ORIGINAL: Schultzy
ORIGINAL: burniegoeasily
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
I haven't made one comment on this whole thread and wasn't planning on doing so until I saw that comment on comparing baiting bear and baiting deer. Some places It's a must and an only way to be successful In getting a bear. You cannot compare the 2.
Not to poke fun, but my brother does it in Canada. He baits and he stalks. Fred Bear did it all the time. I am just making a point about baiting. All the people damning the practice probably do the very same thing. Baiting is baiting by definition.
You bet baiting Is baiting, no doubt. Fred Bear didn't do spot and stalk In a woods he couldn't see 15 yards In front of him though. That's Minnesota and the way It Is In the northern woods. If I didn't have to do It, I wouldn't. I know better though, been bear hunting for along time. Burnie, I'm not knocking anyone down who baits deer. Canada also has 100 times the bear that Mn has. I've done spot and stalk In the mountains elk hunting, It can be done and trust me It's exciting as hell.
I trust you. I would love to get up North and hunt bear. I just cant afford it. Ill hunt them over bait, stalk, or what ever it takes. My whole purpose of even posting on these post is to try to get hunters to quit attacking other hunters. I know guys who bait, but detest the use of doe in heat urine. I find that rather funny as well. Just as funny as someone who detests baiting, but will use decoys and doe in heat urine. I can only laugh. I hunt for me, no one else and can not figure out why some people will work themselves up in a lather because someone, some where might be baiting deer. Like others have mentioned, the deer is just as dead. I will bait this weekend. Im putting out corn to get the hogs to come in. Not to hunt them, but to kill them. They are a problem here, and I want to get rid of them. Or at the very least, run them off. I can say ive hunted lots of land that has been baited, but ive never taken a quality deer around bait. I have tagged a doe or two while coming into bait, but the big boys are not quite as stupid. I have never taken a Pope and Young anywhere near bait. This year, every deer I took was far from any feeder. I recently got a feeder going to get the hogs concentrated in one area. I have full intention of getting rid of the little buggers for a while.
