scottb3472

Dude, i'm not trying to bust yer balls on this subject mostly because i used to have a very similar opinion. The cool thing about these forums and also the chat rooms is that even guys like me that have well over 30 years of hunting experience can learn some things.

Baiting is one of the areas that i have learned is pretty much a must in alot of areas in this country. There are a whole lot of hunters out there that aren't blessed the way you and I are. I CO, and MT we have huge chunks of public land and relatively long seasons with out a lot of BS regulations. Some of the guys in here pay thousands of dollars to lease 5,10,or 100 acres to hunt on for the few days a year. We get to hunt 7 days a week, from sun up to sun down, and some folks here only get to hunt Mon-Sat and until early afternoon.

We get out in the mtns and get bummed if we see another hunter hunting the same chunk of millions of acres that day as us, these other guys can sit in their stands and give hand signals to half a dozen or more hunters hunting over the same food plot. With their strict regulations, number of hunters per acre, and limited time to hunt, baiting is the only way some of these guys ever even get a shot at a critter. Now i'm not saying that is the case for Oregon, i've been to Oregon and it looks as wide open as most of the states out west, if baiting and waiting is the best method for these guys to hunt, then i say good luck and enjoy, but like you, baiting and waiting isn't my game, and i feel the best way to truely enjoy the entire hunting experience is the spot and stalk!! It's cool that we have this medium to discuss our methods or differences, the important thing is to embrace or heritage, encourage others to participate, and pass it on to the next generation.