What can you bait with specifically?

[gondo]

So when it is time to hunt... what can you hunt over? Specific answers is what im looking for... i can read the laws... but I want to know specific products that can be brought in and placed where I am going to be hunting. Like trophy rocks, I have heard the liquid cmere dear, etc... so who can list some specific products?

 

[Vermin93]

Trophy Rock is huntable

 

[timberjack86]

Deer cain.

 

[Super8]

Plant some food plots

 

[gondo]

im talking stuff to carry in

 

[BHC]

Nothing other than trophy rock or a mineral block. No cmere deer, no deer cain, no swamp donkey, buck grub, acorn rage, no corn, you cannot transport acorns, persimmons, apples, nothing. If you didnt plant it or wasnt there before you got there(trees), then you cant hunt over it unless its a trohy rock or some type of trace mineral block.

 

[BHC]

lol so pretty much nothing that is attractive to deer in the fall and winter.....

 

[gondo]

Nothing other than trophy rock or a mineral block. No cmere deer, no deer cain, no swamp donkey, buck grub, acorn rage, no corn, you cannot transport acorns, persimmons, apples, nothing. If you didnt plant it or wasnt there before you got there(trees), then you cant hunt over it unless its a trohy rock or some type of trace mineral block.

hmm i was under the impression there were a few products you could use...

 

[scn]

Nothing other than trophy rock or a mineral block. No cmere deer, no deer cain, no swamp donkey, buck grub, acorn rage, no corn, you cannot transport acorns, persimmons, apples, nothing. If you didnt plant it or wasnt there before you got there(trees), then you cant hunt over it unless its a trohy rock or some type of trace mineral block.

Not correct on the deer cain and cmere deer liquid sprayed on vegetation.

 

[scn]

Nothing other than trophy rock or a mineral block. No cmere deer, no deer cain, no swamp donkey, buck grub, acorn rage, no corn, you cannot transport acorns, persimmons, apples, nothing. If you didnt plant it or wasnt there before you got there(trees), then you cant hunt over it unless its a trohy rock or some type of trace mineral block.

hmm i was under the impression there were a few products you could use...

Very few. If you have any specific questions, give me a call at the office at (615) 781-6580 and I'll be glad to help out.

 

[horn master]

on public land I'm guessing nothing?

 

[102]

WRONG...
Hunt over white oak acorns (Quercus Alba)

One of Nature's best baits!

 

[horn master]

True, I like years when the white oaks are spotty. If you find them you are going to see a ton of deer!

 

[Bottom Hunter]

if the deer come to you, then is it really hunting? Go scout out a good ambush point, have a seat and enjoy the experience...

lol

 

[silentk]

if the deer come to you, then is it really hunting? Go scout out a good ambush point, have a seat and enjoy the experience...

lol

cha ching!!

winner,winner..back strap dinner

 

[MUP]

if the deer come to you, then is it really hunting? Go scout out a good ambush point, have a seat and enjoy the experience...

lol

...they still have to come to you.. :D

 

[gondo]

if the deer come to you, then is it really hunting? Go scout out a good ambush point, have a seat and enjoy the experience...

lol

Ive never put out anything my entire life of hunting for any animal to eat (minerals included). I have shot a couple dozen deer by sitting in a treestand at a good trail, scrape, etc.. and I have often asked myself if this is really hunting.... or just sitting and shooting animals that pass by?.?.? This year I have spent lots of time and money on trail cams, scouting, minerals, etc. and I have been HUNTING for a deer I want to kill.... well I found one I want to shoot but I am wondering if the pressure picks up on the public land im hunting, the deer stop using the trophy rock and you have to have any bait picked up 10 days before you hunt (lets say a pile of corn to make a point) then what will keep that deer that I have been "hunting" coming to my "hunting" spot? I was just thinking about trying to fill that 10 day gap with something legal to attract the animal with since my "pile of corn" will be picked up... I havent formed my full opinion on what im doing, and probably wont know how i feel untill after I kill the deer im hunting, but I do feel like I have already done more "hunting" for this specific deer then any other I have ever killed... anyways Id love to hear opinions on this...

