• No person may place or use bait for the purpose of taking deer.
"Bait" is defined as grain, fruit, vegetables, nuts, hay, or other
food transported and placed for the purpose of attracting or enticing
deer. This restriction does not apply to foods resulting from
normal or accepted farming, forest management, wildlife management,
orchard management, or similar land management activities.
• DNR expects to adopt rules further clarifying the prohibition on
deer baiting before this year’s firearms season. The new regulations
will define bait as any foods capable of attracting deer, and hunters
will not be allowed to use bait or hunt in the vicinity of bait
that the hunter knows about or has reason to know about, or hunt
where bait has been placed within the previous ten days. The new
rules were not yet adopted at the time this regulation handbook
was published. When the new rules are adopted, DNR will notify
hunters through news releases and on the DNR Web site.
• Liquid scents, salt, and minerals are not considered bait.