knowing that this greatly increases my chances of seeing a deer, am I cheating in your eyes?

If I spend 40 hours scouting before season and set up my bow blind at the only permanent water hole for a square mile in west or south texas, knowing that all of the wildlife will be coming to the water, am I cheating?

When deer hunting, if I use a compound bow versus a recurve bow, am I cheating? If I use a crossbow instead of a compound bow, am I cheating? If I use a pistol instead of a crossbow, am I cheating? If I use a .12Ga slug instead of a pistol, am I cheating? If I use an open sight 30-30 instead of a shotgun am I cheating? If I use a 300 win mag with a 20x scope am I cheating? Where is the line? What defines cheating?

If I hunt on a 75,000 ranch that is high-fenced, am I cheating? It takes about 6 hours to drive the fence line of this ranch in Maverick County. Yes, it is high-fenced because of poachers, illegal immigrants, and to contain their significant investment in managing their deer over the last 20 years. At what size ranch does high fence make it cheating in your opinion?

Do you think anyone on this forum supports a deer breeder releasing a 200 class buck into a 50 acre high fence enclosure for some city slicker to come shoot with his 9x scoped .300 win mag while drinking four cold beers? Of course we don't.

To summarize, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? WHAT ARE YOUR SOLUTIONS? EDUCATE, INFORM, BUT REMEMBER THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY FORUM.