How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
12-10-2008, 09:43 AM
#1
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How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
Lets say I wanted to bait the hell out of my property. How far would I have to be or my neighbors from that area to be legal to hunt again? Yards,acres miles? How does the PGC decide how far away one can hunt from a bait sight? This could really upset some people i am sure.
12-10-2008, 09:51 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
The law is ambigous on this point. It defines a baited area not by distance from the bait but by whether it affects game patterns.
I understand why the PGC would want that wording as it gives the WCO all the latitude he wants but it can put unwitting hunters into a bad situation and therefore provides potential for abuse by overzealous PGC personnel. ( I don't mean to imply that all or any significant numbers of our regular WCO's would abuse this part of the law but I've met a few deputies that certainly would be likely to)
I understand why the PGC would want that wording as it gives the WCO all the latitude he wants but it can put unwitting hunters into a bad situation and therefore provides potential for abuse by overzealous PGC personnel. ( I don't mean to imply that all or any significant numbers of our regular WCO's would abuse this part of the law but I've met a few deputies that certainly would be likely to)
12-10-2008, 10:06 AM
#3
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
I don't think they are allowed to make up laws as they go along. I think it should be a distance from the bait pile. Like you said some could be !@#$$% about it. If deer are allready comming thru that area then how would it affect the deer on that route. I see baiting no different than lure and scent other than the lure and scent does a better job during our hunt season than food does. Atleast for bucks.
12-10-2008, 12:25 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
When I watched the winter meetings last year,the local state representative for White Oak,Pa in Allegheny County(I can't remember his name) brought up this scenario concerning baiting.He said : I live in an area with a neighbor on each side of me.The deer normally hang out on the property on my left,but in the fall the neighbor has a yard full of apple trees so every evening they deer from neighbor left now travel thru my property to neighbor right to eat the apples.According the the PGC,if I now kill a deer on my property while he is going to eat the apples,WHETHER I KNOW THAT IS WHY HE IS GOING THRU MY PROPERTY OR NOT,that is considered baiting.The Pgc commissioner confirmed that yes they would consider baiting even though he did not put out the food or knew that's why the deer were going there.If that ain't ******up,nothing is.
12-10-2008, 12:29 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
ORIGINAL: fellas2
When I watched the winter meetings last year,the local state representative for White Oak,Pa in Allegheny County(I can't remember his name) brought up this scenario concerning baiting.He said : I live in an area with a neighbor on each side of me.The deer normally hang out on the property on my left,but in the fall the neighbor has a yard full of apple trees so every evening they deer from neighbor left now travel thru my property to neighbor right to eat the apples.According the the PGC,if I now kill a deer on my property while he is going to eat the apples,WHETHER I KNOW THAT IS WHY HE IS GOING THRU MY PROPERTY OR NOT,that is considered baiting.The Pgc commissioner confirmed that yes they would consider baiting even though he did not put out the food or knew that's why the deer were going there.If that ain't ******up,nothing is.
When I watched the winter meetings last year,the local state representative for White Oak,Pa in Allegheny County(I can't remember his name) brought up this scenario concerning baiting.He said : I live in an area with a neighbor on each side of me.The deer normally hang out on the property on my left,but in the fall the neighbor has a yard full of apple trees so every evening they deer from neighbor left now travel thru my property to neighbor right to eat the apples.According the the PGC,if I now kill a deer on my property while he is going to eat the apples,WHETHER I KNOW THAT IS WHY HE IS GOING THRU MY PROPERTY OR NOT,that is considered baiting.The Pgc commissioner confirmed that yes they would consider baiting even though he did not put out the food or knew that's why the deer were going there.If that ain't ******up,nothing is.
12-10-2008, 03:10 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
This yesr is the first year they set a distance. It is 1/4 mile radius from any bait. If a area is baited and the PGC knows it they in the past haveposted the land as baited area. That should keep the people out
12-10-2008, 04:13 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
A club in the Poconos wanted to continue feeding during hunting season and agreed to restrict hunting within 150 yds of the feeder which is within 10 yds of the clubhouse. The WCO told them if they continued to feed the deer he would close the club to hunting for the season.
12-10-2008, 04:13 PM
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RE: How far from bait is one allowed to hunt?
So,you are allowed to put feed out for deer as long as your not hunting that area? I am surprised ole sproulman hasn't done this to the border of his property to keep people from killing the deer. But it is legal to do though correct?
There is a place in syksville where this guy feeds wild turkeys everyday. You can drive by and see them in his back yard. Every day they are there feeding.I seen him feeding them. Big huge turkeys they are to. I guess he has been feeding them for a while now.
There is a place in syksville where this guy feeds wild turkeys everyday. You can drive by and see them in his back yard. Every day they are there feeding.I seen him feeding them. Big huge turkeys they are to. I guess he has been feeding them for a while now.