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Hawgnman 10-22-2004 09:16 AM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 

ORIGINAL: rwilson

Those #'s are impressive but to the guy who plants 75 ac. or so, shells it, and sells it ALL in 50# bags for deer feeding, the impact on him would be significant, at least forcing him to find another market. He's also getting
$4.00/bag for 50#(he must pay for the bag and extra handling) vs. what...
$2.50-$3.00 for 56#. Prob. a different situation in the corn belt where the fields are hundreds of ac. and handling such a volume of corn would not permit the handling required.
Look at these figures. 75 acres X 115 bu/acre = 8625 bu X 56#/bu = 483,000# / 50#/bag = 9660 bags X $4 = $38,640

By the time the farmer makes a payment on the $250,000 combine, payment on the storage bin, pays for fuel, chemicals, fertilizer, and property taxes. He's made about $2-3.00/hour if he is lucky. But he can grow a lot of food for his family and eat better than most of us.

rwilson 10-22-2004 10:28 AM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 
Hey, I didn't say he was getting rich doing it. I just said that if baiting was outlawed things would be different. He'd prob. be in the same boat if he sold it to Perdue for $2.65/bu.

ir655 10-22-2004 12:27 PM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 
Well I hope they don't ban it, that would suck big time!

BTW, does food plots count as 'bait'?

Hawgnman 10-22-2004 02:51 PM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 
In most states a food plot is legal.

I can't imagine NC outlawing food plots.

DoubleEdge 10-22-2004 10:36 PM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 
I hunt in Rockingham County, NC and in Randolph County, NC. I haven't heard of any ban or baiting in our state and would hate to see them come to that. For one thing, I don't think that would ever pass considering everyone I know that hunts does it over some kind of bait or food plot.

huntnheel 10-24-2004 06:07 AM

RE: Outlawing baiting deer in NC ?
 
This same urban legend goes around every year. It's not going to happen.
heel


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