Recent content by BenA

Or, I can grow some corn on one side of a field, mow it in place, and it's OK. But, don't dare take some of those cobs and throw them on the other side of the field. Yeah, right, real different there.

When I say using a food plot as bait, I mean using it to attract deer to a food source on your property. You can still use a food source, whether it be, plot, ag, feeder, mast, etc as an attractant and not hunt directly over it. But, also, in close to 40 years of plotting, I don't remember...

I have read the data, and agree with it as I've already said now a few times.

No, well, usually not. I've already stated I believe baiting can raise risks for disease transmission. But, I have seen and planted food plots that were browsed to a level (good use for exclusion cages) that were also a risk vector for disease transmission. I've also seen plenty of areas under...

I would gladly welcome this if it was illegal to hunt on any planted or poured food.

Lots of people use food plots as bait. I'd say a majority of people using them, use them as bait. If someone is against unnaturally attracting deer to an area, then they should only be working on native food instead of introducing non-native foods.

There's a guy on social media I've seen killing bucks with a bow. Food plot at the base of his tree. Multiple kills every fall. It freaking WORKS! Just joking with you, but they do work. I've seen more bucks killed over food plots than bait sites.

Who knows. They see pictures of deer and think they'll get lucky. People keep using lots of things that they feel helps them, but actually doesn't. One of the studies in North Carolina showed how not baiting was more effective than hunting over bait. Several studies document that. But, people...

No. In fact, baiting made it harder to kill them if hunting directly on it.

I can see how you believe that baiting is not fair chase given your experiences. But, I have decades of experience baiting in places where deer won't hardly come into food plots or ag fields during the day, much less a bait site. These are places where you don't hardly see them from the road...

I understand and believe the health implications of baiting. But, I'm not going to continue doing habitat work to make my place better for wildlife and not bait, if wildlife aren't going to spend a significant amount of time using it. If the wildlife are going to concentrate more on poorer...

Caught another good move out of Intel this morning. Bought pre-market at 47.39 and sold after the run up later this morning at 49.39.

Is it to keep water from backing up and going the other direction until it gets high enough to go over? Here, they sometimes rig large drainage pipes or culverts with one way doors that stay closed and only allow water to travel one direction. If the water gets high enough on the downstream side...

I didn't believe many people believed in nocturnal deer anymore. With all the deer that have been gps collared and tracked, there has not been one documented case of a nocturnal deer. What can happen, which I've witnessed, and has been scientifically documented, is deer can be conditioned to...

I'm going in the reverse direction. Well, maybe. Yet to be determined. I've run bait for cameras in Kentucky, but not all season, and neither of the bucks we've killed have been close to bait. I'm going to have, most probably, a lot of summer food planted this year. If cameras show bachelor...