ORIGINAL: NY Bowhunter
Anyway whats so bad about feeding dozens of deer and helping them prepare for winter?? And when you do decide to take one you have a nice shot at it to make a clean kill. No suffering and no wasted meat.
This mentality is my problem with baiting.
Let me first say if baiting is legal and it's your cup of tea then knock your socks off. I don't view it as unethical or "slob" hunters that do it. I'm just not crazy about the concept.
To me that style of hunting takes away from a big part of the whole hunting experience. Spending 365 days a year scouting and patterning a big buck is what the hunt is all about IMO. "Feeding deer for the winter untill you decide to take one" seems to me that you're missing out on a lot of what goes on in the woods.
Again I'm not saying my style of hunting is better than anyone elses or baiters are unethical slobs. I just don't see it as the total hunting experience. I prefer the challenge of the whole process rather than just plopping 100 lbs. of corn on the ground and waiting. Perhaps it is more scientific than that. If so I'm all ears as to what else baiting entails.
I have a 360 mile drive to get to where I can hunt deer. Where I live is way to far north for deer, they can't handle the winters up here. Unfortunately that doesn't give me any time to scout or prepare for my one week a year that I have vacation for to go on my hunting trip. Believe me, I would LOVE to be able to spend a few days every week in the woods scouting and just otherwise bumming around learning the patterns and enjoying the experience, but it's simply not possible where I live. And what is the problem with baiting anyway?? Please point out what it is about that statement that you see a problem with. I don't see the harm and would like to see why this is so contraversail. (ok I can't spell)