Tim,
did you hear about the monster fence going up between your place and mine? Within the last 10 years, a business guy named Daryl Smith bought up a huge piece of land south of the North Canadian river, somewhere around 14,000 acres deeded and close to 20,000 with all the land locked land, it is east of the Turnpike and north of highway 9, behind Fisher ranch. About 6 months ago, he began high fencing the place, I was told it is 26 miles of fence. I asked a guy that hunts the place why the fence, he said it is only to keep people out! He does not plan to bring it deer or exotics, just tired of chasing people off. There is a ranch of about 1,000 acres on the south west edge, Van Nice Angus, Smith decided he did not want to pay to jog the fence around this ranch, so he bought the guy out to make the fence square. It is amazing to me how much money some people have to waste. I know what I would do with 20,000 in high fence, I would fill that sucker full of all you guys deer! I told the guy that hunts in there that I would at least buy 10 or 20 160 to 180 class deer and turn them loose, he said the guy doesnt want to do it because he is afraid people will find out and try to cut the fence. I was also told he has over 20,000 acres in Colorado. Sure would be nice if this guy decided to fill that place with deer, there are deer on it, but not many, it has been hunted too hard. How many deer could a place that big handle? I bet hundreds!