RE: baiting vs. non baiting
Let me add something else, I can understand folks personal feelings and that's o.k. My post above is directed at those that have and will make the negative comments against baiting. I don't want to offend those that just feel a certain way, but refrain from posting negative stuff about it. Also, being from a state where baiting is legal, you would think that I'm 100% for it. Well I'm not really, I think that it changes the way deer move, but with all the clearcutting going on and older pine thickets in our area, I really don't think the number of does that need to taken could be accomplished otherwise. On the other hand if it were outlawed tomorrow would it bother me? No not really, we use corn on our box stands where we are either on a pipeline, or have long shooting lanes in cutovers, and if the corn does anything at all, it may help hold the does in our area so we might get a chance to see a good buck when they start chasing, but the taking of a good buck directly at a cornpile is a very very rare occurence. In fact, I've been hunting my area for 21 years now, and I've never even had a chance at a good buck directly over corn, all the good bucks I've ever taken were either from a known buck crossing, chasing does, or from a climber. And I never even think about using corn when I'm hunting from a climber, because if I'm in my climber it is because I've got something scouted out.