RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

This is a boiling issue in WI,, about 1/2 the state here is baited and the other 1/2 is banned to protect the herd from disease spread. Yet what gets me is they are O.K. with thespread in on 1/2 but not in the other..

But it really boils down to this.. If you are a Baiter,, The deer are doing all the hunting and you arre simply shooting them... If you do not bait .. You need to hunt for the deer and then hope for a good shot.

Now we all use things to get deer close to a set up for a shot.... This is not what his is about..

Some want to say a food plot is the same as a bait pile replenished daily or what have you.. Then why would it be so hard to pick a tree to hunt out of in a non bait agriculture state?? all trees should produce the same results if they are one and the same..

The fact is food plots/farm fieldschange.. forcing us to change and hunt for the deer..

Or youcan just bait the deer repeadily and let them hunt for you?? It is alla matter of how you want to be percieved...That's all.

NH

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

Ohio just made baiting leagal a year or two ago, and I don't have a problem with it

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

Schultzy, Im not trying to disagree with you at all, you always post some good stuff on here but a quick question for you. Would you bait for deer if the population of deer was as low as it was for bear. Im just interested why you would bait for one and not another? I mean no disrespect, just curious.

Again, Im all for what is legal and would rather not bait, but where it is legal and if you hunt a small piece of property amongst a vast number of small properties that all bait than you pretty much have to. Again im not for it, but try to hunt in an area where EVERYONE else baits and you don't, well, then you'll just be watching chipmunks and squirrels. Id 10x rather hunt without bait if it is possible and hope that Illinois NEVER thinks about changing the law.

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

That's a hypocritical statement. Why is it a mustto bait for bear, but it's immoral to hunt deer over a feeder? It's okay to hunt bears over bait, but God forbid anyone hunting deer over bait.I don't hunt very often over a feeder, but I get so sick and tired of hunters calling other hunters killers because they hunt over a feeder and saying hunting over a feeder isnot hunting. Deer hunting is deer hunting, as long as it's legal. Explain to me why it is a must to bait for bear in MN. Why is it not a must for a deer hunter who hunts a thick clearcut, and never sees deer, to hunt over a feeder? I just don't understand your logic here.

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

WOW! I just looked at the poll results. There sure are a lot ofhypocrites on this site... :)

I've do both. When I hunt public land, baiting is not legal therefore it's not even on my mind. When I hunt private land, sometimes I bait and sometimes I don't. The bottom line is that any kind of human introduced item that's purpose is to attract animals for hunting is the definition of "BAIT". Whether it be a food plot of any kind, loose corn, deer urine, etc... If the animals would otherwise not be there without your product, it's baiting.

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

100% correct. I just love it when guys don't think food plots are bait. Even state game department can't seem to figure it out. Some states allow you to shoot deer over food plots while you would get arrested if you sprinkled some corn out. Simply doesn't make any reasonable sense at all. Either have it one way or the other, but they shouldn't try to insult anyone by saying that food plots aren't bait. My state even (rightfully) discourages people from feeding any wild animals yet is OK with hunters putting out food plots. So which way do they really want it? Some thing simply don't make sense in the least.

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

I totally agree with you %100!!

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

of course

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

Im gonna call it like it is! Baiting is for lazy people who don't know how or don't want to put the effort into hunting!If I offend you,im not sorry!!:D

RE: Do you hunt over Bait?
 

Im neither for nor against, but I will comment on personal experience. When I hunted private land, I put apile of cornout. I got to watch does and immature bucks eat, fight, poop, scrape, etc. I only had one mature buck come in (followed does), but he hung back and busted me while the does were in the corn. I then started hunting topography, and began killing mature bucks. Now I hunt public land, where baiting is illegal, and tagged out within two months last fall. In my opinion, you can severely limit yourself by watching bait. And at least teach your son/daughter how to hunt land features, just in case.