GMAC to discuss deer/elk baiting in the future.

[hughjorgan]

I don't see a need to ban baiting, i have found quite a few stands that put out salt licks and alfalfa, but it always makes me wonder if success for archery would go down with out it?

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I don't see a need to ban baiting, i have found quite a few stands that put out salt licks and alfalfa, but it always makes me wonder if success for archery would go down with out it?

If it did maybe we could shorten the rifle season and lengthen the bow season so success rates match up with the modern season (isn't that the logic they used a few years back to cut the bow season because success rates where higher than modern?)

I do believe that success rates would fall. There is no question that baiting is very effective if your goal is to kill any legal deer.

[Ridgeratt]

I don't see a need to ban baiting, i have found quite a few stands that put out salt licks and alfalfa, but it always makes me wonder if success for archery would go down with out it?

If it did maybe we could shorten the rifle season and lengthen the bow season so success rates match up with the modern season (isn't that the logic they used a few years back to cut the bow season because success rates where higher than modern?)

I do believe that success rates would fall. There is no question that baiting is very effective if your goal is to kill any legal deer.

Be careful of what you wish for!! I still have a longbow and my muzzleloaders are sidelocks. If they ever revert to what the Primitive seasons were set for.   

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I don't see a need to ban baiting, i have found quite a few stands that put out salt licks and alfalfa, but it always makes me wonder if success for archery would go down with out it?

If it did maybe we could shorten the rifle season and lengthen the bow season so success rates match up with the modern season (isn't that the logic they used a few years back to cut the bow season because success rates where higher than modern?)

I do believe that success rates would fall. There is no question that baiting is very effective if your goal is to kill any legal deer.

Be careful of what you wish for!! I still have a longbow and my muzzleloaders are sidelocks. If they ever revert to what the Primitive seasons were set for.   

I don't wish for it but I see it going that way. Hunters will keep finding a way to keep cutting away from our own rights.

[lokidog]

I use apples instead of trail cameras.  Bait out in the dark that is gone at 10, deer came through in the morning, same apples gone at 3, it/they came through mid day.  Bait out at 3, gone after dark, they came through probably before dark. 

My wife's first deer died with an apple still in its mouth.   

We feed Allstock during the winter to help the deer out when the eating is tough, it's fun to watch the deer and help them out when needed.

[bobcat]

Baiting is not easy. It's a lot of work, and more often than not the deer only come to the bait when it's dark.

Ocassionally, a young buck will make a mistake and come out a little early.

I found it's especially a good method of hunting for a first time hunter:

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Baiting is not easy. It's a lot of work, and more often than not the deer only come to the bait when it's dark.

Ocassionally, a young buck will make a mistake and come out a little early.

I found it's especially a good method of hunting for a first time hunter:

That is why I hope it's around when my kids start hunting. It's a good way to get does and young bucks in and have them hang around for a while.. just an all around good experience for a first time hunter.

[Ridgeratt]

Well to say that you can't condition deer!
These had figured out when the stuff hangs up in the feeder how to shake it!

[bobcat]

This is the time of day the bucks normally come to my bait:

[lokidog]

That's why I try not to leave much there after dark, gets them looking earlier for it.   

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Well to say that you can't condition deer!
These had figured out when the stuff hangs up in the feeder how to shake it!

  Thats funny right there.

[DBHAWTHORNE]

That's why I try not to leave much there after dark, gets them looking earlier for it.   

yep...during the season that is something I am going to change up next year...see if I get more daylight activity.

[bobcat]

That's why I try not to leave much there after dark, gets them looking earlier for it.   

Never thought of that. But I always would try to bring in enough so I'd only have to re-bait twice a week.

[Ridgeratt]

That's why I try not to leave much there after dark, gets them looking earlier for it.   

Never thought of that. But I always would try to bring in enough so I'd only have to re-bait twice a week.

When I use a spin feeder they hear the motor run and they are there in 10 minutes. I used to go just force the feeder at noon and watch the stampede.

especially if it had run dry

[lokidog]

That's why I try not to leave much there after dark, gets them looking earlier for it.   

Never thought of that. But I always would try to bring in enough so I'd only have to re-bait twice a week.

That's an advantage I have in that my bait sites are only about five minutes from my house and 20 feet off the roads.