Is this legal
10-06-2003, 07:16 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 49
Is this legal
There is this guy that has some property and a camp that is ajacent to mine and he has instaled this HUGE fence around it. He opens gates on it and baits deer into the enclosure then closes it up then come hunting season him and his buddies hunt this fenced in area and i was just wondering if this was legal in PA or not. It seams to me that it would be no fun to hunt this way and unfair to the animal
10-06-2003, 09:42 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: lackawaxen PA USA
Posts: 347
RE: Is this legal
call the game commision to find out if it' s legal. if not you know what should be done!!! i can' t see how it can be, unless there' s a permit that can be had. but have not heard of any such permit. you can not bait deer in pa within 30 days of hunting the area. once your inside of 30 days of opening day you can' t bait! up to 30 days they say it' s ok. they reason that by time 30 days are up the bait food should be gone.
10-06-2003, 09:42 AM
#5
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: uniontown,pa
Posts: 881
RE: Is this legal
doesn' t sound legal to me , i' d call the game warden on him if he has a game farm permit it still wouldn' t be legal because those deer " belong" to the state ! thats the kind of ahole that gives hunting a bad name [:@]
10-06-2003, 10:16 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
RE: Is this legal
How much land does he have. How does he know that when he opens the gate to bait 5 deer in that 6 don' t slip out? It seems like a stupid idea to me. There were probably plenty of deer on his property before the fence was up than there are now. Also - in the rut, he may decrease his chances of getting a good buck. There are probably some nice bucks that won' t be able to cruise through his property because of the fence.
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge
Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge
10-07-2003, 11:48 AM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Is this legal
It is absolutely illegal.
When you fence a property you have to buy the deer that may incidentally been " trapped" inside from the PAGC and that is assumed by the deer denisity of the area you fenced...I believe the cost of $100 per deer....This is what I heard from a recently fenced area and could be somewhat misinterpreted.
To fence an area, bait into it wild animals and then hunting them, without said permits and purchases of said deer, and I doubt these people have either, not only are they breaking the law, they are pathetic in terms of hunting, sportsmanship, woodsmanship and ethics.....[:' (]
When you fence a property you have to buy the deer that may incidentally been " trapped" inside from the PAGC and that is assumed by the deer denisity of the area you fenced...I believe the cost of $100 per deer....This is what I heard from a recently fenced area and could be somewhat misinterpreted.
To fence an area, bait into it wild animals and then hunting them, without said permits and purchases of said deer, and I doubt these people have either, not only are they breaking the law, they are pathetic in terms of hunting, sportsmanship, woodsmanship and ethics.....[:' (]
