ORIGINAL: Ben / PA
ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS
ORIGINAL: Germ
ORIGINAL: Ben / PA
Germ, I have a blast. I just get bothered by others determining how society views the sport I love so much. If burnie doesn't mind getting lumped in with the most visible members of the club, that's cool with me.
We do a great job ourselves of throwing each other unders the bus
Way I look at it is this:
At the end of the day when a hunter kills a deer, he may have killed by
baiting
foodplot
funnel
scrape
called in
ambushed
etc
whatever method the hunter use, the deer is still dead
The challenge does not make a deer deader. if the hunters is happy and with his deer, then who cares.
In all honsty the non-hunting public really does not care what we do, they really don't.
Dead on Germ. It's the hollier than thou attitudes amoung ourselves that blows my mind.
Ben actually used the worde "loathe" That speaks volumes to me. It's sad really.
Loathe.[8D] There's three, and that's why I used it, to speak volumes, rather than simply state I can't friggin stand baiting, particularly the illegal kind.
Germ, after enjoying your endeavors after Mr. Mass, I wouldn't have pegged you as a guy that could make a statement like that. You are a better man than me.
Ben if I thought a pile of corn would bring Mr. Mass in, I'd have done it
In reality I have found hunting without bait makes ME more succesful on how I want to hunt.
We tend to worry to much about our image, one thing I have learn is no one really cares[8D] Think about a group you really don't care about. Goths come to mind for me, I really have never thought about them
Ben I learned how to hunt over bait, in Northen MI it was the only way most hunted. I found more enjoyment huntng funnels and bedding areas. Now my Gramps loves to have a little bait and see some deer.
MI ban baiting forever this year in SLP, I support the ban and the reason DNR did so. I still think the DNR moved a bit fast, but what is done is done.
MI had a two gallon limit on bait, which very few obeyed. The way we were baiting was not only hurting the herd, but was hurting other hunters. I can see the day when baiting will be banned in all states for deer. It's coming for sure.