mattys281 Report post Posted December 6, 2007 It's too hard to determine what is "free range". Such a term is subject to evey different persons interpretation. Some people think a thousand acres w/ no wire is enough to be free range & others think that 10,000 wouldn't be enough. I think the record keepers should make it simpler; a class for public land animals & a different class for private land animals. There's much less room to argue over ownership. Matt S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outdoor Writer Report post Posted December 6, 2007 It's too hard to determine what is "free range". Such a term is subject to evey different persons interpretation. Some people think a thousand acres w/ no wire is enough to be free range & others think that 10,000 wouldn't be enough. I think the record keepers should make it simpler; a class for public land animals & a different class for private land animals. There's much less room to argue over ownership. Matt S. It's neither a question of size or whether it's public or private. Free range means just that -- no UNNATURAL barriers in place to impede the movement of game. The 35,000-acre ranch where I hunted mule deer in Colorado two weeks ago is obviously private. The only fences on it are low two or three-wire ones to control cows, but even those were down in the low terrain and no where to be seen up higher where we hunted. The deer and elk there are free to roam where they choose, including the adjacent ranches and the nearby large tract of land owned by Larimer County that abuts the north end of the ranch with only a two-wire fence separating the parcels. The county land is closed to ANY public access. -TONY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
