I ask, because a coworker is claiming it's only like $25 or something relatively inexpensive, but I find that hard to believe.

anyone know for certain?

I got one that was later thrown out in the 90's. I had to sign a $500 bond.

You're co worker is Way off, I can't say sorry sure but it's not 25.00

That's for dove hunting over corn plus another 25 in court cost

Tell us more about your fine!!

I found this, not sure if it's still accurate. It says $250 for hunting over bait. Pretty sure if you actually killed one over bait, you'd pay more.
http://judicial.alabama.gov/rules/Rule20_Appendix_B.pdf

I cant tell you the actual fine but it is relatively inexpensive but the screw you on court costs.

I saw where a guy was given a $5,775 fine and given 36 months' probation for having a pay hunt dove shoot in a baited field.

Corn under a game camera couple hundred yards down the gas line from what was planted in wheat on a pay dove hunt

I thought a deer baiting fine was around $470 a few years ago.
A friend of mine had a camera on the side of a food plot in September on his lease and then took it down, the corn appeared to be all gone. In late December a game warden walked in, made small talk asking about deer pictures, etc. My friend told him he had a camera out, showed him where it was and didn't think anything about it. The game warden got on his hands and knees and dug around in the dirt for ten or so minutes and found a single semi rotten kernel that looked more like a small black rock and wrote him a $470 ticket.

That's when he needs a rifle stock broke over the back of his head

I'd love to see you try to break a rifle stock over a game warden's head.

I would never do that but I sure would be thinking hard about it.

No person on this earth, other than perhaps a petafile, deserves a rifle stock cracked over there back. Please proof read and put a little thought into what you post. Step back and ask herself if what your are posting is appropriate.

He doesn't deserve a rifle stock on the back of the head, but this is why people dislike most game wardens. Common sense would tell you, the guy was doing his best to follow the law, but they'll write him the same ticket as some sorry SOB, that doesn't even try to follow the law. We were rabbit hunting at FT. Mcclellan back in the early 80's. The guy that had the dog, reminded us before we got on the fort to make sure we didn't have any illegal ammo on us. We had killed a couple of rabbits, when the game warden drove up. We could see him coming for a mile. He checked the guy with the dog, and found an old green paper hulled shell, that had gotten stuck in a hole in his jacket. Wrote him a ticket for: Illegal ammo, deer hunting out of season, and deer hunting without a permit. What an arrogant prick. We could see the ticket for illegal ammo, but with 2 dead rabbits, deer hunting out of season? How do you get a permit, when the season is closed? We even told the GW, we saw you coming 10 minutes before you got here. I would have scared to have shot that shell.

It does suck that the guy hunting over a mountain of corn gets the same ticket as the guy who overlooked or didn't see a few kernels in his area.

Don't give that crap with all the chit you've posted on here over the years

A buddy of mine got a ticket " hunting in a baited area" and his fine was only $25. He was hunting on or close to property line and corn was on the adjacent property and put out by the other property owner.

That's the biggest bunch of BS I've ever heard.

WWJD?

A friend of mine got caught hunting over corn about 10 years ago and it cost him $400 and lost his hunting license for a year. I told the dumbass not to do it but he went ahead. Opening day of bowseason and he was in his tree before daylight but the GW was already on his way too. After my friend missed 3 deer he heard a voice and it was the GW, with sidearm trained on the hunter, telling him to lower his bow. I still laugh at him and he still don't think it's funny.

I know a guy that used a feeder that was "empty" 10 days before the season in Washington county that got ticketed. Same thing, opening day and the warden showed him a couple kernels stuck in the feeder. He also don't think it was funny.

When IP was permit land in Baldwin county I had a tree nicknamed the meat tree. I went in before dark and jumped in the climber and as it was getting daylight I started seeing specks... I thought my eyes were jacked up and then realized it was friggin corn everywhere. Someone wanted me out of the area so, they got what they wanted. I hauled butt down that tree and outta there. Found the warden later that day and showed it to him. He ended up getting the guy later that week.

X2 and I would call him everything my mind could conjure.

Oh, and don't forget. You will not be able to keep the deer you kill, at least not lawfully, if you get busted.

I paid $500 total

I know we joke about it on here but I don't care if it's $1.00 or $1,000.00 I ain't doing it until it's legal without any definition from a wardens point of view. Why risk your hunting ethics over it if you have any.

