CWD is not the only disease of concern and being behind a high fence doesn't keep a disease from escaping the enclosure. As for sympathy for a high fence deer breeding or hunting operation, I have little. The risk of disease and loss from that disease are part of the game and one that each owner/operator must evaluate and accept. Cattle ranchers, chicken house operators and other livestock operations all face the same burden so why should a captive deer operator be any different? Removing oversight, regulations and enforcement does nothing but put the rest of us at risk.

I have a high fence operator less than half a mile from my property. Those deer walk the fence line constantly and no doubt come in contact with wild deer nose to nose. They also share the same water sources which flow under the fence. Add to it the possibility of a falling tree tree, hurricanes and tornados taking out a section of fence and allowing a deer to escape and you could easily have a problem. Remember about five years ago when a hurricane rolled through South Alabama and knocked down a bunch of high fences? There were a bunch of really nice bucks killed during bow season that year that had escaped high fence enclosures.

If given the choice between removing regulations and oversight for high fence breeder/hunting operations or putting in safeguards to protect the greater deer herd of Alabama, I'll choose protecting the deer herd but that's just my opinion.