Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
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Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
NOT A ARGUMENT ON BAITING HERE PLEASE!
i cant find a atricle on it but ill keep looking. But a farmer from Eaton Rapids, Michigan claimed suit on the michigan DNR for their ban on baiting. he is claiming that he has over $100,000 worth of corn a sugar beats thathe planted to feel to hunter for deer feed/bait.
just thought this was intresting and im sure everyone will have their own opionon so lets hear. but lets stay away from if baiting is hunting or not or ethical or not please
i cant find a atricle on it but ill keep looking. But a farmer from Eaton Rapids, Michigan claimed suit on the michigan DNR for their ban on baiting. he is claiming that he has over $100,000 worth of corn a sugar beats thathe planted to feel to hunter for deer feed/bait.
just thought this was intresting and im sure everyone will have their own opionon so lets hear. but lets stay away from if baiting is hunting or not or ethical or not please
#2
RE: Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
Does Michigan consider Food Plots as baiting? Sugar beats are greatas a food plot suplement. Not sure what to do about the corn issue there though. Im from WI and its hard in quite a few areas here to get deer without baiting. When the CWD outbreak occoured here, they quarentined certain areas and those areas are the ones that are CWD controlled hunts. If Michigan was smart, theyd take the area that they found the cwd in, set it in its own zone so many Sq miles and have that zone as a CWD zone area, anything is legal to shoot in CWD zones but baiting is not. The rest of the state that is legal for baiting has a 2gallon limit per 40 acres per hunter. I think MI needs to look towards WI as an example on how to control the issue at hand. I think WIhas done a great job on trying to control it, even though it may never get truely controlled, but we are making the efforts to do so.
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RE: Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
I can't beleive food plots would be considered baiting.... Nebraska baiting is just a pile of corn. And you can still do it just not hunt within 200 yards I beleive it is.
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RE: Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/2008-2009_deer_and_elk_feeding_and_baiting_regs_rev2008 Sep3_247749_7.pdf
this will answer your ? if a food plot is baiting
but what bout salt blocks or mineral blocks
this will answer your ? if a food plot is baiting
but what bout salt blocks or mineral blocks
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RE: Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
he is claiming that he has over $100,000 worth of corn a sugar beats thathe planted to feel to hunter for deer feed/bait.
Any business is a gamble.
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RE: Michigan man sues DNR for recent bait ban
Does Michigan consider Food Plots as baiting?
I guess this guy was planting and harvesting crops with the understanding that it would be sold as deer feed come hunting season. Not an uncommon practice. It is unfortunate for people like him that are directly affected by a ban like this.