ORIGINAL: RockinChair
ORIGINAL: TEmbry
ORIGINAL: wahoohunter
it absolutely hurts your chances
Ok then?[&:] If you say so. Just find it comical with the number of deer killed over bait in my area, knowing these guys knowledge of deer...you're saying take away their corn pile and they have better odds?
Over an extended period of time yes. Baiting a is a quick fix for harvesting a deer. Year round baiting is one of the worst things you can do in regards to your deer herd because it increases disease transimission, deer are feeding in their own defecation and urine, it usually negatively affects their digestive system (their have been dead deer found that have a full stomach of corn that starved to death. Why? Because they were conditioned to a certain food source that was not natural) and it detrimental to your habitiat as well. Some forms of deer browse, that are able withstand heavy browsing, rely on browse for regeneration and growth and if they do not receive any browse it can take some species up to 100 years to 'fix themselves.'
I agree on all accounts, and I believe this is the reasoning that led the KY DNR to ban baiting outside of season. Non factor here, as the only baiting allowed is the "quick fix" baiting. I am fine with it, not against it at all, I just recognize that fresh bait piles offer an advantage. Just as hunting over fresh scrapes, fresh cut corn, fresh deer sign, sometimes using scents, etc...plenty of things are meant to offer the hunter an advantage, baiting included.