RE: Hunting Over Feeders
Oh my God I am so tired of this subject. On every forum on the internet someone makes a post on this at least once a week.
If you don't like it, don't do it. If you do, then enjoy. If its legal, leave the other man alone. Yeah, we know opinions are a dime a dozen, but my God people.
BIG
You make the argument that its not "challenging" b/c you "know" the deer are going to come to the feeder. How is this? Do the guys who hunt over feeders have a lead or tracking collar on the deer? In this case hunting over a feeder or bait is no different than hunting over a food plot or an oak tree dropping acorns. You "know" the deer are coming, right?
Ok. Here it goes:
You find a good oak ridge deep inside the woods, no one else knows about it. They are loaded with nice tasty white oak acorns and guess what? You look at your feet and they have started to drop. Man, oh man. you hit the power ball. Deer tracks EVERYWHERE!!!! BINGO!!!!!! You scout the area, pick a few trees to put a stand(s) in to cover every wind that you possibly can. You enter the area the next afternoon with hopes of that next Booner coming your way. An hour and a half before sunsetyou see him. Coming right into the acorns. You wait for the shot, let the string fly. WHHHHAMMMMM. He is down for the count. Congrats man!!! AWESOME BUCK!!!!
Ok...here we go:
You scout deep into the woods. You find a nice place where the deer have been traveling through well. You think, "hum, they are coming in here good, so why not put out some corn to try to get them to visit the area a little more frequently". So, you go back. Grab a 50lb bag of corn and throw it over your shoulder. A bag of corn over your shoulder, a stand in your hand. You get back to the spot. Find a place where you want to put out some corn. So, you do so. Then you pick a few trees that you put up stand(s) in to cover every possible wind that you can. You hunt the area with great hopes of the next booner coming your way. The next morning 2hrs after sunrise here he comes. OMG. You about fall out of the stand! You pull the string back and WHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAMmmmm OMG MAN !!! AWESOME BUCK!!!
Whats the difference? Oh. Wait, Let me guess??? "The corn was put there by the hunter, but the oak trees were "natural"", right? Um. did you notice how those oak trees were ina "row"? Um...trees don't grow in rows fellas. Or, did you know thata hunter found that spot years before and thought, 'hum, nice spot to plant some white oaks for my future hunts".
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE??????????????????????????
Have some of you "non-baiters" ever stopped and thought about the fact that most people that bait were RAISED into it? They were born and raised in a state that baiting was/is legal so to them its just as "natural" as throwing up a tree stand?
Here is a thought for you to ponder!!! Make a thread asking how many people have killed MATURE bucks on a bait station or pile or feeder or whatever you want to call it? Please do so!!!!
Oh wait. So, the guy who sets up his stand on the edge of an ag. field is better, huh? come on. Give me a break. Get out in the freakin' woods and leave people alone.