hunting over bait
06-01-2007, 05:09 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: mississippi
Posts: 29
hunting over bait
ok i know this is a hot topic here in mississippi but (i dont wont this to get out of hand) how many here hunt over bait. bait as i see it is corn,green field,deer attraint,or any thing to make the deer stop and eat,or smell. and i have noticed that most of the hunting seen on TV the deer is eating something when shot. just wondering what most here do..
06-01-2007, 05:36 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Burleson TX USA
Posts: 6,455
RE: hunting over bait
Time for the 
But me yeah I hunt over bait and dont have a problem with anyone hunting over bait as long as it is LEGAL just the same if someone don't want to hunt over bait it is their choice
But me yeah I hunt over bait and dont have a problem with anyone hunting over bait as long as it is LEGAL just the same if someone don't want to hunt over bait it is their choice
06-04-2007, 07:01 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: hunting over bait
Here's something I'd like to see in one of these posts......
If you're against baiting.....please note your PERSONAL experience with the practice.
Here's a shocker.....It's perfectly legal to bait deer in NC. I hunted over bait, occasionally, my first deer season Bowhunting. I don't hunt over bait, any more.....because (in my opinion).......It is EASIER to kill deer when they are NOT over bait.
That probably wasn't what people expected.....but it's true in my PERSONAL experience.
If you're against baiting.....please note your PERSONAL experience with the practice.
Here's a shocker.....It's perfectly legal to bait deer in NC. I hunted over bait, occasionally, my first deer season Bowhunting. I don't hunt over bait, any more.....because (in my opinion).......It is EASIER to kill deer when they are NOT over bait.
That probably wasn't what people expected.....but it's true in my PERSONAL experience.
06-04-2007, 07:28 AM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: hunting over bait
ORIGINAL: kshort
bait as i see it is corn,green field,deer attraint,or any thing to make the deer stop and eat,or smell.
bait as i see it is corn,green field,deer attraint,or any thing to make the deer stop and eat,or smell.
Is there ANY whitetail hunting that wouldn't be considered "baiting" by your definition above???
I promise, by your description, I don't know ANY deer hunters who don't bait!
06-04-2007, 07:30 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
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RE: hunting over bait
In VA it is not legal to hunt over bait, or even feed deer during hunting season.
I did break this law in my own back yard, well sorta. We have a bunch of bird feeders, corn and sunflower seeds were included, so the deer would come and eat it, but I didn't hunt there.
Scent is bait as well, but is legal where I hunt so I use it. I have found illegal piles of corn on my fathers property that is frequented by poachers, so I destroy it without the poachers knowing. Soon as I found it I took off my sweaty tee shirt and hid it near the bait under some leaves. When I came back during the season I put human hair all around it. The corn just sat there and turned to compost.
We all break little laws here and there sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. However, it is my opinion that hunting over (food) bait is crap. But if it is legal, who am I to say one way or the other?
KP
I did break this law in my own back yard, well sorta. We have a bunch of bird feeders, corn and sunflower seeds were included, so the deer would come and eat it, but I didn't hunt there.
Scent is bait as well, but is legal where I hunt so I use it. I have found illegal piles of corn on my fathers property that is frequented by poachers, so I destroy it without the poachers knowing. Soon as I found it I took off my sweaty tee shirt and hid it near the bait under some leaves. When I came back during the season I put human hair all around it. The corn just sat there and turned to compost.
We all break little laws here and there sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. However, it is my opinion that hunting over (food) bait is crap. But if it is legal, who am I to say one way or the other?
KP