Not to hijack,fee for baiting?

[birddog]

To stir this issue a bit more, it can easily be said that food plots are nothing more than baiting for rich people. Whether it's a simple pile of corn or 3 acres of Imperial Clover, both are an unnatural food source placed by hunters to attract deer to hunt over.

the food plot is there for the deer to feed on outside of hunting seasons and requires a LOT more WORK than simply dumping out a bag of corn.

Some people dont have a tractor or afford to hire somebody to make a food plot. Either way corn, soybean, winter wheat, its placed to attract the wildlife in more of a natural state. I lease 1000 acres and all of it is wooded except a small field behind the owners house that they dont want hunted. Some people just dont want to know that maybe a kid over on the other property killed a buck coming to his feeder instead of the person who got a trail cam pic of a buck he put his name on the yr before after one sighting in his food plot. Thats excatly why people dont want baiting.

If it was legal you could have set out a feeder too and problem solved. puts everyone on the same playing field.

 

[Football Hunter]

Another thought,at 10 to 11 dollars a bag now,how much would you buy?

 

[-DRM-]

the food plot is there for the deer to feed on outside of hunting seasons and requires a LOT more WORK than simply dumping out a bag of corn.

So if I bring a bag of corn every week for 52 weeks a year, and promise to carry the bag on my shoulder while walking 2 miles - is that enough "work" to make it ok?

Kinda points out the silliness of the distinction you are making ;)

 

[Football Hunter]

the food plot is there for the deer to feed on outside of hunting seasons and requires a LOT more WORK than simply dumping out a bag of corn.

So if I bring a bag of corn every week for 52 weeks a year, and promise to carry the bag on my shoulder while walking 2 miles - is that enough "work" to make it ok?

Kinda points out the silliness of the distinction you are making ;)

No,one bag of corn is not near as much food per week as even a small food plot

 

[-DRM-]

No,one bag of corn is not near as much food per week as even a small food plot

You have a magic corn food plot that produces corn 52 weeks out of the year?

So what about 2 bags per week? 3? I'm pretty sure my point still stands.

 

[ferg]

Rediculous Idea. Either bait or dont bait.

Agree - if the science for or against is solid then there is no room for wiggling -

ferg....

 

[ferg]

It's not about 'work' it's about the congregation of deer eating in a single location -

You dump out a pile of corn and all the deer are eating in a 2 or 3 square foot area - NO GOOD -

Plant a plot - 5 acres say, and deer 'graze' naturally - less chance of the transmission of any available germs - bTB - EHD etc -

Now - if you want to carry out your bag(s) of corn and spread them over a large area - 5 acres say - cool -

Maybe the 'solution' to this argument is to limit the size, that is establish a minimum size of what a 'food plot' must be -

ferg....

 

[birddog]

It's not about 'work' it's about the congregation of deer eating in a single location -

You dump out a pile of corn and all the deer are eating in a 2 or 3 square foot area - NO GOOD -

Plant a plot - 5 acres say, and deer 'graze' naturally - less chance of the transmission of any available germs - bTB - EHD etc -

Now - if you want to carry out your bag(s) of corn and spread them over a large area - 5 acres say - cool -

Maybe the 'solution' to this argument is to limit the size, that is establish a minimum size of what a 'food plot' must be -

ferg....

Ya becuase it has been so "NO GOOD" for the KY herd.

 

[-DRM-]

It's not about 'work' it's about the congregation of deer eating in a single location -

The first guy said it *was* about the work.

You dump out a pile of corn and all the deer are eating in a 2 or 3 square foot area - NO GOOD -

Is this just opinion, or do you have science backing this up?

 

[Winchester]

I have never baited deer to hunt them, have no interest of ever doing so. With that said i dont think baiting is much of a factor at all in the Southeast, whether legal or illegal. I dont see it changing much of anything from a hunting standpoint, and its obviously not very harmful to the herd, as KY and many more states have allowed it for decades with no real problems for their deer herds!

 

[Football Hunter]

No,one bag of corn is not near as much food per week as even a small food plot

You have a magic corn food plot that produces corn 52 weeks out of the year?

So what about 2 bags per week? 3? I'm pretty sure my point still stands.

No,but my clover plots produces pretty much year round

 

[Football Hunter]

Guess this got lost in the process,but this thread was about fee for baiting,and wether that was enforceable or not.I dont think so.

 

[WRbowhunter]

Fee for baiting. Would you pay a fee to feed the birds in your yard. Would you pay a fee to put some corn in front of your trail cameras in the off season. WAY to many if's and buts to be enforceable.

Same thing for the difference in food plots and putting out corn piles. You can not make food plots illegal. Then you could never hunt on or around a planted corn or soybean field. that would make no sense. However there is a large advantage of having a food plot vs not having a food plot.

 

[landman]

It's not about 'work' it's about the congregation of deer eating in a single location -

You dump out a pile of corn and all the deer are eating in a 2 or 3 square foot area - NO GOOD -

Plant a plot - 5 acres say, and deer 'graze' naturally - less chance of the transmission of any available germs - bTB - EHD etc -

Now - if you want to carry out your bag(s) of corn and spread them over a large area - 5 acres say - cool -

Maybe the 'solution' to this argument is to limit the size, that is establish a minimum size of what a 'food plot' must be -

ferg....

And wouldn't a Trophy Rock be the same thing or salt lick?