Mirage Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Is baiting deer with food for hunting or is this like cheating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? whether it's cheating or not depends on the laws of your state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? Depends on the laws of your state. Personnally, it depends on your goals regarding hunting. If all you care about is taking a deer for food or something similar then I don't think its a big deal. If you're after the trophy buck, then I think its cheating a bit, but then again the good bucks know better than to go to a bait pile, especially during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] This is one of those subjects where the talk goes badly very quickly. [/ QUOTE ] Sure does....nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? its legal in my state on private land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? if its legal then y not? it helps out more animal species than deer....every animal species in my area will eat corn on a bait pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hoyt_vtec_kid Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? would bait mean oats and bio logic? if so then i use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is one of those subjects where the talk goes badly very quickly. [/ QUOTE ] Sure does....nuff said. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper doodle [ QUOTE ] whether it's cheating or not depends on the laws of your state. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper Doodle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? It is legal in certain counties in CT. While, it isn't the way I want to hunt, if it is legal where you hunt, and thats how you want to hunt...go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is one of those subjects where the talk goes badly very quickly. [/ QUOTE ] Sure does....nuff said. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper doodle [ QUOTE ] whether it's cheating or not depends on the laws of your state. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper Doodle [/ QUOTE ] I can't believe a Gunnery Sargent in the U.S. Marines just said "yepper doodle." If it's legal, and you want to bait, go for it. It's legal here and I never have, but I'm tempted to this year just so my boy can see deer this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrispy Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? if its legal, then go for it. it used to be legal in my state (up until this year) i used to bait and i saw a lot more deer because of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? Chrispy, that's funny, you folks baited and saw more up north, but when it was legal people saw fewer deer while baiting........we've been seeing a ton of deer this year.......kind of wierd, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? I don't like the idea of baiting, like bushels of apples or piles of corn. If you were going to put out an enough food for a season, like couple acres of standing corn, alfalfa, brascias or some other food source then I don't believe its baiting because you are giving the wildlife a means of nourishment on a large scale and you still have to do your homework on where they enter the fields. Plus you still have to by-pass their noses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? Isnt baiting and planting food plots the same if you hunt them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] Isnt baiting and planting food plots the same if you hunt them?? [/ QUOTE ] Here we go! Aren't y'all glad I brought this back up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? Tom honestly i have never baited a deer. But seems like a way to pull the deer from the neighbors property. Since he will not let me hunt on it, I could always try hunting the rut, but im not there but 1 to maybe two weeks a year, I have spotted the largest deer i have ever seen running from the property i hunt to the other and i sure would like a shot at him. any suggestions wouild help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? I see. Well, like I said, I've never baited. The guys that I know that bait have used a pile of corn set up about 20 yards from their stand or blind. Up in Michigan, where my brother used to live, they sold 50# bags of carrots at gas stations, which I thought was kind of weird, but I guess they work. This year, I've taken the apples that either fell off my trees or got infested with bugs and dumped them in my field. I've done this 3 or 4 times. Every time I've gone back there to dump apples, the old ones are gone. Pretty sure it's the deer doing it. I can see their tracks, I don't know if coons eat apples, but I wouldn't put it past them. Anyway, just make sure it's legal and try it I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is one of those subjects where the talk goes badly very quickly. [/ QUOTE ] Sure does....nuff said. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper doodle [ QUOTE ] whether it's cheating or not depends on the laws of your state. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper Doodle [/ QUOTE ] I can't believe a Gunnery Sargent in the U.S. Marines just said "yepper doodle." [/ QUOTE ] I can't believe a School Teacher spelled Sergeant wrong ...yepper doodle he sure did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] We all have our own opinions.......I like to hunt by scouting the woods and guessing where the deer will go naturally. To me that is the challenge. No baiting for me. [/ QUOTE ] Kinda feel the same way. Just something about shooting at say a bear for instance and having to aim at the jelly doughnut he's holding. To each his own though. Our game biologists here in VA have always frowned on even putting out supplemental feeders (for deer) during the off season (which is legal) because congregating deer in a small area increases the chance of spreading CWD and other diseases. Hunting over bait is illegal here anyway so I don't have to worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? If its legal in your neck of the woods, by all means do it. But it's illegal and you did it, I pity the fool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is one of those subjects where the talk goes badly very quickly. [/ QUOTE ] Sure does....nuff said. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper doodle [ QUOTE ] whether it's cheating or not depends on the laws of your state. [/ QUOTE ] Yepper Doodle [/ QUOTE ] I can't believe a Gunnery Sargent in the U.S. Marines just said "yepper doodle." [/ QUOTE ] I can't believe a School Teacher spelled Sergeant wrong ...yepper doodle he sure did [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, well, I was a Petty Officer, so sue me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? [ QUOTE ] We all have our own opinions.......I like to hunt by scouting the woods and guessing where the deer will go naturally. To me that is the challenge. No baiting for me. [/ QUOTE ] This is the way I feel.... ML season opened this weekend, and while driving around over the course of the weekend, I saw several hunters with feed sacks in their vehicles. I think if baiting was banned, TONS of hunters around here would be up a creek....probably even more would be hunting illegal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillLearnin Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? I have a feeder that puts out corn so I guess that means I bait, But you will never see me sitting 20 yards from it. My closest stand to the feeder it about 80 yards. I doens't bother me if others hunt over bait but I just fell like I've cheated the deer the right to a fair chase if I did it. Now for the hogs i'll but corn in my boots if I thought it would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dg Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? It doesn't matter to me. Whether it's waiting over acorns, corn field, corn pile, persimmon trees, apple trees, apple piles, well you get the point......... With that said, I use the acorns and natural feed. Why pay for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest buddy ahart Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Baiting what do you think? Since i have never hunted over bait cause its not legal i will admit that using a bait pile (corn pile apples) things of that sort it seems like cheating but then again using deer urine and apple scent could be considerd cheating to ....idk if it was legal here of course i would use it just cause there arent many deer around here and it would give me a little more edge on them ...but thats a big step from scent of apples to piles of apples i would say its more cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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