Sure would make hunting a lot more enjoyable not having to watch over my shoulder the whole time for the khaki bandit to come tax me again
I will be hunting for the first time in TN this year as I just bought 15 acres in Stewart County. I set up a feeder to keep deer on the property.Bills introduced to allow baiting on private land. Your thoughts?
How does bait even the playing field?Just watched a segment on RED RISING can't remember the hunter's name but he said if you specifically plant food for the deer then in his opinion baiting is no different. My thoughts as well as long as you do it to were it don't effect the wildlife physically . Some don't have the means to put a food plot so baiting would even the playing field . Can't understand the logic behind the negatively as just about all states bordering Tennessee allows baiting and to my knowledge it hasn't effected their wildlife physically.
A pile of processed corn and a food plot with a grab bag of varieties and nutrients are not the same. One is actually good for the deer and the other is terrible for the deer.Just watched a segment on RED RISING can't remember the hunter's name but he said if you specifically plant food for the deer then in his opinion baiting is no different. My thoughts as well as long as you do it to were it don't effect the wildlife physically . Some don't have the means to put a food plot so baiting would even the playing field . Can't understand the logic behind the negatively as just about all states bordering Tennessee allows baiting and to my knowledge it hasn't effected their wildlife physically.
Exactly . Kentucky for one . And you can buy antialflotoxin corn if your concerned about killing your turkeys or deer . No baiting in the western part of the state and CWD is supposedly wiping out our deer herds . Personally I don't bait but do supplement feeding to get them coming to a certain area before deer season starts and acorns start falling .i would suggest to ask the surrounding states when they were planning on shutting down there hunting seasons because of bait, alflotoxins or cwd !!!! If it is all that bad????
You calling me a Socialist ?? Why brother those are fighting words . By evening the playing field you are saying luscious food plots don't attract deer , right ? I voted my opinion right or wrong it's my opinion . Like I said I don't bait during the season but do supplemental feeding but use the right ingredients that are safe now that I know . DA hunted my place he knows .How does bait even the playing field?
And since when is it the government's job to regulate fairness?
Pro baiting arguments are borderline socialist. Prove me wrong.
Setting in a shooting house over a food plot teaches young hunters what ???If you care about your kid's or grand kids' ability to hu t, you'll stand against it. Nothing erodes nonhunter support for our lifestyle as fast as bait.
I'm saying that "leveling the playing field" is a fallacy and one not worthy of pursuing. The pro baiting arguments feed into this "oppressed vs privileged" dynamic in our society today. I'd just as well keep that out of my hunting. It may be an unpopular opinion but it's mine.You calling me a Socialist ?? Why brother those are fighting words . By evening the playing field you are saying luscious food plots don't attract deer , right ? I voted my opinion right or wrong it's my opinion . Like I said I don't bait during the season but do supplemental feeding but use the right ingredients that are safe now that I know . DA hunted my place he knows .
I'm not talking about hunting skills I'm talking about the perceptions that the muddy middle 90% that doesn't hold a strong opinion on hunting or understand what we do or why we do it.Setting in a shooting house over a food plot teaches young hunters what ???
Already legal to bait 365 days a year for hogs on private land. I vote no for deer.
And what I was talking about those that don't have the means you do , which is ok I never denied that and the work it requires to put out a foodplot . And only if it's deemed legal to bait would I condone it . Lots of people do it on these surrounding states and I haven't heard any negative things about those...not that there aren't any. Most of you that put the time in on making the plots have even stated its not an advantage so .....why do it ????? Of course it's can advantage ! Bet there's not a food plot that's made that hadn't got a stand watching it !! So its NOT just for the deer its also to hopefully kill one off it .Not much said about those who feed the deer to supplement feeding when there is not much food available which some do and make sure the feed is gone before season. It's just different if someone is hunting over it , that's the beef right ?Planting food plots is something I've done with my kids and it's helped teach them in growing their own gardens. It's hard work, takes time, and it's success depends on weather . It's farming, but for wildlife. Comparing planting beneficial food for deer and turkeys year round to pouring out a bag of corn to shoot them over is no comparison at all.
That you have an advantage is all it teaches . Real hunting isn't taught much anymore .I'm not talking about hunting skills I'm talking about the perceptions that the muddy middle 90% that doesn't hold a strong opinion on hunting or understand what we do or why we do it.
What does a bait pile teach? This isn't a debate over the merits of food plots.