Baiting, I know this has been discussed and discussed this is just my rant....LOL

[BenA]

The data is out there if you’re really interested. I cant read this and understand how you’d defend baiting on the habitat forum. If hot oaks were a disease concern this forum wouldn’t exist.

@Bill, I’m doing my best to boost traffic. I expect a check in 30 days.

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

 

[Turkish]

My “baiting” program is fairly intensive also. While I have three spin feeders, I also have six more locations where I protein feed - pouring the feed on the ground every few days. My program is much more effective than any of my neighbors - who only provide bait/feed during deer season. I believe my feeding starting four months before season is the main reason I have been successful holding deer on my property for more time. My deer weights have also increased greatly. I know folks who put a few feeders out, fill them with feed a couple times a month, and call it good. That is barely a start for me. While there is a differentiation between supplemental feeding and baiting, I believe supplemental feeding greatly improves the effectiveness of baiting. If hunting was illegal within 200 yards of a location providing bagged food - I would still do it for the purpose of trying to keep deer off my neighbor’s property more hours of the day - and the benefits to wildlife the feeding provides.

Sounds like you’ve … wait for it… mastered baiting.

Does this forum allow us to assign nicknames?

 

[SwampCat]

Sounds like you’ve … wait for it… mastered baiting.

Does this forum allow us to assign nicknames?

Haha - dont bother me a bit. Would Be the first thing I was a master at. Unfortunately, most of it goes away starting July 1 when supplemental feeding - outside hunting season - becomes illegal due to a cwd positive within the county. Still wish they would ban baiting completely - like most states do in cwd zones.

 

[SwampCat]

I’m in your same category..couple years ago on the first day of archery here in PA I sat over our biggest plot just to see what would come out…and boy did they come out..had almost 30 deer in the plot at one time and I never even touched my bow..took some great video and watched what part of the plot they went to the most..I know my Dad and my brother and his kids will put some on the ground so I know I have no fear of going hungry…

My grand daughters keep my freezer full

Way more exciting to me for one of them to kill a deer in a food plot I made.

 

[Telemark]

I see baiting as an individual and personal choice where it's legal. I would feel more of a sense of accomplishment shooting a big buck alone in the forest after stalking his trail, but I'll still be happy shooting a big buck using whatever help I can get.

My favorite hunting memory is a red stag I had to belly crawl to in the Norwegian wilderness after hearing him roar. I still enjoy the memories I have of bucks, stags, and bulls I shot with "help". I even enjoy the memories of last deer I shot, at a corn feeder with my cousin and her son, because I helped them get some meat in the freezer and had a good time with my relatives.

Do your own thing, and let other people do their own thing.

 

[Turkish]

Do your own thing, and let other people do their own thing.

Thats an honorable point of view, assuming it has no impact on the health of the resource or on others’ enjoyment of the resource. Unfortunately the impact on both is significant and unfavorable in my region.