 

[Bottom Hunter]

to me and this is just my opinion....hunting is determining a deer's daily or maybe weekly path and ambushing him there. Drawing deer to you via bait is more trying to change a deer's natural travel patterns...and that is not hunting in it's purest form...imo.

hunting crop fields is not the same because most deer travel to and from these crop fields daily from year to year and that is a part of their pattern, and they may indeed come to it from any direction and feed at any and all locations in the field, where a bait pile draws a deer out of it's natural travel pattern and to a SPECIFIC location....

Now I would have far less problem with bait if you had enough corn to spread it over a 50 acre field and not in one pile in site of your stand/.....at least then you would have to try to figure out where the deer was actually going to come out.

again, jmo.

 

[Football Hunter]

if the deer come to you, then is it really hunting? Go scout out a good ambush point, have a seat and enjoy the experience...

lol

Ive never put out anything my entire life of hunting for any animal to eat (minerals included). I have shot a couple dozen deer by sitting in a treestand at a good trail, scrape, etc.. and I have often asked myself if this is really hunting.... or just sitting and shooting animals that pass by?.?.? This year I have spent lots of time and money on trail cams, scouting, minerals, etc. and I have been HUNTING for a deer I want to kill.... well I found one I want to shoot but I am wondering if the pressure picks up on the public land im hunting, the deer stop using the trophy rock and you have to have any bait picked up 10 days before you hunt (lets say a pile of corn to make a point) then what will keep that deer that I have been "hunting" coming to my "hunting" spot? I was just thinking about trying to fill that 10 day gap with something legal to attract the animal with since my "pile of corn" will be picked up... I havent formed my full opinion on what im doing, and probably wont know how i feel untill after I kill the deer im hunting, but I do feel like I have already done more "hunting" for this specific deer then any other I have ever killed... anyways Id love to hear opinions on this...

wITHOUT getting into the "bait debate",I would not put much faith in mineral licks,TR ,etc.They mostly quit using them by fall.

 

[TJS209]

True, I like years when the white oaks are spotty. If you find them you are going to see a ton of deer!

x2...last year we had a ton of acorns and the hunting wasn't that great

 

[Buzzard Breath]

...if the pressure picks up on the public land im hunting...

Just call and ask the TWRA area manager or the district office as to what they would allow. I'm under the impression that you need to get their permission to put out anything on public land anyways. Just remember that if you use something that is not permitted, they may close down the area and you will ruin it for a whole lot of us public land hunters.

Just an FYI from another hunter who likes his public land. When I'm scouting, I look for trophy rocks, salt licks, cameras, etc. They are always good spots to hit on weekdays to kill a doe or two. I just let someone else spend their money and do all the work.

 

[timberjack86]

...if the pressure picks up on the public land im hunting...

Just call and ask the TWRA area manager or the district office as to what they would allow. I'm under the impression that you need to get their permission to put out anything on public land anyways. Just remember that if you use something that is not permitted, they may close down the area and you will ruin it for a whole lot of us public land hunters.

Just an FYI from another hunter who likes his public land. When I'm scouting, I look for trophy rocks, salt licks, cameras, etc. They are always good spots to hit on weekdays to kill a doe or two. I just let someone else spend their money and do all the work.

I was thinking you have to have the wma managers approval to put anything out or its not legal.Wheres stik when you need him? :D

 

[gondo]

...if the pressure picks up on the public land im hunting...

Just call and ask the TWRA area manager or the district office as to what they would allow. I'm under the impression that you need to get their permission to put out anything on public land anyways. Just remember that if you use something that is not permitted, they may close down the area and you will ruin it for a whole lot of us public land hunters.

Just an FYI from another hunter who likes his public land. When I'm scouting, I look for trophy rocks, salt licks, cameras, etc. They are always good spots to hit on weekdays to kill a doe or two. I just let someone else spend their money and do all the work.

