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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5851756" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>It's for sure a double standard but not necessarily a purposeful one. It's actually kind of complex.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts are that multiple related but distinctly different issues are being conflated as one. TWRA enforce game laws. It's illegal to hunt over bait. It is not illegal to bait. Completely different. I'm not aware of a law prohibing people in TN from feeding wildlife, only hunting over it. That explains the double standard. Being wildlife driven I would assume most at TWRA oppose baiting across the board, but they have no jurisdiction to prosecute baiting because there is no law preventing it. They can only control the hunters so that's what they do. </p><p></p><p>The issue most anti-baiting crowd has is with aflatoxic corn. There's no legitimate deniance that it is deadly to medium and small birds. Those who have familiarized themselves with the topic of aflatoxic mold understand that it is specific to corn and a few other nuts. Sure mold grows on anything given the right conditions but the mold that grows on corn is deadly. Mold that grows on rotting turnips is not. Mold on rotting apples is not. Corn specifically is the problem. And since corn is the bait of choice I oppose baiting. </p><p></p><p>Unlike a lot of folks, I don't particularly care about baiting. Pour out so many apples that the deer get drunk on fermenting fruit. Doesn't bother me. Paint your dove fields black with sunflower seeds. I wouldn't care. All I ask is that folks take the time to read up on aflatoxins so they understand why corn is much more of a detriment than it is a benefit. And I will clarify that the manner in which corn is handled makes a big difference. In silage or if poured out as bait it becomes much more prone to molding. Much different than spilling out of a harvester. Still dangerous but why increase the risk if we don't have to? I know some folks will absolutely refuse to acknowledge how dangerous corn is to wildlife because it's an inconvenient truth if they like baiting. But that's the arument I guess. We all present our opinions and see where the chips fall. </p><p></p><p>Anti-baiting crowd think they are protecting wildlife and that baiters are only worried about their own selfish easy button hunt. Baiters think anti-baiters are hypocrites because they grow food plots and the baiters think it's the same thing. And round & round we go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5851756, member: 20583"] It's for sure a double standard but not necessarily a purposeful one. It's actually kind of complex. My thoughts are that multiple related but distinctly different issues are being conflated as one. TWRA enforce game laws. It's illegal to hunt over bait. It is not illegal to bait. Completely different. I'm not aware of a law prohibing people in TN from feeding wildlife, only hunting over it. That explains the double standard. Being wildlife driven I would assume most at TWRA oppose baiting across the board, but they have no jurisdiction to prosecute baiting because there is no law preventing it. They can only control the hunters so that's what they do. The issue most anti-baiting crowd has is with aflatoxic corn. There's no legitimate deniance that it is deadly to medium and small birds. Those who have familiarized themselves with the topic of aflatoxic mold understand that it is specific to corn and a few other nuts. Sure mold grows on anything given the right conditions but the mold that grows on corn is deadly. Mold that grows on rotting turnips is not. Mold on rotting apples is not. Corn specifically is the problem. And since corn is the bait of choice I oppose baiting. Unlike a lot of folks, I don't particularly care about baiting. Pour out so many apples that the deer get drunk on fermenting fruit. Doesn't bother me. Paint your dove fields black with sunflower seeds. I wouldn't care. All I ask is that folks take the time to read up on aflatoxins so they understand why corn is much more of a detriment than it is a benefit. And I will clarify that the manner in which corn is handled makes a big difference. In silage or if poured out as bait it becomes much more prone to molding. Much different than spilling out of a harvester. Still dangerous but why increase the risk if we don't have to? I know some folks will absolutely refuse to acknowledge how dangerous corn is to wildlife because it's an inconvenient truth if they like baiting. But that's the arument I guess. We all present our opinions and see where the chips fall. Anti-baiting crowd think they are protecting wildlife and that baiters are only worried about their own selfish easy button hunt. Baiters think anti-baiters are hypocrites because they grow food plots and the baiters think it's the same thing. And round & round we go. [/QUOTE]
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