ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
So if a situation came about where EVERYONE was baiting, food is plentiful, deer don’t have to move much or compete, works in reverse for the hunter.
Welcome to NC Ryan!!!!!!!!!!!
LOl....seriously....I know ONE other hunter who doesn't bait deer on the properties they hunt. EVERY OTHER hunter I know who hunts NC baits. I kid you not.
Or, the deer may start to equate bait piles to danger and skirt around them. BIG BUCKS often times don't hit bait piles, or do so well after dark, from what I understand and I know a few people who bait here in OH, but the rest of us HUNT!!!!
I say that with some sarcasm, but seriously, if all you had to do is ride your quad by your feeder a couple times a week and throw a 50# bag of corn in it, then when season comes climb into a stand and shoot your deer of choice, doesn't that take some of the "HUNT" out of it. I just don't see the "hunt" side to it. I know technically it's "hunting," but for me, I scout out a woods, pick a couple "probable" spots, and come back with a climber on my back, or I stalk through a woods, bow in hand, and try to sneak in on a travel corridor, lean against a tree, and stick one. I find ground hunting, on the move much more EXCITING than stand hunting, however, I find the success rates tend to not be nearly as good also, considering GOOD STAND PLACEMENT.
Jeff,
The number of people HERE that I know that bait, I can count on one hand. Most of the guys I know hunt travel corridors, oak flats, orchards, funnels, etc., myself included.