ORIGINAL: davidmil
Unfortunately, I think this is an all to frequent an occurance in the land of big feeders and shooting towers and so called QDM. When a deer spends his entire life seeing the truck come and serve him breakfast and dinner he knows no better. It's down right disgusting alright. A couple weeks ago people on here were expounding on the great analogy of Nuge when he was suggesting baiting was the same as hunting over and acorn grove. Some said he was cool and right on. Now that we see what baiting can really do we're shocked? I'm not. The put out what they call "Supplemental Feed" for the betterment of the herd they say. Really all it is is baiting and allowing them to put more deer in the pen with big horns and call it QDM. It's growing horns and feeding the livestock. We can't have it both ways. Either you support baiting or you fight it in all it's forms, pure bait or QDM food supplements. I find it sickening but am surprised that some who support baiting find this shocking.
Wow!! Perfect post.
This is why I don't like feeders and baiting. Remember, that deer didn't care/know if it was a boy or a grown man standing there. I'm guessing here but I bet come hunting season the dad is going to "hunt" the same way. He will probablyshoot a big buck and then beat his chest about what a great hunter he is.[:'(]
That's what happens to "free roaming deer" when you start feeding them like pets.