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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5120621" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Years ago, my old boss conducted a fascinating study on a 6,000 acre industrial high-fenced property in South Carolina (the high fence was to protect the industrial area, not to keep deer in, although it did just that). The property was divided in half, with hunters on one half limited to hunting over bait, while the hunters on the other half allowed to hunt anywhere they wanted as long as it wasn't over bait. The results were that hunters hunting over bait had a considerably higher deer sighting rate (deer seen per hunting hour), but no buck older than 2 1/2 was observed at a bait site the entire season. On the other hand, the hunters allowed to hunt anywhere other than bait observed and killed bucks up to 7 1/2 years old.</p><p></p><p>Once they've been hunted over bait, older bucks quickly learn to avoid bait during daylight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5120621, member: 17"] Years ago, my old boss conducted a fascinating study on a 6,000 acre industrial high-fenced property in South Carolina (the high fence was to protect the industrial area, not to keep deer in, although it did just that). The property was divided in half, with hunters on one half limited to hunting over bait, while the hunters on the other half allowed to hunt anywhere they wanted as long as it wasn't over bait. The results were that hunters hunting over bait had a considerably higher deer sighting rate (deer seen per hunting hour), but no buck older than 2 1/2 was observed at a bait site the entire season. On the other hand, the hunters allowed to hunt anywhere other than bait observed and killed bucks up to 7 1/2 years old. Once they've been hunted over bait, older bucks quickly learn to avoid bait during daylight. [/QUOTE]
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