Nobody is saying {least of all me} that exotic hunting in Australia is the same thing as Cape buffalo hunting in Zimbabwe or Texas.

What I am saying is that many hunters disagree about what types of hunting are ethical, acceptable, sporting or fair chase, and that arguments arise constantly among hunters due to differences in opinion about what hunting methods should be allowed both for scoring purposes, for law, etc. This post from start to finish highlights that reality.

Read my posts and you will see that as far as I am concerned, I don't care much about what methods are used, as I have hunted in many different places with many different "codes" of what is acceptable and for the most part I am happy to "do as the Romans do" when it comes to hunting methods.

Though many hunters might not want to pay to hunt Cape Buffalo in Texas, I predict that if this fellow can get a 35,000 acre game ranch up and running and stock it with CB, he will find plenty of hunters to shoot them and they will be willing to pay a lot of money to do it. He'll have to figure out if they will pay enough to make it profitable and sustainable.

Whether I or Alan or anybody else finds that acceptable isn't my point. I am NOT picking a fight with Alan or even taking issue with Alan because he doesn't like the idea. I suspect right now, and certainly on this Forum, he is in the majority. That is fine by me. Frankly, at this time in history, I don't think I'd pay big bucks to shoot a CB in Texas, either!

EVERY TYPE OF HUNTING is, has been and will be condemned by some hunters who don't like some aspect of it. Some hate bow hunting, some hate hound hunting, some hate Hochsitze, some hate baiting, some hate game fenced operations. So what. Others like each management method quite well and are prepared to pay to hunt in such ways.