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"Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
12-31-2007 | 08:28 AM
#81
Dominant Buck
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RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
I didn’t read all these…..but here’s my take.
The difference in a bait pile and a food plot is the size of the pile. Disperse shelled corn over a ½ acre and put that beside a ½ acre food plot and tell me the difference.
The difference between a food plot and an ag field is the size of the field. 100 acres of clover vs 100 acres f corn??? What’s the difference?
Rob….your food plot/ag field argument is a “bit” off IMO. Are there any spots in your food plot that a deer could be and you not have a legitimate shot at arrowing him? What’s the difference between that and hunting over a feeder…..when it gets right down to it?
When you guys show me some indigenous alfalfa; corn; brassica; soy beans…….just growing in a field…..indigenous…I’ll change my tune.
The difference in a bait pile and a food plot is the size of the pile. Disperse shelled corn over a ½ acre and put that beside a ½ acre food plot and tell me the difference.
The difference between a food plot and an ag field is the size of the field. 100 acres of clover vs 100 acres f corn??? What’s the difference?
Rob….your food plot/ag field argument is a “bit” off IMO. Are there any spots in your food plot that a deer could be and you not have a legitimate shot at arrowing him? What’s the difference between that and hunting over a feeder…..when it gets right down to it?
When you guys show me some indigenous alfalfa; corn; brassica; soy beans…….just growing in a field…..indigenous…I’ll change my tune.
12-31-2007 | 08:34 AM
#83
Giant Nontypical
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RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
Would it be fair to say that bait, food plots, ag fields, etc. tend to make the deer more predictable and that makes them all the "same" in that they make the deer more predictable. All of us hunt food sources andtrails to food sources at certain times of the year becausethey make the deer predictable. The only real difference is man-made(bait food plots etc.)predictability or natural(oak stands and other mast bearing trees etc.)predictablility
Would it be fair to say that bait, food plots, ag fields, etc. tend to make the deer more predictable and that makes them all the "same" in that they make the deer more predictable. All of us hunt food sources andtrails to food sources at certain times of the year becausethey make the deer predictable. The only real difference is man-made(bait food plots etc.)predictability or natural(oak stands and other mast bearing trees etc.)predictablility
12-31-2007 | 08:39 AM
#84
Giant Nontypical
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From: PA
RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: tsoc
Why the need for the sarcasm?Winks and eyeglass's whats up with that?
Why the need for the sarcasm?Winks and eyeglass's whats up with that?
You thought I was calling you out... Do you really feel that special ?
The little guy with the eye glasses, is "thinking" , try it.
The little guy is winking because its a joke.Get it?
12-31-2007 | 08:40 AM
#85
Giant Nontypical
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From: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS
Because it is fun to kill deer with bows.............
If its all about nothing more than simplykilling the deer why do we use bows?
12-31-2007 | 08:41 AM
#86
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RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
Absolutely it makes them the same in that one area ..... I am for both, by the way, if it's legal ..... I think of hunting Antelope at water sources .... is that "cheating?" ... no way IMO ... it's taking an advantage over our prey ...... THAT's hunting .... withoutany advantage, we wouldn't shoot anything .... predators do the same ...
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
Would it be fair to say that bait, food plots, ag fields, etc. tend to make the deer more predictable and that makes them all the "same" in that they make the deer more predictable. All of us hunt food sources andtrails to food sources at certain times of the year becausethey make the deer predictable. The only real difference is man-made(bait food plots etc.)predictability or natural(oak stands and other mast bearing trees etc.)predictablility
Would it be fair to say that bait, food plots, ag fields, etc. tend to make the deer more predictable and that makes them all the "same" in that they make the deer more predictable. All of us hunt food sources andtrails to food sources at certain times of the year becausethey make the deer predictable. The only real difference is man-made(bait food plots etc.)predictability or natural(oak stands and other mast bearing trees etc.)predictablility
12-31-2007 | 08:46 AM
#87
Boone & Crockett
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RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
Just one Question,
If its all about nothing more than simplykilling the deer why do we use bows? [
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Yeap, I said that out loud.
ORIGINAL: Germ
Calls
Funnel Hunting
Food plots
Bait
Bait Plots
Scents
Camo
Tree Stands
Blinds
Scent Control Products
The list goes on and on.
The object is to get the deer close and kill them. How any of choose to do so is up to us as hunters. One way is no better or macjo than the other. In the end we hope to have a dead deer.
I used the river to get closer, some might think that is cheating[&:] I really don't care
Calls
Funnel Hunting
Food plots
Bait
Bait Plots
Scents
Camo
Tree Stands
Blinds
Scent Control Products
The list goes on and on.
The object is to get the deer close and kill them. How any of choose to do so is up to us as hunters. One way is no better or macjo than the other. In the end we hope to have a dead deer.
I used the river to get closer, some might think that is cheating[&:] I really don't care
If its all about nothing more than simplykilling the deer why do we use bows? [
]Yeap, I said that out loud.
Your method of doing so is your choice. 
12-31-2007 | 09:52 AM
#89
Boone & Crockett
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From: Hughesville, PA USA
RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS
I don't want this to turn into a battle of ethics, but if you see food plots differently than feeders because of the IN RANGE aspect, what are your thoughts on decoy's. Isn't that the point of using them?
I'm not saying right or wrong, bait piles/feeders put deer exactly right where you want them when they come in, IN RANGE.
No difference, trail hunting is trail hunting although I feel bait piles/feeders have more pull than do food plots. But no, trails are what they are.
Decoys are also not placed and left over night or for days on end. There is no reason for an animal to come to it unless he sees it as a visual, not need for food.
12-31-2007 | 10:00 AM
#90
Dominant Buck
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RE: "Baiting Vs. Food Plots"
Decoys are not illegal in any state that I know of. Baiting is, food plots are not so in the eyes of the laws in many states, there is a huge difference.