ORIGINAL: huntingson
Germ, baiting has been legal in Ohio for quite some time now with seemingly no ill effects. My father and I have put corn out in two spots twice a week for over 3 years now. There are 2 things I learned: 1) that is a great way to keep a bunch of does around throughout the year (which could be seen as baiting in itsown right)2) a mature buck will only come to our corn when it is very cold (generally the season is over by then). We do nothave stands near our corn because of lesson #2. We do however have the corn positioned so we can watch the does and young bucks go eat it from our houses, which I always enjoy.
You have to remember in the UP there is almost 0 ag land, and there is a differnece in baiting and what was done in MI
I am talking about driving a truck on to state land and dumping a truck load of beets. Baiting in the SLP is pretty much does not hurt either, because of the ag land around us.
Until you experiance it, it is hard to grasp. I am just letting people know how I see it. UP has millions of acres of woods, it is way differnet than anyplace in the midwest. Execpt Northen Wis. Guys who bait in NLP and UP are not trying to hold does, they're trying to kill anything that walks in