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<blockquote data-quote="Slick3006" data-source="post: 5852689" data-attributes="member: 24140"><p>Carrying capacity cannot be increased by winter green food plots alone. Feeding corn or rice bran or protein-it makes no difference-all works to increase the feeding of birds, turkeys and deer. Winter is hard enough on animals and high winter kill rates make no one happy. </p><p></p><p>Having lived in other states where "baiting" is legal, I have to say it doesn't make anyone "less of a hunter". Just because you don't bait, doesn't make you a better hunter. Never has, never will. </p><p></p><p>I know of no people who sit over corn and kill big bucks, consistently. Of course, some idiot will scream "baiting is cheating." To those I would say, you probably aren't that great of a hunter anyway. Any decent hunter knows a hot trail or creek crossing is the best place to hunt. Or an acorn flat. While watching the wind. Not vaping. Moving very little. </p><p></p><p>You have to be lucky to kill big deer anyway. Game cameras don't make you Chuck Adams, bro.</p><p></p><p>All against baiting should take comfort in knowing their neighbors will enjoy more deer, because when natural browse is eaten up, they will have more concentrated deer populations due to extra calories being available. Which may or may not lead to CWD spreading. </p><p></p><p>The neighbors will not necessarily have more success, because deer-when fed-will become more nocturnal. If you doubt this please READ some of the studies. They are very interesting. It's a fact-see studies at Miss State University, UGA and Stephen F Austin in Texas. The studies here negate most old wive's tales hunters like to profligate.</p><p></p><p>Hunting pressure determines the likelihood of a deer to move in daylight hours. Not the amount of feed on the ground. </p><p></p><p>Please READ some of the studies on deer patterns. It will help.</p><p></p><p>As to CWD, the latest literature and scientific data shows that a percentage of deer are genetically immune/resistant to the virus. It has been out west for years and the populations have not been decimated. It has been here in the Southeast for at least 10 years, and yet we still have healthy populations of deer. CWD is the climate change of the hunting world. Maybe it's a problem, but it's not gonna cause the end of all hunting as we know it.</p><p></p><p>Overreaction is all too common in the hunting community. Like it or not, baiting will be here soon. Luckily, it will not lead to the death of hunting. </p><p></p><p>In closing, the biggest threat to game populations in any state are the "good ole boy" wildlife commissioners who really don't know sheep dip about population management, hunter numbers, supplemental feeding affects on game populations, deleterious effects of liberal game bags and out of season "game management" practices carried out by local yokel wildlife officers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slick3006, post: 5852689, member: 24140"] Carrying capacity cannot be increased by winter green food plots alone. Feeding corn or rice bran or protein-it makes no difference-all works to increase the feeding of birds, turkeys and deer. Winter is hard enough on animals and high winter kill rates make no one happy. Having lived in other states where “baiting” is legal, I have to say it doesn’t make anyone “less of a hunter”. Just because you don’t bait, doesn’t make you a better hunter. Never has, never will. I know of no people who sit over corn and kill big bucks, consistently. Of course, some idiot will scream “baiting is cheating.” To those I would say, you probably aren’t that great of a hunter anyway. Any decent hunter knows a hot trail or creek crossing is the best place to hunt. Or an acorn flat. While watching the wind. Not vaping. Moving very little. You have to be lucky to kill big deer anyway. Game cameras don’t make you Chuck Adams, bro. All against baiting should take comfort in knowing their neighbors will enjoy more deer, because when natural browse is eaten up, they will have more concentrated deer populations due to extra calories being available. Which may or may not lead to CWD spreading. The neighbors will not necessarily have more success, because deer-when fed-will become more nocturnal. If you doubt this please READ some of the studies. They are very interesting. It’s a fact-see studies at Miss State University, UGA and Stephen F Austin in Texas. The studies here negate most old wive’s tales hunters like to profligate. Hunting pressure determines the likelihood of a deer to move in daylight hours. Not the amount of feed on the ground. Please READ some of the studies on deer patterns. It will help. As to CWD, the latest literature and scientific data shows that a percentage of deer are genetically immune/resistant to the virus. It has been out west for years and the populations have not been decimated. It has been here in the Southeast for at least 10 years, and yet we still have healthy populations of deer. CWD is the climate change of the hunting world. Maybe it’s a problem, but it’s not gonna cause the end of all hunting as we know it. Overreaction is all too common in the hunting community. Like it or not, baiting will be here soon. Luckily, it will not lead to the death of hunting. In closing, the biggest threat to game populations in any state are the “good ole boy” wildlife commissioners who really don’t know sheep dip about population management, hunter numbers, supplemental feeding affects on game populations, deleterious effects of liberal game bags and out of season “game management” practices carried out by local yokel wildlife officers. [/QUOTE]
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