RE: Should Baiting be Legal or Illegal
 

I wouldn't set out man made bait or plant a food plot if it were ever legal here , but I won't throw stones at those who do either . To each their own .

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I have no problem with baiting in areas with a need to thin out an over populated herd, I wouldn't hunt over bait, but to each thier own.

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Dang Hoofers...that would be tough. I don't know what I'd do on Sundays if I couldn't hunt.

RE: Should Baiting be Legal or Illegal
 

i agree with taz. whatever you want to do. i personally don't hunt over bait, but i don't have a problem with other folks doing it...

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If big deer will hardly ever visit bait except at night,why have I seen literally hundreds of pictures and video's of deer visiting feeders during the day time?

RE: Should Baiting be Legal or Illegal
 

I've heard this argument used alot. I hunt in NY I know people that huntin the Adrondacks and Catskills that kill deer consistently with out bait. They are both large and thick and no bait can be used.

You also can't tell me there's no difference between a food plot or a stand of oaks and a solitary feeder.

Having said that, if you enjoy hunting over bait and it's legal, have at it. I would never try and get it legal in NY. From what I've read in other states it creates alot of problems on public land and between neighbors.

RE: Should Baiting be Legal or Illegal
 

Charlie...Baiting should never be legal on public land IMO. Not a morality thing...just a common sense thing.

That's just askin for trouble. You'd have 10 guys sittin on a bait pile they didn't put out. Then the fistacuffs would begin.

In OH and WV, baiting is not legal on public land.

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Mike, I have hunted over bait and I have killed several deer hunting over bait. There is no challenge IMO, it changes a deer's natural feeding pattern. I also think you miss out on some unbelieveable hunting when you only concentrate on hunting over bait.

In cases like you mentioned where you rarely ever hunted over the bait, I have no problems with that, baiting to hold deer on you property is fine by me. But IMO, there is no challenge associated with hanging a stand over a bait pile.

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hola,new guy here, just joined the site. my thoughts on baiting, i love it. i see all kinds of critters, few deer and nothing really old enough to harvest.lots of pigs though man do i love fresh pork.

RE: Should Baiting be Legal or Illegal
 

Ahhh, the ol' to bait or not to bait debate - gotta love it.

If you really put your mind to work and think about it for long enough, you will all realize that baiting is merely another extension of a long line of advantages we give ourselves to hunt the elusive white tail. It's a tool. It's not for sissies or beginners or lazy hunters. How many pound let-off is unfair? How true or fresh of a scent lure is unfair? At what point do we call the camo and cover up scents and carbon suits and all the other crap out there unfair? I know some guys on this board will spend millions this year in all the latest fads with no-scent this and un-scent that as well as the latest technology in bows to squeak that arrow to its 25 yard destination a whole millionth of a second faster than last year's bow. My point - baiting should NOT be illegal under any circumstances and I will cite two reasons why: First and foremost, it is nothing short of the anti's getting a bigger grip around our ankles to take us down - it's taking a freedom away, one more thing that "they" can say "we" cannot do. Secondly, it's not a guaranteed kill by any means, ever. I've been hunting over bait for 23 years and I will continue to hunt over bait. I've killed some nice bucks over bait, but that's not why I hunt over bait - I hunt over bait to get some venison in the freezer, then I hunt the patterns of the bucks and forget the bait. Nothing wrong with that IMO.