State: No more fenced hunting (Indiana "canned hunts")

[Judi Lynn]

August 12, 2005


State: No more fenced hunting
Ruling closes loopholes in the law that allowed hunters to kill captive animals.

By Leia Baez
[e-mail]


The state moved Thursday to shut down a controversial business: the hunting of semi-tame deer or exotic animals on fenced preserves.

"In America, our hunting tradition is for fair chase and for animals to have an avenue for escape," Kyle Hupfer, director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, said in announcing the decision.

About 12 fenced preserves operate in Indiana, according to state officials. The facilities charge clients up to $20,000 to shoot trophy wildlife in a practice sometimes called canned hunting.

The DNR's move followed the high-profile trial of Russ Bellar, a Peru deer farmer who was convicted this year of charges he ran illegal hunts.

An investigation revealed that deer were drugged and selected from pens; sometimes bait was used.
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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050812/NEWS02/508120535

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_{George H. W. Bush} isn't going to like this.

[fiveleafclover]

1. That's great news!

What's so masculine about shooting fish in a barrel anyway?

[Trillo]

2. Good News they're stopping it.

deer were drugged and selected from pens; sometimes bait was used.

Cruel.

[kwolf68]

3. Needs to be a federal law against this

About 20-25 states (maybe more) already ban this...and there is legislation banning "canned hunts" that is on the table, but we haven't been able to get it through as of yet.

[glitch]

4. Barry Crimmins just said on AAR bush fundraising today at ranch

that provides canned hunts. Huge fences around so the deer can't get out.
So sporting. Such macho hunters, to be admired and envied.

[MidwestTransplant]

5. Cheney will be saddened

[A Simple Game]

9. How will he put food on his family??? n/t

[TX-RAT]

6. If only this was nation wide

Here in TX, it's called Hi-fencing. I despise this practice, not only is it just plain unethical as far as hunting goes, it's also unfair to the state. It creates a risky environment as far as disease, due to unnatural populations. If drought hits they have no where to go. Theres a total of 10 miles of fence on my place, it keeps my cows in and lets the deer come and go at will.

As i said before, A Disgusting practice, 3 cheers for Indiana

[The Kicker]

7. I guess Ted Nugent

won't be hunting in Indiana. Canned "hunts" are all he knows. He's such a dork.

[mike923]

8. As a hunter...

i have no idea what the interest is in hunting in such a manner. It would almost like going to a zoo and picking out the biggest animal to take. What's fun about that?

Most hunting shows are filmed on such ranches, and that is why i don't like watching them.

[AtomicKitten]

28. I am glad to hear your perspective on this.

Canned hunting is disgusting.
And no fun for the animals.

[blindpig]

10. Good

Canned hunts are an abomination, an utter perversion of the hunt.

For the funniest canned hunt in literature see Carl Hiaasan's Sick Puppy. Karma with a capital K.

[MisterP]

11. but how will CWD spread without it? whatever will we do for our diseases?

[roguevalley]

12. wonderful. this is the lowest of the low, this kind of murder.

[yorkiemommie1]

13. i never knew about this practice before this post

it's nauseating. I'm the kind of person who picks earthworms off the sidewalk and puts them back in the grass.

[benEzra]

15. Yay, I'm not the only one!!! (re: earthworms)

My wife thinks I'm a bit wierd for that...but I hate to see the things frying in the sun, and they're good for the soil...

I am a gun owner, but I don't hunt. I'm not opposed to hunting per se, but I don't think I'd enjoy killing a deer.

[yorkiemommie1]

19. LOL !

n / t

[prole_for_peace]

18. i do the same thing.

i don't save all bugs (spiders can fry) but i like earthworms and they are good for my yard.

[yorkiemommie1]

20. then there's at least 4 of us

my daughter being one and very adamant about it even in childhood!

[Blue_Tires]

24. i thought i was the only one that did that !!

n/t!

[Lorien]

27. It's vile beyond belief. They'll take hand raised panthers or wolves

animals that are accustomed to trusting human, then they'll terrorized them with hunting dogs, and wound them with dozens of arrows or bad shots before killing them (I've seen video). All in the name of "sport". I find killing for "sport" to be reprehensible to begin with, but there's a special place in Hell for people who pay for canned hunts.

To learn more about how to stop canned hunts Nationwide, visit: www.bigcatrescue.org

[yellowcanine]

14. One less state for Cheney to "hunt" in.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. Put all the hunters in the pen and let them hunt each other.

[leftylady]

17. Cheney and Scalia both - together

I absolutely abhor this kind of hunting. Its like dog fighting and cock fighting. It should be banned everywhere.

[daleo]

22. I thought of them too

Just in case anyone isn't familiar with the story, they went on a "bird hunting" trip along these lines some time back.

[Az_lefty]

21. This needs to be a National Law...

killing animals that are fenced in isn't hunting. I'm sick of this phony macho bullshit.

[Zenlitened]

23. What kind of gutless freak gets his jollies from a canned hunt anyway?

Oh, wait... :scared:

[loudsue]

25. Only "Girly men", with big fantasies about being "big men"

That's chickenshit behavior, hunting caged animals. Those people are sick sick sick.

[Dave Reynolds]

26. Good.

I'm a hunter, and canned hunts are sport-killing, not hunting.

[VegasWolf]

29. How will Cheney get his KILLING jollies now? nt

[hibbing]

30. it will be a screaming line drive in the boxscore tomorrow..

Thought someone would mention that after they have the
"trophy" on their wall, there will of course have to be some
big story about how I tracked it down, through rough brush for
hours and hours, and I was so patient and cunning....blah blah blah