I never said they did. Don't know where that came from.

Loathe.[8D] There's three, and that's why I used it, to speak volumes, rather than simply state I can't friggin stand baiting, particularly the illegal kind.

Germ, after enjoying your endeavors after Mr. Mass, I wouldn't have pegged you as a guy that could make a statement like that. You are a better man than me.

I do not just mean corn even the pears. Or soybeans or what ever. Though the pears are not cut off and some left on the ground. I think that is just alittle farther on the other side of the bait food plot line

Thank god..I can finally sleep at night. I like this post. You got out there and had some guts.

You'll never see me with bait on the 550 acres I have in Huron County because its all farm land and corn fields. Aim at the sky and you'll hit venison somewhere...

However, The type of property I have access to a few miles from home (southern Mich)IS NOT farm land...

I can't bait this year because a doe with QWD was brought from Wisc. and put in a ranch in Kent County. The DNR banned bait for now.Still investigating....I'm hoping they'll lift it before next year...

I just like to kill deer guys...and I like to see deer...so when I'm on my local piece down the street its nice to have a bag of corn...and with little babies keeping me busy at homenow...its refreshing to bring home some venison and not have to make the 2 hour commute away from my family every weekend to the thumb of Michigan. It is a true Paradise up there. I need to get Schultzy & Magic up there with me and we can hit some bars and shoot some stick. And Rory & Simon.

They still won't get it butso true!!

Tim

What kills me is......people will raise holy hell at the first hint of someone even hinting at being an "eltitist" and not being accepting of their choices of weapons to hunt with.

Then these same folks would rather run around the block to tell the guy who's employing a legal method of taking game (baiting) that he's doing something unethical.....or that his kills don't mean as much as theirs......than they would to stand still and be accepting of another hunter.

Utter hypocrisy. Next time someone mentions "location".....and someone's panties get in a bunch....thinking his "accomplishments are being diminished"....remember this post. How do you think the man who baits feels, right now?

Well, after reading 10 pages the only thing I could add is that some hunters I know do every thing legal in their state to attract deer. This includes food(plots and feeders), scents(tarsal gland and doe estrous), sounds(rattling and grunt tubes) and visual( Buck, doe decoys). In my opinion, they're all a form of "baiting". Some use all and others use some but as hunters, I believe it's in our nature to to attract our prey to within killing range. Some weapons don't require us to be as close as others but at the end of the days hunt, each hunter must be happy with what he's doing or there's just no point in doing it. Personally I love taking a deer with my compound as well as with my muzzleloader and my .270. I've used all the methods mentioned above(except a decoy) with all my weapons of choice and they all tasted the same and I'm just as proud of one as the other. God, I love deer hunting. Keep it legal and keep it safe.......Happy Hunting.

Bernie, great job on the bows. My brother used to make take down recurves but I don't think he's ever taken a deer with one. That's quite an accomplishment in my eyes.

I will tell you this though i can not bait now because indiana is a no bait state i did in Ky. Year round 2 50 pound bags of corn every week for over a year and half. If i shot a deer buck or doe from a bait pile i would not even tell one guy on here it was from bait.

So all that bait, in Ky, how did it work out for you? Did you kill some booners?

Ben if I thought a pile of corn would bring Mr. Mass in, I'd have done it In reality I have found hunting without bait makes ME more succesful on how I want to hunt.

We tend to worry to much about our image, one thing I have learn is no one really cares[8D] Think about a group you really don't care about. Goths come to mind for me, I really have never thought about them

Ben I learned how to hunt over bait, in Northen MI it was the only way most hunted. I found more enjoyment huntng funnels and bedding areas. Now my Gramps loves to have a little bait and see some deer.

MI ban baiting forever this year in SLP, I support the ban and the reason DNR did so. I still think the DNR moved a bit fast, but what is done is done.

MI had a two gallon limit on bait, which very few obeyed. The way we were baiting was not only hurting the herd, but was hurting other hunters. I can see the day when baiting will be banned in all states for deer. It's coming for sure.