Baiting deer
09-27-2007, 09:59 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: Baiting deer
I don't use a mechanical release on my bow and think anyone that does is cheating...They are taking advantage of those poor little deer, any real man would learn to use his own fingers to pull back the bow string...If you are using a release, you might as well use a crossbow or a spot light and shoot them at night....
Get your head out of the sand, as long as a hunter abides by his state's game laws, its none of your business how he hunts....If you don't like how the laws are in your state, get yourself elected and change them, but stay away from mine...
Why don't some of ya'll spend more time improving your hunting and shooting skills instead of worrying about what somebody else is doing????
Get your head out of the sand, as long as a hunter abides by his state's game laws, its none of your business how he hunts....If you don't like how the laws are in your state, get yourself elected and change them, but stay away from mine...
Why don't some of ya'll spend more time improving your hunting and shooting skills instead of worrying about what somebody else is doing????
09-27-2007, 10:11 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
RE: Baiting deer
oh, please let this topic go away (closing my eyes and wishing...) crap still here.
I think we all have such differing opinions partly because our states DEFINE baiting differently. I don't think of salt/minerals as baiting but in other states it's baiting. That's part of the problem here.
I think we all have such differing opinions partly because our states DEFINE baiting differently. I don't think of salt/minerals as baiting but in other states it's baiting. That's part of the problem here.
09-27-2007, 11:05 PM
#17
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 39,060
RE: Baiting deer
ORIGINAL: dragonslayer1
Anyone who thinks you can throw out a pile of corn and kill monster bucks off it has never tried it. Sure, once in a while, like any other type of hunting, one stumbles by, but by and large it will be does, yearlings and young bucks. Once they learn there may be danger lurking in the tree by the corn pile even the does will be ultra cautious and many won't visit it in daylight.
Anyone who thinks you can throw out a pile of corn and kill monster bucks off it has never tried it. Sure, once in a while, like any other type of hunting, one stumbles by, but by and large it will be does, yearlings and young bucks. Once they learn there may be danger lurking in the tree by the corn pile even the does will be ultra cautious and many won't visit it in daylight.
Now to move on to why would you bait. The biggest reason to bait has to do with meat quality. Steersbefore they get slaughtered, go off the grass and on to corn and grain. Why? It sweetens the meat. Back when I ate deer you could tell the difference. It's right away from the time you first cut the deer open to field dress.
09-28-2007, 11:19 AM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 6,764
RE: Baiting deer
ORIGINAL: LetsDoThisDamnThing
Lets be honest guys, feeding is cheating. If you have to wait over a pile of bait to shoot a deer your not a real hunter. Why some states legalize it is beyond me, the only reason I can think it would be legal is if there is an overpopulation of deer. Anyone can put grain out for a couple of weeks before opening day and shoot a deer; not everyone can go into the woods find a good spot and shoot one. As for food plots most are not designed to be hunted over but rather to provide healthy food for the deer during long tough winters and in some cases to promote antler growth. Hunting over a natural food source is a perfectly acceptable way to hunt in my book, those of you who can tell the difference between a white oak acorn and a red oak acorn will know what i'm talking about. PS deer prefer white oak acorns
Lets be honest guys, feeding is cheating. If you have to wait over a pile of bait to shoot a deer your not a real hunter. Why some states legalize it is beyond me, the only reason I can think it would be legal is if there is an overpopulation of deer. Anyone can put grain out for a couple of weeks before opening day and shoot a deer; not everyone can go into the woods find a good spot and shoot one. As for food plots most are not designed to be hunted over but rather to provide healthy food for the deer during long tough winters and in some cases to promote antler growth. Hunting over a natural food source is a perfectly acceptable way to hunt in my book, those of you who can tell the difference between a white oak acorn and a red oak acorn will know what i'm talking about. PS deer prefer white oak acorns
09-28-2007, 11:41 AM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: Baiting deer
Lets be honest guys, feeding is cheating in some states. If you have to wait over a pile of bait to shoot a deer your not a real hunter in some people's eyes.....but you're still abiding by the laws of your state (if it's legal, there) and I'm betting most who oppose it live in states that don't allow it. Why some states legalize it is beyond me, but who am I tolegislate what other statesdo with their herd?One reason I can thinkof .....for it to be legal.....would be is if there is an overpopulation of deer.Some can put grain out for a couple of weeks before opening day and shoot a deer; not everyone can.Go into the woods find a good spot and shoot one, if you want to be seen as a hunter in my eyes. As for food plots most aredesigned to be hunted overand to provide healthy food for the deer during long tough winters and in some cases to promote antler growth. Hunting over a natural food source is a perfectly acceptable way to hunt in my book.Those of you who can tell the difference between a white oak acorn and a red oak acorn will know what i'm talking about, though I wonder why that tidbit of information resonates as "information" to most. PS deer prefer white oak acorns (as if you didn't know that).
If theabove had been worded that way (as amended)....I could buy it.
I've said it before....and I'll say it again....
The difference between a bait pile and a food plot is the size of the pile.Spread shelled corn over 2 acres and put that beside a2 cre food plot and tell me the difference. The difference between a 100 acre ag field and a 2 acre food plot is the size of the field.Plant 100 acres of biologic and put that beside 100 acres of beans and tell me the difference. I have also YET to see corn and soy beans growing indigenously in a field.
Careful ye who cast stones.
If theabove had been worded that way (as amended)....I could buy it.
I've said it before....and I'll say it again....
The difference between a bait pile and a food plot is the size of the pile.Spread shelled corn over 2 acres and put that beside a2 cre food plot and tell me the difference. The difference between a 100 acre ag field and a 2 acre food plot is the size of the field.Plant 100 acres of biologic and put that beside 100 acres of beans and tell me the difference. I have also YET to see corn and soy beans growing indigenously in a field.
Careful ye who cast stones.