StrutnBPS

Here we keep going!!!

Have at it, I was done a few pages ago.[:@][:@][:'(][:'(]

ELKINMTCWB

I hunted TX a few eeks back.The day befor season opened there was 20 deer standing around the feeder.On opening day there was 10 idiots that walked right to the feeder right after daylight.Well gess what the dumb hunters ran ever deer off.I was just hunting pigs so it mad no dif to me.It was a joke though.Many of the people had feeder repeaters [they sound like feeders throwing corn.I went to some feeders way away from the road.The deer stood at the feeders for hours every morning and every night.I could have killed many many 140bc and bigger deer right at the feeders.I would never have hunted over the feeders or deer for that maner in TX.I think a big bunch of the deer in TX are real close to pets.

I beleave the only reason you can not kill deer at any feeder is you [the hunter] are making mistakes.

The worst thing about where I hunted was the grass was 3 foot tall.So I do not get how the deer have to be feed to make it.I do not know how all of TX is just where I hunted.Fron the road most of tx looked like it needed no feeders.

I think deer are just like any animal.If they can get an eazy meal[with out 10 people spooking them they will stay and eat for a very long time.Maby the feeders where just in very good spots.I did not get a chance to see what it was like befor the feeders where there.I shure know the does are showing there fawns where to eat and it is not out grazing.

Not pressing buttons,just what I saw.
Charles Bradford

NorthernHunter

I think it depends on where you hunt and what your terrain/county/state looks like. From what I invision, I would think places like Ohio, Okla, Wisconsin, Texas, etc should remain 'natural' and let the deer roam where they want to find their food needs. However, here in NJ we are allowed to bait and I think we need to. Places I hunt are almost in people's backyards and part of my position with some towns is to assist in lowering their deer population thru archery and shotgunning. Hard to coax these deer into the woods to shoot them if you don't consistently provide bait to attract the deer from people's azaleas! People I hunt with all use feeders or bring in their own corn to throw down. Yes, it changes the deer's natural patterns, but otherwise we could not take the deer because we'd be illegally hunting too close to a building or playground, etc.

It's almost a reason I thought about writing a book on hunting in suburbia and how to successfully hunt in close proximity to neighborhoods and how to perfrom precise drives and bumps. Still might venture to write what I have learned over the last 15 years in hunting in an over-developed state and how to make it pay off!

jcchartboy

Soo...there are so many deer that the issue of population control is a problem...these deer live in woodlots that are so small that they are all over the residents lawn, but....you can't find the deer unless you bait them?

That doesn't sound very logical to me....

Charlie P

Very glad it's illegal in NY.



This is also why I'm glad it's illegal.

MarinePride

After hunting on public land this year and putting in a lot of hours with no deer meat to show for it I got a bit upset. What did I do? I bought some land and this year I plan to put in some food plots. Although the game says this is not baiting, I believe it is and I'm all for it because I want to harvest deer with minimal time expended. I do want it to resemble hunting, but it's not REALLY hunting to me. To me it's about venison and the taste of it[:@]. Real fair chase hunting takes a lot of time which to me can be better spent doing other things. I just like bragging rights and being able to say that I bagged 6 deer and my freezer is full. The thrill of the kill also is something that I really like. I don't even consider myself a hunter, but just a guy shooting game animals, as there's not much hunt going into my "06 season other than using a compound bow to at least make it a bit of a challenge.

hillbillyhunter1

Not many would. Just maintain some ethics and humility inthe outdoors please. Thanks

stretchhunts

Yes I do fish with a generator. Opening day of walleye season you`ll find me at 4 a.m. sitting at my fishing spot with a generator with 2, 500 watt spot lights hooked up so I can see the creek bed.

stretchhunts

here`s a link to the bait issue thread on the mortheast side. Same old fighting.



http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1356301&mpage=1&key==

FlDeerman

It's legal here,we do it and food plots and funnels and trails and anything I can think of.If you don't like it,tough.We've never had CWD or anything else.End of story!!