Guest Andrea Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 It is only legal to bait here on private land. And you must be baiting year-round, not just during hunting season. We hunt over corn on our private land. And it isn't a magic potion. It's still hard to get the big boys to come in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Great point. When it's different from the way someone is used to, they think it's wrong. Unfortunately this holds true for some and goes BOTH ways. Personally my opinion is that so long as what you are doing is legal and you are happy doing it and it DOES NOT interfere with another hunters hunting, I dont have a problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 i hunt over planted corn. i feed corn to the deer during the cold season. probably will never change doing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Well i'm the only one here that's clearly taking the anti-baiting side. I didn't figure that would be the case, but oh well. As Texan til i die said, if people dont do it they are against it. That was a great point to make, but that doesnt fit the bill for me. I've hunted over scattered corn on three occasions. The first was opening morning of bow season when i was 10 on my first ever deer hunt. The second the last weekend of the 03 season with a bow, and the third the last weekend of the 04 season with a bow. On none of these hunts, was i successful but i did get opportunities. To me, baiting is just to easy, Whether you bow or gun hunt, or pistol or blackpowder or crossbow or whatever for that matter. Hunting to me is supposed to be a challenge. That's why i love it. Baiting makes it easier. Above someone said that deer get smart about bait piles, and i totally agree and they turn nocturnal but they'll come to it. Eventually they'll mess up and come out in shooting light. I can actually understand that people use it for youth, cause they dont get enough days, or because there's no food to attract the deer, but i guess you could say i'm spoiled with a 4 month season and food for deer everywhere you touch. I may not have monsters walking around, but i do have the resources. However with all the nice green plots and food here, i can also for fact say that a deer here would rather eat corn than work for food. I tracked one buck that went 139 and one that went 148 from june of last year til the middle of December when the rut started, with my trail cameras. They were both killed over the same feeder a quarter mile of my camera in a 3 day span. Both walking to the feeder. I know this cause i'm very good friends with the guy who killed them. It made me sick to know that the work that my dad and I had put in on these deer trying to get them with archery equipment, and a guy just rides out and fills a feeder up a time a week, crawls up in a stand a few evenings and is able to harvest two very nice bucks with virtually no work. Everyone here may think i'm crazy for being this anti-baiting, but i dont. I know i wont change a single persons opinion, nor do i want to. The question asked why people are anti baiting, and i answered why i was. For those who may have misunderstood me, I am not anti baiting in the time season is not in. Since Febuary 1st, i've had protein and mineral blocks out for the deer and i wont stop feeding till a few weeks before season. I also plant spring and fall plots and am definitely not against hunting food plots. You work to get them. Once again, i'm sorry if i've stepped on anyones toes. I hope these posts won't effect the way you look on my other posts. -Rhine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Well i'm the only one here that's clearly taking the anti-baiting side. I didn't figure that would be the case, but oh well. Think that what most here are saying is that even though they WOULD NOT hunt over bait themselves that should not mean that they should look down on those who do where it is legal. I think you can be against the use of bait without being anti baiting if that makes any sense at all. You can chose not to use bait yourself even where legal and not hold any ill thoughts towards those who do without being "anti-". With the type of bickering these threads have seen in the past, kind of nice for a change to see members here, hunters being more civil and open and or supportive of others who participate in practices they would not. I may well be wrong, but I dont think this thread was so much an issue of WOULD YOU do it if it were legal so much as will you bash those who do where it is legal and further seperate hunters as a group. The original post to kick off this thread seemed to be geared towards maybe stirring up an argument. Why are some of you guys all anit Corn? I like to hunt over the corn because iof I dont see a buck I atleast like to see some deer. I mean hey you dont use thats fine but Dont push laws for the passage of no feeding or hunting over baitThink we can all agree bashing one method or form or another whether we agree with it or not does none of us any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Well i'm the only one here that's clearly taking the anti-baiting side. I didn't figure that would be the case, but oh well. Think that what most here are saying is that even though they WOULD NOT hunt over bait themselves that should not mean that they should look down on those who do where it is legal. I think you can be against the use of bait without being anti baiting if that makes any sense at all. You can chose not to use bait yourself even where legal and not hold any ill thoughts towards those who do without being "anti-". With the type of bickering these threads have seen in the past, kind of nice for a change to see hunters, members here being more civil, open, and or supportive of others who participate in practices they would not. I may well be wrong, but I dont think this thread was so much an issue of WOULD YOU do it if it were legal so much as will you bash those who do where it is legal and further seperate hunters as a group. The original post to kick off this thread seemed to be geared towards maybe stirring up an argument. Why are some of you guys all anit Corn? I like to hunt over the corn because iof I dont see a buck I atleast like to see some deer. I mean hey you dont use thats fine but Dont push laws for the passage of no feeding or hunting over baitThink we can all agree bashing one method or form or another whether we agree with it or not does none of us any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Baiting is not legal in Georgia, nor in Alabama, and I hope it stays that way. Actually, you can bait in GA, but you have to be 200 yards away and out of line of site. I wish that would change. If it's legal where you hunt and you want to bait, then have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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