Comments on: Baiting Deer – Good, Bad or Ugly?

By: Mizzou local

Mizzou local — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:48:36 +0000

Hunting over bait is NOT allowed in Missouri; if you hunted here and think otherwise, please let me give you the number of the local game warden.

I’m glad that it isn’t allowed here — it isn’t hunting. Call it what you want, but it’s little different than shooting cattle in a feed lot (yes I spent some years in Texas — didn’t bother deer ‘hunting’ there).

By: Bill Marion

Bill Marion — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:30:57 +0000

I’m trying to hunt over bait to bring deer onto our property. But this site has me thinking. The argument about disease is silly and I am not going to address that here other than to suggest some further reading about the spreading of disease among deer herds from objective sources. Truthfully, it’s rare. I think, as one person posted, “it’s up to the individual,” and I wish our government would see it this way. But after reading this post I believe that food plots will help me achieve my long term goals more so than baiting. Food plots and baiting are the same thing, but it now seems to me that food plots are better in the long run. For those who don’t hunt and wanted to add their two-cents, here’s my two cents: get over yourself and accept that regulated hunting has established higher deer populations than we’ve had in this country for more than over 150 years. Grow up!’

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:56:21 +0000

Baiting in special regulations areas of PA is a must. The deer herd is so large and areas to hunt are small, 2-5 acre on average, patched between homes and parks. It’s the only effective why to lure them out of someones back yard. I’ve seen herds bedding down in a patch of woods no larger than a football field. I’ve hunted the woods up north for years and don’t like the idea of baiting in these areas. I have come to the conclusion that I’m doing my township a service by thinning out the herds, less ticks, expensive shrubs not a meal and maybe I’ve saved a life or two from the envitiable car accident. Plus I hunt for food, I can take two deer a day if I had too, each one only costing $6. I butcher them myself.

This instance I think Baiting is a must….

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:31:26 +0000

Baiting is a hotter topic than I ever expected. Both sides have valid points. In Tennessee the bait must be removed a week or so before the season opens but food plots can remain. With that in mind I’d rather hunt a food source than simply bait with broadcast corn.
** To Gary ** I would love to hunt open expanses in a safari spot and stalk manner however the hardwoods of the South are just to noisy to move through. I’ve watched deer bound past my stand for no apparent reason only to have other hunters walk down the trail moments later never realizing they had been noticed and spooked deer. Then there are the briars and tangles of vines which make it almost impossible to get into many bedding areas near the stands of shorter pines. Hopefully my day to spot and stalk will come…

Back to bait ~ If it’s legal then great do it!!

By: Timothy Yost

Timothy Yost — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:09:05 +0000

Baiting,why not? I live in PA where baiting of any kind is prohibited (for whatever reason I don’t know) Our game commission has turned our rifle Buck season into deer season (either sex) for 2 weeks. it’s the hunter’s fault here because the commission didn’t make them pull the trigger but they gave them permission which has all but wiped out the heard in northern flourishing counties. I have hunted over bait in Kansas. Everyone does there, they kill quality bucks, which leaves the younger bucks to mature. I’ve hunted Missouri and Iowa with the same results. These states allow baiting and their wildlife management program is far better than these morons here in Pennsylvania

By: huntingingeneral

huntingingeneral — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:04:16 +0000

well i have been hunting my whole life. i live in oklahoma where baiting is legal. i have grown up baiting deer and havent had any problems yet. we see the same deer year after year. disease??? i guess it could happen but it hasnt to us yet!! everyone has different beliefs in life weather it may be religious, family, political, or even as simple as hunting. its ok to think its not right but dont try to push it over on the people who like to do it. hunting is a way of life, live it how you want!!!!

By: James

James — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:24:50 +0000

As a youth, I am not on a lease that I payed for. I hunt in Texas, and so I hunt over bait. It is way too dangerous for me to go walking around on 500 acres with other hunters, plus, it spoils their hunting. As a youth, I will respect them now, but when I go off on my own, even currently, since Im the only guy that turkey hunts, I will not use a feeder. I call in my turkeys. I jump my rabbits, etc. But as for deer hunting, I have to be respectful to other hunters, so I will keep using bait. If someone doesn’t like it, they shouldn’t do it.

By: PHILIP RAY CLAY

PHILIP RAY CLAY — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:54:30 +0000

ILLEGALLY FEEDING WILDLIFE : YES ! “BUT” GOD ALSO GAVE ME ANOTHER COMMANDMENT.. FEED AND TAKE CARE OF MY FLOCK AS WELL AS WILD LIFE THAT CANT SHARE CLOTHING AS WE DO…I ALSO TAKE VIDEO’S , AS WELL AS DIGITAL PICTUES ACROSS THE U.S. & CANADA . I’AM A HUNTER AND SPORTSMEN AS WELL WITH FAMILY GOAL’S “A WILD LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER ” 26,000 PLUS PHOTO’S … SO FAR..MAYBE MORE.. I’AM REGULATED BY ADVERTIZEMENT, GOVERMENT PROJECTS, RETIREMENT, OUTDOOR CHANNEL , CABELA’S , SPORTSMANS GUIDE , AND OF COURSE ” THE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION ” .. MY PURPOSE IS VERY IMPORTANT ! THAT MY GRAND CHILDREN IF SO CRIPPLED OR A BED RIDDEN PATIENT IN A HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHER UNFORTUNATE INDIVIDUAL’S .NEW YORK ESPECIALLY ,HAS TO WAKE UP , AND SMELL THE ROSES , RATHER THAN BREAKING OUR BACKS WITH NEW POLITICAL NONSENSE IN SOME CASES.. WE NEED OUR FREEDOM TO EXPAND OUR IDEA’S AS WELL !! AMEN..

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:18:41 +0000

Pennsylvania Does not allow baiting, “EXCEPT” in five counties. You can go on the Pennsylvania Game Commissions site where they will teach you the proper way to bait deer. Hunting off a corn field or planting a food plot is baiting. No ifs ands or buts. The large land owers do it all the time because they have the money and the machinery to do so. The small land owner and hunters who travel far to get to huge state owned land usually get terrorized, finded and the deer confiscated if they put out an ear of corn. Fair?????

By: Herbert

Herbert — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:27:15 +0000

I am against hunting let alone baiting. What kind of “sport” is it when you get deer to eat a pile of junk food (corn) and then shoot it while it’s eating? That is so stupid.