Game farms....what are your views.

[Fox]

Well said. I have a problem with fish finders and shooting grouse on the trail , but as you said - to each their own.

When I hiked 5 miles in a day to see one grouse (no dog) I would shoot it no matter it is were standing or flying, ha ha ha, that is hunting in my mind.

I chuckle at the stocked fish one from another post, dad has a stocked pond, we call it catching, not fishing, we pulled in 30 3+ lb rainbows during the deer hunt just to fill the freezer.

[KMG Canada]

Well, this looks to be an interesting thread. I have used game farms to train my Small Munsterlander when she was first starting out over 16 years ago. To me these pheasant farms were invaluable in her formation trg as I could accomplish more in one day there than a week in the bush. But they are however just that, farms. I have been involved in hunting Africa for many years and represent a Safari company in South Africa. We took approximately 30,000 HA many years ago and removed the cattle and reintroduced game such as springbok, blesbok and wildebeest etc... in other words we put it back to the way it was. Our herds are now all self sustaining and we hunt both trophy and cull to manage the herds. The benefit of allowing the land to return to normal has been an increase in both huntable and non-huntable species returning that are not hindered by the fence such as mongoose, warthogs and bushbuck to name but a few. We are blessed here in Canada with public and private land on which our wildlife can thrive, not so in other places around the world like Europe. As urban sprawl continues to expand everywhere Game Farms may be necessary in order to preserve the hunting we enjoy. Notice I say hunting as pen raised domestic animals are for food and also fall in the vast category of the term "farm". On our land in South Africa you can now enjoy hunting the way it use to be and there are no guarantees of success, that to me is the difference between hunting and shooting.

[Dythbringer]

Hum.. We'll I watched a documentary, " African hunting holiday " by Louis Theroux...everyone should check it out... My personal belief is that it it wrong..but than in Africa poachers run rampant..so is it right to do that? Raise animals just for the sake of "hunting them" in a fenced off enclosure?.... Or even elk game farms here in Canada or pheasnt game farms right in our own backyard...some ppl might argue that ppl raise animals for slaughter so it doesn't matter... But for me.. The act of hunting is all about scouting, being in the woods..you need skill and knowledge but luck is always there..... I'm just asking for people's opinions...

I have no problem with bird farms. Those birds were raised for the sole purpose of human consumption just like any farm animal (beef, pork, chicken, rabbit, etc). The only difference between a "traditional" farm animal and a bird for a game farm is I have to get off the couch and bring along my lab and we get to go out and do some shooting together.

Dyth

[sambo]

I have no problem with bird farms. Those birds were raised for the sole purpose of human consumption just like any farm animal (beef, pork, chicken, rabbit, etc). The only difference between a "traditional" farm animal and a bird for a game farm is I have to get off the couch and bring along my lab and we get to go out and do some shooting together.

Dyth

That's the best part watching your dog working

[Dythbringer]

That's the best part watching your dog working

He is my first lab and I will never, ever not have a dog when I go waterfowling again.

[yellow dog]

Worked my dog at a private game farm today for a couple of hours. Watching my dog Elly work was a beautiful sight and seeing what she was bred to do.

[PAW91]

Thank you for all your input, I've been enlightened..
As I said I wasn't on one side or another, I just wanted to know ppls opinions on the matter..