Skyline, even if your post was meant to be tongue in cheek many of the items you listed are becoming the reality of the day. Would I do it? Absolutely not. But the fact remains that the trend in hunting seems to be heading toward private land and high fenced hunting areas as has been in commonplace acceptance in Europe for centuries.
As far as North America goes one only needs to look toward the many fenced deer hunting opportunities which are spreading throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. These hunting ranches have even gained a legitimacy through FNAWS, SCI and Dallas Safari Club advertising and convention exhibiting. It should not be necessary to point out the increasing advancement of fenced private land hunting which got its real African toe hold in South Africa in the 1970's, or perhaps even a little before that. It's now common place in present day Namibia and even in places such as Zimbabwe with the creation of the Save Valley Conservancy back in the early 1990's. The explosion in archery hunting interest in recent times has even furthered the desire and justification in fenced hunting.
Many of the justification points you listed in your original post are in fact promoted by many of today's various hunting organizations in their effort to expand the boundaries of the sport to include, young children, women who would not otherwise have an interest in 'roughing it' and even to include severely disabled people who may previously have dismissed the thought. In North America and Africa it is becoming commonplace for families and even lone individuals to book a hunt at a so called 'luxury camp' which has all the amenities of a luxury resort. TV's, swimming pools, cabins or chalets with en suite toilets and shower facilities, etc. Again, not for me, but this seems to be the trend.
In this newly defined evolution of 'hunting' we have even creating what is being termed as a 'green hunt'. It of course began with Rhino's but where is it going to end? I killed my Rhino with a .416 and to this day I remain uninterested in 'darting' anything. But I do see where this practice is going. Over and over various animals will be put to sleep by way of a dart, photos will be taken and then the animal will be awakened with a counter dose injection. That's where we're headed like it or not. Again, I don't like, but again that's where we're going.
Many of us who may not like these new trends in hunting may be classified as dinosaurs or perhaps a term much less kind. But make no mistake that's where it's all going. Again, many of today's credible hunting organizations openly support hunting tactics that were spoken against only a few years ago. In the beginning SCI, like Boone and Crockett, was a supporter of nothing less than fair chase free range hunting. In an apparent effort to stay with new trends SCI varied from that position at some point because the 'Exotics' and 'Estate' record book categories were created to include non indigenous trophies and those taken on fenced properties. That tells me there must be a strong backing.
Hunting is going in a new and different direction that many of us dinosaurs do not personally agree with and would not ourselves partake in. But a new direction is in fact where things are going. So I submit that perhaps many of us dinosaurs would be better off if we stayed out of the mix. The alternative can only be that of creating more havoc within our own ranks. As dinosaurs our definition of proper hunting and the so called ethics we maintained seem to have evolved.
I therefore remain of the opinion I should have stayed out of this. As previously mentioned I really only wanted a clarification response with regard to the claimed "huge difference" anyway.
, i fully agree with what Skyline has said. The fact is this is a legal hunt. So let it go for what it is and to whom it suits. I personally would never do such a hunt. But as mentioned above some people have the cash and love such hunts.....
