RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Yes. It's legal in my state. (on private land)

No. I don't do it.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

We have caught deer in hog traps here Schultzy. My point is, it all depends on how you want to do it. Do you want to kill deer the easy way (bait), or do you want to take the other route and use skills?;)

LT

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

I see where your coming from LT.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Well, if we were all deer, we'd be dead. GMMAT has baited us in this post, and we all walked into it.I can't believe anydody who hunts is really that concerned about whether a food source is commercially harvested,or therestrictly for the consumption of deer. I think manyof you are goiing oppisiteonly because of your views of the poster.I've spent the last three years (with my best bud), trying to develope a habitat for quail. It's been a lot of work. Building brush on the edges offields, planting lesppedeza, placing seed feeders, and on and on. We've gone from a a few bird here and there, to a couple dozen blitziing around. Nothing to hunt yet, but we're getting there, and enjoying watchingwhat we've built. Is anybody really opposed to food plots? We can go on about feeders, but food plots? Wasn't there a guy who posted a picture of an arrow going through a deer eating on his feeder last year? If thats his thing, good for him. It ain't me, might not be you, but screw it. If he's happy, good for him.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Yes
Yes 20 corn feeders and 5 protein feeders year round

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

yep..... those buggers are smart.... i need every advantage i can get!! actually hunt both ways with an without... i like with cause i always seen game.. but i feel when i hunt without i got a chance of taking a better buck!

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Reasons I don't like baiting:
Mature deer rarely visit them during legal shooting hours.
Does tend to congregate near bait. This makes the bucks have to travel less to locate does during the rut. Less buck movement = less opertunity to shoot them.
On public land - when someone baits they tend to claim that area as theirs. Causing turf wars.
I believe that baiting allows you to see more deer but actually makes your chances of taking a trophy a lot less likely.
Again I want to stress that I am not against other people baiting - to each his own.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Yes I hunt some baited stands as well I some that arent.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Its not leagal in MN and I wouldn't if I could. Doesn't bother me if somebody else wants to hunt that way I say good for them and have fun.

RE: Simple question....Do you hunt "Baited" animals?
 

Notunless hunting under a big white oak is baiting.;):D