I'll admit that I am a high fence bigot. I call them petting zoos and similar descriptive terms. My impression is that South Africa has some fenced areas so large, over 30,000 acres that you couldn't count on being successful without diligent efforts- but I have no firsthand knowledge of them. The opportunity to fail has to be there for it to be a "real" hunt in my opinion. There are unfenced private ranches loaded with elk that realistically offer that same almost failure proof hunt but the animals can leave when they want and that makes a difference to me.
If you sign up to go to the petting zoo you shouldn't complain that the game was too easy to take.
When I am too old and infirm to hunt elk on foot in the mountains my perspective may change but I'm guessing I'll just park at the base of the hill and try and cover the lower escape routes. My have younger hunting partners who will likely be willing to help an old codger.
