What's the least acreage property you would high fence?

[MacDaddy67]

I ask because our owner high fenced our place....its gonna be our last year for awhile...then I am sure we will have to pay up...

Its only 150 acres, and he spent a fortune on the fence....and 3 acre pond

[canny]

lots of variables for me primarily the cover type, but 150 acres would not be even close.

[Fishndude]

A section

[Drycreek3189]

Depends on what you want to do with it. Family hunting would be different than pay-for-play IMO.

[RR 314]

Have no problem fencing 150 acres for personal use—watching deer and exotics. I doubt he will want to continue leasing it, but you never know. Good luck.

[jshouse]

a thousand seems like a good place to start, depending on cover and terrain it may need to be bigger.

[salth2o]

A co-worker high fenced 80 acres. He has whitetail, axis, and red stag. He's been trying for 3 years to get rid of the stags, but can never find them. He says they get in the thickets and are never seen.

Seems small, but for personal use I suppose it's enough.

[PoppinPiggies]

A co-worker high fenced 80 acres. He has whitetail, axis, and red stag. He's been trying for 3 years to get rid of the stags, but can never find them. He says they get in the thickets and are never seen.

Seems small, but for personal use I suppose it's enough.

See if he'll let us "get rid of them" I bet we could find a few stags on 80 acres pretty quick.....

[bullets13]

A co-worker high fenced 80 acres. He has whitetail, axis, and red stag. He's been trying for 3 years to get rid of the stags, but can never find them. He says they get in the thickets and are never seen.

Seems small, but for personal use I suppose it's enough.

sounds like he's not THAT worried about getting rid of them.

[MAP]

its pretty amazing what deer can hide it, it also has alot to do with how you hunt them

On a smaller high fenced place do not use trail cameras, timed feeders, and/or corn roads and you will be surprised what a difference in hunting that makes.

[bullets13]

I wouldn't high fence a property. But IMO you need well over 500 before I start considering it "hunting", and well over 1000 before I consider it hunting. My buddy has 40 acres high fenced and a bunch of ridiculous deer on it. It takes about 5 minutes on a side by side to locate and see them all.

[cj7zrcool]

...My buddy has 40 acres high fenced and a bunch of ridiculous deer on it. It takes about 5 minutes on a side by side to locate and see them all.

That's just a zoo.

[Hills of Texas]

Depends on what reasons your doing it for. To each their own.

[ACbob]

Never mind the aspect of limited genetics on such a small place.

[Mayhem]

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That’s 640 acres for those who don’t know.

I’ve hunted a 300 acres HF place and it got small quick.


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