Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1
Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
Hello everyone,
I am College student studying wildlife management and was wanting some viewpoints from hunters on the topic of HUNTING OVER BAIT. Please just let me know if you are Pro or Con and your reasoning.(bait-feeders, foodplots,barrels,ect.) Also add what state you are from, Thanks.
I am College student studying wildlife management and was wanting some viewpoints from hunters on the topic of HUNTING OVER BAIT. Please just let me know if you are Pro or Con and your reasoning.(bait-feeders, foodplots,barrels,ect.) Also add what state you are from, Thanks.
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Buffalo, MN
Posts: 54
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
I think the issue of bait or not depends on game management goals. If hunters are reaching the goals set for harvest without bait, I think that is the way it should stay. If goals are not being met because hunters are having difficulty harvesting enough animals(depending on goals set by DNR for deer, bear, elk, whatever) the method of hunting may need to be evaluated.
Methods of hunting by region and species may vary widely. I think traditional hunting methods should remain as long as it will not hinder game management.
Methods of hunting by region and species may vary widely. I think traditional hunting methods should remain as long as it will not hinder game management.
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
If it is legal, and you have no personal problems with hunting over a non-natural attraction, I don't see anything wrong with it. It is my opinion that any bait or lure including agriculture fields, food plots, feeders, scents, mineral licks etc are the same. I hunt in Alabama where it is illegal to bait at this time, although food plots, scents and agriculture are not prosecuted. I live in Florida where you can sit over a feeder from daylight to dark legally. Welcome to the board.
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
I hunt Fla. and it is legal to use feeders and bait piles. I see nothing wrong with that as long as it is legal.we have 10 feed stations they go year round.that is just my party.there are (probably 125 to 150 feeders in the hunt club).and has been for several years.
the feeders have really helped our deer and turky heards a great deal.they will always have feed whethere or not nature provides them any.
any thing that helps ; I think is ok.we also have food plots all around.
welcome to the board.
the feeders have really helped our deer and turky heards a great deal.they will always have feed whethere or not nature provides them any.
any thing that helps ; I think is ok.we also have food plots all around.
welcome to the board.
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 111
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
been guiding for black bears over bait stations up here in canada and cotrary to popular belief bait stations actually give the hunter a better chance to examine the animal for any length of time to ensure its not a sow with cubs...the antis had the sprin season shut down in ontario(im in manitoba)on the basis that sows with cubs were being taken(without proof of course) in my 15 going on 16 years in the woods i have never seen a sow with cubs taken...also gives the hunter a choice on animals...most bears at one bait at any given time was 11 at once....so im all for baiting...but..thats my opinion
#7
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
Although I support wildlife management and the planting of food plots I do not (personal preference) hunt over bait, be it a bag of corn or a food plot. The pros are in areas of the country where animals aren't abundant they can be hunted more proficiently because of concentrated numbers. Cons (the biggest IMO) of hunting over a food plot is food plot burn out. By spending too much time around a plot it can and often dose cause animals to visit the plot only durring night time hours. If you hunt the animals in their travel routes and you get busted the deer will alter their travel patterns and still arrive at the plot. get bust over the plot and the gig is up. the deer will avoid it durring daylight hours.
#8
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
I am from Texas and I have a couple of different hunting places that I use spin feeders/gravity feeders. I personally think that if you have the right to hunt over bait then use it. In my years of hunting I have come to the conclusion that hunting over bait is only half of it. I see several deer every time I sit in the stand at my feeder, but the majority of my hunting takes place walking through and glassing canyons.
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Posts: 250
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
Let's say that hunting over bait is legal in your area for say 50 years in a row. Then, all of the sudden some beurocrat decides that it shouldn't be legal and it is banned. Now, just because it's not legal is it not ethical?
Treeclimber.....125-150 feeders? I know of a ranch that is 140,000 acres that doesnt have that many feeders.....i'd ease up a bit.
Treeclimber.....125-150 feeders? I know of a ranch that is 140,000 acres that doesnt have that many feeders.....i'd ease up a bit.
#10
RE: Hunting over Bait Pro or Con??
ORIGINAL: WildLife Student TAMUK
Hello everyone,
I am College student studying wildlife management and was wanting some viewpoints from hunters on the topic of HUNTING OVER BAIT. Please just let me know if you are Pro or Con and your reasoning.(bait-feeders, foodplots,barrels,ect.) Also add what state you are from, Thanks.
Hello everyone,
I am College student studying wildlife management and was wanting some viewpoints from hunters on the topic of HUNTING OVER BAIT. Please just let me know if you are Pro or Con and your reasoning.(bait-feeders, foodplots,barrels,ect.) Also add what state you are from, Thanks.
BTW, howdy and welcome to the forums! I take it your going to school in Kingsville. If so, we won't hold that against you.