can you clear this up for me? Baiting????

[backwoods_boy]

ok i have heard a million stories about baiting and coulnt find anything about it in the REGS....so my question is.
when i go on my elk hunt can i take a few salt licks and put em out?
and sit and wait :-)?

[Thenewguy]

Quick answer is no

[wastickslinger]

I say yes for elk and deer

[Gobble]

Yes you can, My uncle is a gammie and confirmed it. Just not for bear and cougars

[Machias]

Quick answer would be wrong!   Baiting for deer and elk is perfectly legal, your good to go with the mineral blocks.

[backwoods_boy]

Good to know...
i will be hittin up the feed store before i head out to scout this weekend.
thanks
mike

[12Gauge]

I searched the hunting regs and RCW's no law that prohibits it, except for baiting bears is illegal.  You know others will say it is unethical.

I bought a gallon of that C'mere Deer product last week, I'll give that a try; my friends also tells me to try peanut butter and they say they get a good response.

[CP]

Saltine crackers work well too.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

If you took the WDFW survey you would know that it is legal to bait deer and elk. They asked for input on making it illegal so if your morals alow you to do it, do it NOW before they make it illegal

[bow4elk]

shooting an elk over salt?  Really...  Um...Why?  Just get our there and hunt!!!  Make something happen with hunting skills, you'll be glad you did. 

[boneaddict]

I need to go climb a mountain, this sort of thing really frustrates me. LOL

[backwoods_boy]

i was just asking 

[Opportunist]

Backwoods-boy, Your wearin' me out man.   Relax.

Your going to be shot mentally before your hunt begins.

[kirkl]

Man thats the same thing i was thinkin. Just do your scouting and find a big bull and shoot him and your good. Probably see you on the mountain as i have the same tag.

[jackelope]

kirkl...make sure you don't trip over a salt block while you're out there.

[backwoods_boy]

sorry guys i dont have a lot to get excited about lately so this is one thing i like to put my whole self into to.
i am sorry i am so excited.
i will try and limit my enthusiasm.
 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I hunt up in the manastash and know a guy who has been sitting in a tree stand over salt(mineral) blocks for 20 years and still hasn't shot anything from his stand. but when he walks away from it.....

[kirkl]

jackelope, lmao.  ill try not to. as long as he leaves them red and doesnt try to camouflage them then i should be good.

[bow4elk]

sorry guys i dont have a lot to get excited about lately so this is one thing i like to put my whole self into to.
i am sorry i am so excited.
i will try and limit my enthusiasm.

Channel your excitement into learning how to locate elk, call in elk, and otherwise engage with them on their own terms.  You will be hard-pressed to find another satisfaction quite like the day you (and your hunting skills, not crutches) outwit a frothy, enraged, rip-snortin' bugling bull elk at close range.  If you need some help, drop me a note and I'll be glad to help you out.  Best of luck!!

[Machias]

Salt blocks and baiting can be effective and needed in certain places.  Alot of urban settings where you need to draw a deer into an area away from homes and such for a bow shot is not a bad idea.  Let's don't make a blanket statement and let another "tool" be taken away.  I have not baited deer or elk, but for elderly hunters or young hunters it is an effective management tool, that's all.

[CP]

Salt blocks and baiting can be effective and needed in certain places.  Alot of urban settings where you need to draw a deer into an area away from homes and such for a bow shot is not a bad idea.  Let's don't make a blanket statement and let another "tool" be taken away.  I have not baited deer or elk, but for elderly hunters or young hunters it is an effective management tool, that's all.

+1 on that.  There is a time and place for every type of hunting.  Baiting to bring an animal within sight and effective range is no less honorable or sporting than any other type of hunting. 

[bullcanyon]

I think you are wasting your time trying to bait elk this late in the game.  You want to be on the move with the tag you have.  Opening day will still have some bulls bugling.  Get out early and move around listening for them.  Then move in.  I've called in several bulls on the opener.  It will work.