2012 gut piles!

[wraithen]

I'm starting this to try and combine some efforts so maybe it doesn't belong here but... I say if you are successful and leave a gut pile in don't intend to be near it anymore, let's share the wealth. Where is the gut pile? How old is it? Maybe we can unite predator hunters and deer/elk hunters in a symbiotic relationship

[Chesapeake]

Baiting and giving up where a person was successfull. 

[BULLBLASTER]

I leave mine on the blacktop so you should have no trouble finding them.  sometimes I even do a gutpile burnout if I'm in a messy mood. 

[sirmissalot]

I'll start. My bull gut pile and boned out carcass is at panhandle lake, on the east end of the panhandle.

[wraithen]

I do realize this seems like giving up your honey hole, by all means keep them to yourself if you want. That was not the intent. Gutpiles aren't bait.

edit: Ok, by the not bait part I meant this isn't for going after bears.

[h20hunter]

Mine was left on the hill....in both places. Pretty sure the last one is gone by now and I know the first one is gone...I went and checked already.

[bobcat]

You can hunt bears over gut piles, it's not considered to be baiting.

[KopperBuck]

Think LE could make an argument that the guts had been exposed?

[Tman]

You can hunt bears over gut piles, it's not considered to be baiting.

I would imagine that they could make a case if sat over a gutpile you knew was there and shot an animal that was illegal to bait. In other words if you shot an animal in a cut to find out it was feeding on a gut pile you had no knowledge of, they would be hard pressed to prosecute.

Remember there is a lot of gray matter in the books that gives the leo discretion. So think hard before anyone takes this thread out of context and does something that gets them in trouble.

[huntnnw]

nope..talked to a gamie about this... I had a question reguarding sitting over a moose carcass since they are so big...said it was perfectly fine even a road kill as long as u dont move it

[grundy53]

nope..talked to a gamie about this... I had a question reguarding sitting over a moose carcass since they are so big...said it was perfectly fine even a road kill as long as u dont move it

I've talked to several gamies. Everyone of them said gutpiles were baiting as long as you don't transport them with the intent of using them for bait. So don't move them and your fine.

[MuleyorBust]

As previously stated it is not considered baiting if you dont move them. It is all about the intent of why the "Bait" was left. You just gutted a deer, you didnt leave the gut pile specifically for use as bait. Its just like hunting bear near garbage dumps or orchards. The garbage would be there anyway and the intent of the orchard is not to feed bears. Hope this helps.

[KopperBuck]

 

Was thinking the same thing about a berry patch.

[lagnar]

I asked that same question: I knew where three gutpiles were and intended on hunting bear the next day.
Officer said; If you know where the pile is, and you go in with the intent on hunting over it, it is Baiting.
If you are hunting and come across a gutpile and decide to "sit on it"  It is considered baiting. 
I think the element of something foriegn to the area that attract bears has to be factored in?. 
 I had to pass on two bears this year because I saw gutpiles first.. 
I still look for a bunch of crows but avoid looking for the reason. Better to hunt safely and legally.

[bobcat]

Read the wording of the actual law, not just how they have it in the pamphlet. A gut pile does not meet the definition of bait. There is no way I would pass up a bear just because there happened to be a gut pile in the area.