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<blockquote data-quote="MidTennFisher" data-source="post: 5850080" data-attributes="member: 11842"><p>My thoughts exactly. We don't want yet another state turning into a battle of who dumps the most corn or apples on the ground. </p><p></p><p>I've seen some say they're against it but think if a landowner wants to do it then they should. Well it isn't that simple. Landowners don't own deer and turkeys. The public owns them. That is what the North American Conservation Model of Conservation says. So this isn't as simple as a landowner doing what he thinks is for "his" deer. Those are everyone's deer and we are supposed to do what is best for wildlife. </p><p></p><p>Baiting any wild animal has negative effects on that animal as well as other animals. There are no positives. I didn't even think about crows but I'm glad you bought that up. They eat at those corn piles a lot and they are notorious turkey nest raiders. We do not need to be pouring bait down that is propping up the population of nest raiders, which is already way too high in just about every state. And crows are smart birds, they might very well know better than to eat moldy corn. Turkeys are stupid. Hard to kill due to keen senses and survival instinct, yes, but otherwise they're pretty stupid birds. </p><p></p><p>As for the 250yd and/or 10 day rule, that needs to go away too. How much aflatoxin is produced by corn piles people throw out a few miserably hot and humid weeks before the August velvet season that might get picked at by juvenile turkeys? All the other negative effects of corn piles are occurring whether you hunt 249 yds from one or 251 yds from one. All of it should be stopped and the law should be plain as can be - no bait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MidTennFisher, post: 5850080, member: 11842"] My thoughts exactly. We don't want yet another state turning into a battle of who dumps the most corn or apples on the ground. I've seen some say they're against it but think if a landowner wants to do it then they should. Well it isn't that simple. Landowners don't own deer and turkeys. The public owns them. That is what the North American Conservation Model of Conservation says. So this isn't as simple as a landowner doing what he thinks is for "his" deer. Those are everyone's deer and we are supposed to do what is best for wildlife. Baiting any wild animal has negative effects on that animal as well as other animals. There are no positives. I didn't even think about crows but I'm glad you bought that up. They eat at those corn piles a lot and they are notorious turkey nest raiders. We do not need to be pouring bait down that is propping up the population of nest raiders, which is already way too high in just about every state. And crows are smart birds, they might very well know better than to eat moldy corn. Turkeys are stupid. Hard to kill due to keen senses and survival instinct, yes, but otherwise they're pretty stupid birds. As for the 250yd and/or 10 day rule, that needs to go away too. How much aflatoxin is produced by corn piles people throw out a few miserably hot and humid weeks before the August velvet season that might get picked at by juvenile turkeys? All the other negative effects of corn piles are occurring whether you hunt 249 yds from one or 251 yds from one. All of it should be stopped and the law should be plain as can be - no bait. [/QUOTE]
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