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Erik Schell
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  • Erik Schell

Success in your profession can be attributed to hard work, perseverance, and surrounding yourself with knowledgeable and sound-minded individuals. Success in your hunting career depends on the same key factors. Regardless of whether you’re hoping to fulfill childhood dreams that originated from reading a Sports Afield article or you’ve set a goal to target the biggest trophies across the West, planning is paramount.

The amount of time required to learn each state’s draw system and hunt areas, as well as the ever-changing regulations, can make the task seem daunting and unrealistic. This is where utilizing the WTA TAGS professional application service comes in. We start with your individual goals and priorities to create a sound and realistic application plan. Once you’ve drawn that dream tag, TAGS has a stable of vetted outfitters to ensure your opportunity is not squandered.

Call WTA TAGS today and set the course of your hunting career for a lifetime of success: 1-800-755-8247.

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Estate Hunting: A Closer Look at a Misunderstood Hunting Option

Estate hunting, often referred to as high fence hunting, is one of the most misunderstood segments of the modern hunting landscape. The term can carry strong assumptions, but those assumptions rarely reflect the reality of what these hunts actually involve.

At its core, estate hunting offers hunters access to large, privately managed properties where wildlife is carefully stewarded, and hunting opportunities are predictable, efficient, and highly successful. These hunts are not intended to replace traditional public-land or limited-entry experiences. They are meant to provide an alternative option for hunters with specific goals, time constraints, or physical considerations.

Understanding estate hunting begins with recognizing how the properties operate and what the experience looks like on the ground.

What Defines an Estate Hunt?​

Estate hunts take place on privately owned ranches or preserves enclosed by a perimeter fence. These properties can range from several thousand acres to well over 100,000 acres, depending on location, species, and management model.

Within these boundaries, wildlife populations are actively managed year-round. Landowners and outfitters focus on habitat improvement, water development, herd health, genetics, and balanced harvest rates. The result is a stable wildlife population with a strong age structure and consistent hunting opportunity.

Because animals remain on the property, outfitters can offer hunts with a very high harvest probability. In many cases, hunters can pursue specific age classes, horn characteristics, or species that would otherwise require years of applying or limited-entry permits.

What the Experience Is Actually Like

One of the most common misconceptions about estate hunting is that animals are easily located and harvested quickly in a confined space. In reality, many estate properties are vast, and hunters may never see the perimeter fence during their hunt.

These ranches often feature diverse terrain of rolling hills, timber, brush country, open plains, canyons, and river bottoms, allowing animals to behave naturally. Hunters glass, stalk, track, and pass animals just as they would on large private ranches or expansive Western properties.

Once on the ground, the hunt feels far more like a traditional spot-and-stalk or guided private land experience than what many imagine when they hear the term “high fence.”

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