Originally Posted by
Griff12
100% understandable, of course i can't exactly tape it off, I'm more just curious on if anyone has had success with it. Here in MA you can feed up until 7 days before the start of the season, i'm more a call and scent them in guy. I've been pondering this though and curious on results, ideally would be private land of course
14. Prohibited:
(a) trapping deer, or setting, placing, and tending traps for the purpose of taking deer;
(b) baiting deer, hunting over bait, or the placing of bait for the purpose of taking deer or attracting them to a place where they may be hunted. Bait includes any artificial or natural substance, including but not restricted to salt, corn or other grains, apples or other fruit, vegetables, or any product or substance which constitutes a nutritional attraction or enticement to deer. A baited area is any area where bait has been placed and remains a baited area from 10 days prior to the opening of the archery season to 12:00 noon on the day following the close of the primitive firearms season.
In Mass food has to be removed 10 days before the start of the bow season. Foodplots would be considered bait if you planted it to attract deer.
I use the other hunters to my advantage, and use them as pushers.....
Where I hunt I have found a different way to get in other than the traditional parking lot. I am so far away from the parking lot, and food source that I get the other hunters to bump deer to me.