Baiting wildlife
This is not a troll ....I clarify because it may seem very elemental and obvious to some.
My question is, why is it ok (legal) to bait for some wildlife and not others? |
Why is it okay to shoot a fish at night but not a rabbit?
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If you put bait out for deer or bears, you may get one or two (maybe more with deer ) to come to the bait at a time and you probably won't pull them from very far away . When you put out bait for birds (ducks and doves ) with enough bait and time you can pull in every bird in the area. Even if you're not an outlaw and you only shoot your limit. You have baited in all the birds in an area .no one else is really going to get to shoot much. Unless you hammer on a baited field or pond every day ,as long as there's food the birds will keep coming back.
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Because of the ease of disease spread, baiting shouldn't be ok for anything.
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It also depends on what you consider baiting. Is a sunflower field planted for doves the same as a corn feeder on a shooting lane for deer? I believe it comes down to--in most cases--a question of what is viewed as ethical and what isn't. Some states have banned baiting anything. Federally, you cannot bait migratory birds, but for almost anything, you can plant food plots or manipulate vegetation to increase availability of food. Deer hunters talk about honing in on particular food sources. What makes a deer feeder any worse than a white oak tree that every deer within a quarter mile is going to key in on? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk |
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And whose ethics are we to use? |
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I think, with very little effort, that can be argued. I don't feel like making very little effort though. |
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However, I would make those very arguments myself. I personally don't believe in baiting, or even food plots as we know them commercially. I feel from the fair chase standpoint, hunting over native food sources is more challenging and "fair" to the wildlife, fair being a largely subjective modifier. I won't fault a guy for using bait or food plots, though, simply because the argument could be made that hunting a hot oak flat or honey locust trees is no different. There is likely a higher degree of difficulty, because food sources can change quickly, but the premise is the same. You are targetting a preferred food source, and in some years, the deer may choose that oak tree over the corn feeder. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk |
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Ok I'll argue a little bit. The man that puts out that corn feeder knows where to go to hunt that corn feeder. It will be there all year long. The hot honey locust tree may never be discovered by a hunter. If it is discovered, it won't be the hot spot for the whole season. It may be discovered too late and the deer may never return to it. The man can sit on that corn feeder all season long and at some point a deer will come to eat his never ending supply. The same cannot be said with certainty for an oak or a honey locust. You can say there is no difference, but in reality........... |
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That's not what duckman said. He said the end result is the same, which is the killing of an animal, which there is no guarantee of in either case. I work with a guy that hasn't seen a deer all season at his feeder, but he has them on camera in the area. I agree with you, but that's not an argument against what he said. That's an argument about the means by which the ends are achieved. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk |
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I've expended all my effort. Ya'll keep up the debate. |
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Feesherman talking about fair chase. 20 bucks says he has never chased a deer. Sitting in a deer stand is what is happening
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baiting
Is water melons still against the law to use as bait?:shaking:;)
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