I was thinking you have to have the wma managers approval to put anything out or its not legal.Wheres stik when you need him? :D

Shows what I know (nothing apparently), it appears no bait or cams could be put out without permission, not even if it is all gone ten days before hunting, from an Area Manager and probably be better off asking permission for minerals too!

 

[gator-n-buck]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

 

[scn]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

On a WMA, no personal property, including treestands, may be left out unattended for more than 24 hours without the approval of the Area Manager. That pretty much nixes the cameras unless you take them up every 23 hours or have approval of the Area Manager.

 

[gator-n-buck]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

On a WMA, no personal property, including treestands, may be left out unattended for more than 24 hours without the approval of the Area Manager. That pretty much nixes the cameras unless you take them up every 23 hours or have approval of the Area Manager.

Did I miss something in the orginal post? I didn't see where it mentioned WMA's? I don't hunt draw hunts (WMA's) much anymore since it depends on some luck and hunters walking in on you.... I guess I must of missed something on the orginal post about WMA's?

 

[scn]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

On a WMA, no personal property, including treestands, may be left out unattended for more than 24 hours without the approval of the Area Manager. That pretty much nixes the cameras unless you take them up every 23 hours or have approval of the Area Manager.

Did I miss something in the orginal post? I didn't see where it mentioned WMA's? I don't hunt draw hunts (WMA's) much anymore since it depends on some luck and hunters walking in on you.... I guess I must of missed something on the orginal post about WMA's?

On down the thread he mentioned public land in a later post. I knew WMA because we exchanged some PMs this evening.

Some of our regulations are not black and white, and some are contained in some regs where the content isn't real noticeable by the title.

No harm, no foul on his part. I appreciate questions to clarify rather than ignoring and hoping the "I didn't know that" defense might work if actually caught.

It wouldn't surprise me that we have trail cams out right now on every WMA in the state.

 

[gator-n-buck]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

On a WMA, no personal property, including treestands, may be left out unattended for more than 24 hours without the approval of the Area Manager. That pretty much nixes the cameras unless you take them up every 23 hours or have approval of the Area Manager.

Did I miss something in the orginal post? I didn't see where it mentioned WMA's? I don't hunt draw hunts (WMA's) much anymore since it depends on some luck and hunters walking in on you.... I guess I must of missed something on the orginal post about WMA's?

On down the thread he mentioned public land in a later post. I knew WMA because we exchanged some PMs this evening.

Some of our regulations are not black and white, and some are contained in some regs where the content isn't real noticeable by the title.

No harm, no foul on his part. I appreciate questions to clarify rather than ignoring and hoping the "I didn't know that" defense might work if actually caught.

It wouldn't surprise me that we have trail cams out right now on every WMA in the state.

Sorry about that, I only read the orginal post and gave my answer. Been busy trying to give the bashers a little education on the real world.... :)

 

[scn]

No problem, I missed it as well my first time through. You do know that you are wasting your time even attempting to educate those with their agenda.

 

[Shed Hunter]

I have seen several of these products that you can hunt over that are legal, that never bring a deer in.... The best thing to do is put a little work in and find the best place deer come through during hunting hours....

How about a camera to help give a clue.... :)

On a WMA, no personal property, including treestands, may be left out unattended for more than 24 hours without the approval of the Area Manager. That pretty much nixes the cameras unless you take them up every 23 hours or have approval of the Area Manager.

Did I miss something in the orginal post? I didn't see where it mentioned WMA's? I don't hunt draw hunts (WMA's) much anymore since it depends on some luck and hunters walking in on you.... I guess I must of missed something on the orginal post about WMA's?

On down the thread he mentioned public land in a later post. I knew WMA because we exchanged some PMs this evening.

Some of our regulations are not black and white, and some are contained in some regs where the content isn't real noticeable by the title.

No harm, no foul on his part. I appreciate questions to clarify rather than ignoring and hoping the "I didn't know that" defense might work if actually caught.

It wouldn't surprise me that we have trail cams out right now on every WMA in the state.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse!