Seems like a question for your local GW to me. That'd be the only answer I would trust.
If you kill one dump the remains near the fence so their dogs drag the bones/carcass in their yard, and hopefully the wind blows that way.
Actually it's exactly what it means. Burns like 40 acres. Dealt with this before and also used this to get rid of a tresspasser
If this indeed is the case, dont you think the law should be changed. Seems very unfair to the honest law abiding land owner who just wants to hunt on his own property.
if you are going to bait, please do it 250y away from your neighbors so it only affects you, not others.
I generally don't care what my neighbors do. If they want to break the law and hunt illegally, that's on them. Just don't do it in front of me. But while walking my property line I find their huge pile of corn and open 5 lb jar of peanut butter poured right on the property, it becomes my problem. As you stated, I know the bait is there and now can't hunt on my own property for a 250 yard radius of the bait. So I called the game warden and turned them in. That has not made for good neighborly relations, but I can now hunt my property again!When a neighbor hung a 50g trashcan feeder full of corn on my line, I was told by the GW I could not hunt on my own line within 500y of the feeder (the law back then wasn't cut and dry 250y from a feeder). It was left up to GW discretion. I was PISSED! Since then, I just let the neighbors know I found their feeder, it's illegal and would be a shame if the GW found it. The neighbors always get scared I would turn them in, so they pull their feeder, and I get to hunt my entire property
As you have seen, it is not written into the law. The 250 yd radius deal is a TWRA Enforcement Procedure on how they are going to enforce the statute that deals with baiting. The procedure was done to try to get some consistency on how the statute was going to be enforced. Before the procedure there was a WIDE range of interpretations on how to enforce the baiting statute. I think the procedure has helped a great deal, but, it isn't perfect.
If you want to know for sure, contact your local officer. But, be prepared to deal with whatever he/she tells you.
That makes sense. A buddy received permission to hunt a small tract recently. He found that the neighbor had a feeder near the property line. He contacted the region office and whoever he talked to couldn't give him an answer about baiting enforcement. He was told the local GW would give him a call but he never heard back.
Completely understand that... I'm just presenting a hypothetical scenario in which the anti hu ti g neighbor baited within a few yards of a boundary just to disrupt the legal hunting of others.
