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Is my bait pile big enough?
I have been experimenting with different sized bait piles and am trying to figure out if mine is big enough? I have concluded that the more bait I have the more deer i will see.?
I just dumped a pickup truck load of sugar beets off on it tonight, i figure i gotta have close to a ton of beets on there now. I can't wait to fire up the heater in my shack and see how many deer this thing draws in. God I love the hunt! |
RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
I would hope so! Good luck with it.
Brandon |
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I'd get a truck load of corn to be safe. I always say,"If your going to catch a big fish you got to use big bait".
Good luck |
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I would rethink your last sentence. " God I love the hunt"
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Umm good luck you just made your deer go noctournal. Id cut back on the amount of bait. I dont have a single problem wiht baiting at all its a great management tool and works well when done properly. I think you put out way to much at one time.
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I think you put way to much. When i bait i only put 2 gallons of corn out.
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ORIGINAL: Great White Buffalo God I love the hunt! Thanks! Justin |
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Baiting is illegal in VA so I have no first hand experience but from what I've read you see more bucks and in the daylight when you don't put out as much bait. If the bait is a small amount and only dispenced in the morning the deer have to be sure they're the first ones there to get the bait or it's all gone. If it's an unlimited pile they can come when they feel like it, which for bucks usually means night.
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RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
From my experience with baiting, which I have done since I turned 14 and could hunt, is that you need to keep the bait a litle bit on the scarce side. We have always baited with corn, and we use 1 five gallon pail, and spread it liberally around, I would say like a 15 yard circle. One thing this does is it allows for more deer to come, because they are not competing over thesame kernel of corn as they are able to spread out. Also, if there is food there that is going to be disappearing and then re-appearing after you bait, we have found that the deer check the area more often. Almost like they swing by to see if any new bait is there, and then move along, especially in the morning. The times we have gotten big loads of bait, beets especially, we have generally seen fewer deer. It is strange how it works, but it sure seems to be the case. I really enjoy hunting over bait because you get too see lots of critters, whether you shoot one or not, especially for young hunters. Good luck this year!
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RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
ORIGINAL: YooperMike From my experience with baiting, which I have done since I turned 14 and could hunt, is that you need to keep the bait a litle bit on the scarce side. We have always baited with corn, and we use 1 five gallon pail, and spread it liberally around, I would say like a 15 yard circle. One thing this does is it allows for more deer to come, because they are not competing over thesame kernel of corn as they are able to spread out. Also, if there is food there that is going to be disappearing and then re-appearing after you bait, we have found that the deer check the area more often. Almost like they swing by to see if any new bait is there, and then move along, especially in the morning. The times we have gotten big loads of bait, beets especially, we have generally seen fewer deer. It is strange how it works, but it sure seems to be the case. I really enjoy hunting over bait because you get too see lots of critters, whether you shoot one or not, especially for young hunters. Good luck this year! The less bait you put out the more it becomes a "competion" for the deer to get to it. If you put a truck load of corn out, the deer will know it is there, and more than likely come to it at night. Good luck! |
RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
I would disagree with YooperMike. Not that he is wrong where he is, but on my farm and my dad's farm, if the corn runs out the deer go elsewhere to feed. Even though we have 10 acres in alphalfa and another acre or 2 in mixed plots. I would warn against putting so much out at once though because some will rot before they eat it all and deer do not like to eat around rotten bait. TRUST ME.
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Just out of curiosity - Where do you live? And, why is it legal for you to hunt over bait?
I'm in VA and baiting is illegal. This year you can't even feed deer that you're not hunting. I used to feed the deer at my house corn, but I don't hunt there. My house is in a develpment andmy property isonly 1.6 acres. The corn would bring them in so that we could see them in the back yard in the mornings, but I can't even feed them anymore. I know that some places you're allowed to bait to control over population, but in my opinion that would be counter productive because if everyone was sitting out bait you'd just be adding to the problem by providing more food than the land would normaly provide which would result in more deer. |
RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
I have been experimenting with different sized bait piles and am trying to figure out if mine is big enough? I have concluded that the more bait I have the more deer i will see.? I just dumped a pickup truck load of sugar beets off on it tonight, i figure i gotta have close to a ton of beets on there now. I can't wait to fire up the heater in my shack and see how many deer this thing draws in. God I love the hunt! |
RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
I've baited with scents, calls and decoys, but I've never baited with food, so I don't know anything about that. I have seen a contraption on t.v. that can be set to open the feeder doors only during daylight hours. I don't remember the name. It had some kind of evil sounding name, like widowmaker, or black death or something like that. Dang, I wish I could remember the name.
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RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
Pour Hot Taco Sauce over a bucket of Irish Apples, works every time.
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If the Irish Apples don't work, try hard boiling some Eggs and cover them with a white chocolate glaze, put them on the down wind side of the nearest Telephone pole, drives em crazy!!!!!!!
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ORIGINAL: portable ladder Pour Hot Taco Sauce over a bucket of Irish Apples, works every time. |
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:D;)just messing around with the great white buffalo, thats all. ;)
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I'm not trying to start a war and by all means if it's legal to do it then go ahead. I just can't seem to find the logic in hunting baited deer and the "God I LoveTo Hunt".
I couldn't do it, maybe I'm a softy |
RE: Is my bait pile big enough?
Im against baiting, and im gona say this once.
DONT FEED THE TROLL! |
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