Originally Posted by
Frosty452
They ban it to stop the spread of desease from deer eating in one area cwd I think. But try some ansie oil or vanilla. I don't know if it works everywere but I had luck with charcol lighter fluid found that out by accident last year I spilled some on my boots and had a doe follow my traill righht to my stand
Baiting is a way of life in Texas, has been for years. We have more deer in places than they know what to do with. We've never had a disease problem. I wonder if they have more concern than necessary?
And as for "becoming a better hunter", there are a dozen reasons why baiting is done here, having to do with private land leases, contracts limiting "still hunting' for liability reasons and a very thick terrain that someone in Indiana can't comprehend.
Six months of summer and 60" of rain a year tend to make the woods very thick.
Without bait it's just hard to even SEE the deer around here. No agriculture to speak of and mostly pine timber country.