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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: Bulls eye]
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01/24/25 04:00 PM
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Early on I would have said yes just because I got to see more deer. Now I would say no. Hardly would call what most do including myself hunting anymore. Its just sitting at a corn pile and waiting. Especially when u can pretty much pattern them with cell cams. Honestly thinking about going back to old school hunting. I feel i had a lot more fun back then. I agree with the patterning them on cell cams, BUT i remember my Buddies that used (some still do) to go out of state always had someone (landowner or guide) do that very thing for them! But yeah now they just usually pattern them themselves now with a Cam š
Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: jwalker77]
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01/24/25 04:41 PM
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Pwyse
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When i was a kid, there was a guy had 300+ acres leases to hunt at the top of the mountain. They would bring 1 ton dumptruck loads of corn and dump them in the middle of a field and hunt over it at night. They killed some sure enough big deer up there. People around here aint real fond of that guy any more. I turkey hunted a place in Texas that sold deer hunts. They brought in this by product of mars candy bars by the semi load. One of those big dump beds. It was cheap and was like 22% protein and the deer loved it. They would look like mountain goats all over those piles. The outfitter used a front end loader to move it to the feed sites.
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
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01/24/25 04:43 PM
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Cullman, AL
AUdeerhunter
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Nope. Bout every move they've made since Chuck Sykes took over has been a screw up. ^ THIS!!!!!
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: marshmud991]
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01/24/25 05:07 PM
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But let me toss this out there! I know one feller who owns just under 1.5k acres and they haven't been seeing none of their BIG DEER on cams on fields, BUT Sprinkle, sprinkle little feed in the woods and guess what? They get some pics of em š¤ Soooooo what's going on there? They ain't dead, but they ain't killing them (or getting pictures) in the fields though š Bingo!! Unless you like seeing yearling and little spikes this time of year, get away from the fields and get in the woods. I know some will say āwe kill mature bucks on fields all the timeā. Good for you!! We have killed a couple here also but not like getting in the woods or clear cuts with them. I havenāt sat a field or corn since I got here on the 12th. And I'll toss another! Biggest Landowner (that i know of) in the Alberta & the Gee's Bend Area didn't give two chits ifn all the deer died off yesterday or today! Now Turkeys on the other hand woooo Man thats whole nother sturrry š² šš¤£š¤£
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: James]
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01/24/25 05:34 PM
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But let me toss this out there! I know one feller who owns just under 1.5k acres and they haven't been seeing none of their BIG DEER on cams on fields, BUT Sprinkle, sprinkle little feed in the woods and guess what? They get some pics of em š¤ Soooooo what's going on there? They ain't dead, but they ain't killing them (or getting pictures) in the fields though š Bingo!! Unless you like seeing yearling and little spikes this time of year, get away from the fields and get in the woods. I know some will say āwe kill mature bucks on fields all the timeā. Good for you!! We have killed a couple here also but not like getting in the woods or clear cuts with them. I havenāt sat a field or corn since I got here on the 12th. And I'll toss another! Biggest Landowner (that i know of) in the Alberta & the Gee's Bend Area didn't give two chits ifn all the deer died off yesterday or today! Now Turkeys on the other hand woooo Man thats whole nother sturrry š² šš¤£š¤£ Thatās where I was a few years ago. Not the land owner thing but the couldnāt care less about deer thing. I quit coaching football and now I got time to hunt. Traded one addiction for another.
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: Bulls eye]
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01/24/25 06:49 PM
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Early on I would have said yes just because I got to see more deer. Now I would say no. Hardly would call what most do including myself hunting anymore. Its just sitting at a corn pile and waiting. Especially when u can pretty much pattern them with cell cams. Honestly thinking about going back to old school hunting. I feel i had a lot more fun back then. Problem is if you donāt feed the deer will go where they are. I know of a 700 acre property in Fitzpatrick loaded with deer normally quantity and quality. They decided not to feed this year and arenāt seeing a 1/4 of the deer this year.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: Turkey_neck]
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01/24/25 07:00 PM
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Frankie
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Early on I would have said yes just because I got to see more deer. Now I would say no. Hardly would call what most do including myself hunting anymore. Its just sitting at a corn pile and waiting. Especially when u can pretty much pattern them with cell cams. Honestly thinking about going back to old school hunting. I feel i had a lot more fun back then. Problem is if you donāt feed the deer will go where they are. I know of a 700 acre property in Fitzpatrick loaded with deer normally quantity and quality. They decided not to feed this year and arenāt seeing a 1/4 of the deer this year. Years back I saw and killed some damn big bucks killed from that area .
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: jaredhunts]
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01/24/25 08:09 PM
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bham
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When you go fishing, do you use bait? Big portion of fishing is catch and release
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: crocker]
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01/24/25 08:15 PM
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Awbarn, AL
CNC
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When you go fishing, do you use bait? Big portion of fishing is catch and release ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/DdjM7PZ.gif)
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: crocker]
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01/24/25 08:30 PM
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Frankie
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When you go fishing, do you use bait? Big portion of fishing is catch and release Start with fishing has $hit to do with hunting . That the stuff that causes the problem. Well what about , ,,,, It the same as,,,,, I aint fair if ,,,,, So so states does this ,,, Boo whooo whooo if s frog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass when he hopped either
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: Paint Rock 00]
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01/24/25 08:32 PM
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Frankie
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Not a good thing for some and awesome for others. Selling corn has helped a lot of seed stores. Folks are supporting the stores. Farmers are selling by the drum or buckets and doing just fine cash only. Feeding has made it a deer shoot more than a hunt. Cameras another helper. Corn and cameras together is what getting folks off the couch. Iām not sure a few sits Iāve made I would not of but the corn and camera said he has been close by. I still enjoy going. Making people money is not the way to manage wildlife.
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: 3toe]
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01/24/25 09:03 PM
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If bait and cell cams were not a thing I think a good majority of folks would quit, because they arenāt good enough hunters to be successful without the help. Itās a fact.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: Was legalizing baiting a good idea or not?
[Re: 3toe]
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01/24/25 09:05 PM
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sj22
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If bait and cell cams were not a thing I think a good majority of folks would quit, because they arenāt good enough hunters to be successful without the help. ABSOLUTELY
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