In 1996 I found where someone was baiting on my property. I called the GW and he and I went out there and I showed him the area. GW told me he would get the guy on Thanksgiving morning. Sure enough, he caught him on Thanksgiving. The guy was walking up the side of the mountain, carrying a 50 bag of corn. The GW advised me that this guy was rather large and very pi$$ed. I asked why the guy was so mad and the GW said, "Well, I took his stand, his gun, and his license for a year, and fined him $500."

I know a guy that it cost $378 in fine and court cost. 30 day suspended jail sentence and 2 years of probation.

You would think that a lot more people would have first hand information about the fine ,because so many people are using corn. I had a feller tell me ,that he has a long narrow food plot ,that he has his feeder set off to the side over 100 yards away and out of sight , but it is one of those directional feeders that only throw out to one side , and he has it so that it will throw the corn out in the food plot. He says the way he reads the rule , is so long as it is over 100 yards and out of sight that it is legal.
I know of one person that got caught year before last and it costed him $500.00.
I havent hear of anybody getting caught since the so called "suplemental feeding" rule came out last year.

my understanding of the rule is that it has to be over 100yds away AND out of sight due to natural obstruction....

BUT

if a GW believes that it directly caused a deer to be within range of you, that they can get you for baiting no matter how far away it is.

Over $300 with court costs. Hope your friend has deep pockets.

Dr. B

Wouldn't that totally defeat the purpose of the 100 yard rule.... I mean..isn't the point of corn to get the deer "within range"....

according to the law, I think the "purpose" of allowing it at all was for "supplemental feeding". that's why in the regulation books, they are careful to note that "baiting is still illegal"

I could be wrong though...you'd have to have one of our GW members clarify.

Two bow hunters at our club paid 500.00 each for hunting over old camera sites last fall.

I wonder if a game warden can prove a deer feed station directly caused a deer to be within range? I've heard some judges are throwing a bunch of the 100 yard tickets in the garbage can.

I understand what you're saying.... It's just a stupid rule/law whatever they wanna call it... I put corn out to draw the deer in and try and keep em close.... I don't care what nutritional value it has... It brings the deer in... The only the supplemental value it has... Is that it supplements my dinner table with the rest of the veggies...

This is how it was explained to me, too.

And I think this is horsecrap. The GW still has all the discretion and can merely say, "Well, I think so" or "I believe it is" and be done. It's happened before, in the woods and in courts, and it'll continue to happen.

And some wonder why game wardens aren't liked.

I can tell you first hand that I paid $325 last year and the local county prosecutor said he was letting me off easy.

But didn't you get ticketed by TC's paw paw??

Anybody that is really interested in "supplemental feeding", is not going to hunt over it. Thats still "baiting". If you want to "supplemental feed", put your feeder where you are never going to hunt. It's not that confusing guys.

My buddy got caught two years ago in Dallas Co. He paid $500 including court cost.
There was an entire bag of corn twenty yds from his tree. He said the GW was LAUGHING the entire time. Crazy sumbeech went back to the same tree that afternoon and shot an impressive 9pt.

Email your district game warden office a google earth picture showning stand and feeder location and ask if your good.. We did and now have an email printed out from the captain saying we are good. He said deer crossing the road to the feeder didnt matter. They seeem to be going by the rules as printed- 100 yds away and out of sight.

once it throws the corn into the food plot, which is in sight, it becomes illegal.

Section 9-11-244 is the statute that prohibits taking of birds or animals by means of bait. Section 9-11-246 provides the range of fines and punishments for hunting over bait. The penalty for hunting deer or turkey over bait is a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $500 and the Court, in its discretion may revoke the defendants hunting privileges for up to one year on a first conviction. The second and each subsequent conviction carries a fine of between $500 and $2,000, loss of hunting privileges for one year and imprisonment in the county jail for a minimum of 10 days and a maximum of 30 days. Each of the scheduled fines is exclusive of costs. For baiting small game the fine would be $25.00 and not more than $100 for a first offense.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to look up, or quote, the law.

A lot longer than it use to take Eddie

That answered my question: Its loss of hunting privileges not loss of hunting license as some have stated. BIG difference.

splain that difference please.....

Was wondering myself.....

I can hunt legally without a license. If I lose my hunting privileges, I can't hunt legally.

Ok, didn't think of that. If your a senior citizen or hunting on your own land, you arent required to have a license.

That's right. BIG difference. Sounds like someone was thinking when they put in "loss of hunting privileges" and not "loss of hunting license."

1 of those deals everybody baits deer but 1 maybe 2 get a ticket. I know 10+ yrs ago it was over $400 with fine and court cost. I learned my lesson and since then I've saved no telling how much $$ on corn.