Just looking for other opinions.....
I have been involved in a discussion on another website regarding what I would call canned hunts. In particular, the "hunt" being discussed is a Bison hunt and this is how it is done:
A "trophy" is pre-selected from the herd and is captured and hauled to a supposedly undisclosed portion of a very large (60,000 + acres) ranch where it is released. The guide and "hunter" then attempt to find the bull by traveling in 4X4 vehicles or, in some cases, on horses, they then stalk and shoot the bull.
Even though the website makes the claim that neither the guide nor hunter know the release location, I very much doubt that the guide doesn't know where the bull is released. 60,000 acres is almost 100 square miles, it would be nearly impossible to find a single animal in that much area without a good idea where to look.
Now, I don't have a problem with this rancher charging people to come to his ranch and shoot one of his buffalo, but I'd hardly call it hunting! To me, pre-selecting a "trophy" to be released, tracked down and killed is about as much like hunting as walking into Red Lobster, selecting the lobster you want, removing it from the tank with a net and then telling folks you went fishing?????
Am I off base here???
To me, it isn't hunting if the outcome is pre-determined!
I have been involved in a discussion on another website regarding what I would call canned hunts. In particular, the "hunt" being discussed is a Bison hunt and this is how it is done:
A "trophy" is pre-selected from the herd and is captured and hauled to a supposedly undisclosed portion of a very large (60,000 + acres) ranch where it is released. The guide and "hunter" then attempt to find the bull by traveling in 4X4 vehicles or, in some cases, on horses, they then stalk and shoot the bull.
Even though the website makes the claim that neither the guide nor hunter know the release location, I very much doubt that the guide doesn't know where the bull is released. 60,000 acres is almost 100 square miles, it would be nearly impossible to find a single animal in that much area without a good idea where to look.
Now, I don't have a problem with this rancher charging people to come to his ranch and shoot one of his buffalo, but I'd hardly call it hunting! To me, pre-selecting a "trophy" to be released, tracked down and killed is about as much like hunting as walking into Red Lobster, selecting the lobster you want, removing it from the tank with a net and then telling folks you went fishing?????
Am I off base here???
To me, it isn't hunting if the outcome is pre-determined!