Stonewall308

The question just hit me. No plans or opinions either way, just wondering.

MizzouMonster

I don't think so, at least not here, deer drink from stock tanks all the time.

Hunter_59

My guess would be no, unless you add salt or minerals to the water!

timbercruiser

I would bet that in some states there might be hunting law verbage that would deem it illegal. Not natural, etc.

MizzouMonster

Are salt and minerals considered bait in Illinois?

T-bird

not in mississippi or anywhere else that i've heard of ... call your state wildlife department

jrfrmn

Yes it is.

Hunter_59

Yes Mizzou, you can not legally use salt or minerals to attract deer to hunt over. All the local stores sell mineral blocks for deer and I'm sure some hunters are fooled by the notion that if it is sold here it must be legal. Wrong!

MizzouMonster

Dang, that's tough. Here in Missouri salt and minerals can be used year round. As for feed, if it's grown on the spot as in a food plot, it's also fine year round. It's only food brought in, such as what you'd use in a feeder, that must be removed 10 days prior to the season opening.

Terasec

check with your local wildlife agency,
might be provided for in regs,
usually if its not permament like a food plot, its considered baiting,
a man made pond might be legal, a water tank might not,