baiting vs. non baiting
 

I would like to know what your point a view on baiting is? If you do
why? and if you dont why not?

RE: baiting vs. non baiting
 

I do not, and will never bait. I beleive, in my own opinion, that baiting deer, isn't hunting. Drawing a deer in with food, and then shooting it, isn't hunting. It's just....Just...Not hunting. Hunting requires hours of preporation, time spent scouting, following the deer's trails. Finding scrapes and rubs. Picking out that perfect tree for your stand. And then somebody hunts over a bunch of grain or hay or some other form of feed, and gets a big buck. Then that guy will go to work and brag to his buddies about how he had to walk miles upon miles and then shoot 600 yards across a canyon then drag it up hill all the way back to his truck. Its just not hunting.

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I agree with WASHINGTON HUNTER. Baiting should be illegal. It is here in Minnesota.

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I don't know about anyone else but there are so many deer where I hunt I probably wouldnt be able to sort through the deer to shoot one. I don't believe in baiting...you could say that I think it's cheating

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It's really a matter of choice. But if you do hunt over bait it is not deer hunting, it's deer killing.

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I do have feeders out but don't hunt over them. I will put freinds or family in a stand over a feeder if its their first hunt or they are just looking to put meat in the freezer. I also plant food plots and its basically the same in my point of view, supplying the deer with food source thats not natural, and I do hunt the food plots. Most of your bigger bucks aren't going to come to a feeder during daylight anyhow

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It's really a matter of choice. But if you do hunt over bait it is not deer hunting, it's deer killing.
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Let me see if I can sum this up since the argument turns out the same every single time:

One side will say: It's cheating; real hunters don't have to use bait; it's too easy; it's for lazy hunters; it isn't fair chase.

The other side will say: You only say that because you can't use it; most deer don't use it during the day anyhow; it's no different than hunting a corn field or food plot.


What else did I forget guys? It's only been a month or two since this argument last popped up so I may have forgot something. I agree w/ BFanatic, this argument is counter-productive (no matter which side you are on). Especially since it almost seems to be the monthly favorite.

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Man, I could write an article a mile long on this topic, but I just don't feel like it! I will say this though, I live in Louisiana where baiting is legal, and I promise you there ain't nothing surefire about it. I would trade these miles and miles of monotonous pine thickets for farm country hunting any day. You guys that are fortunate enough to hunt in farming areas that are against baiting need to quit hunting around the fields, same goes for you food plot hunters. And by the way, why don't we all just quit using scents for hunting. GIVE ME A BREAK GUYS, IF IT'S LEGAL IN AN AREA THEN SHUT UP, IF NOT THEN GREAT!

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Let me add something else, I can understand folks personal feelings and that's o.k. My post above is directed at those that have and will make the negative comments against baiting. I don't want to offend those that just feel a certain way, but refrain from posting negative stuff about it. Also, being from a state where baiting is legal, you would think that I'm 100% for it. Well I'm not really, I think that it changes the way deer move, but with all the clearcutting going on and older pine thickets in our area, I really don't think the number of does that need to taken could be accomplished otherwise. On the other hand if it were outlawed tomorrow would it bother me? No not really, we use corn on our box stands where we are either on a pipeline, or have long shooting lanes in cutovers, and if the corn does anything at all, it may help hold the does in our area so we might get a chance to see a good buck when they start chasing, but the taking of a good buck directly at a cornpile is a very very rare occurence. In fact, I've been hunting my area for 21 years now, and I've never even had a chance at a good buck directly over corn, all the good bucks I've ever taken were either from a known buck crossing, chasing does, or from a climber. And I never even think about using corn when I'm hunting from a climber, because if I'm in my climber it is because I've got something scouted out.