Baiting Technique

[BKMFR]

Great Thread! Thanks for trying to keep it on subject!
MacIntosh apples (some cut, smashed on trees to get aroma going) and green leafy alfalfa hay, set in an area where the deer are..... colder, more snow the better! Make yourself a feeding station, after season you might just be able to pick up a few sheds right there while helping the deer.....

[300UltraMagShooter]

I find it funny people think you just though out bait and kill a 150+ buck, yea um good luck with that

I have a buddy that moved to WA about 8 years ago.  Before that, he had never shot a buck over 120 inches with his bow.

He now has 3 over 150 and one 170 buck. 

However, I'm not trying to get the new guys to shoot 150 bucks.  Just fill their freezers and keep them hunting.

Thanks everyone. 

[300UltraMagShooter]

If this ends up helping any of the new guys, I hope you'll share your experience.   

[stromdiddily]

Tag soup in WA this year (my first) but always appreciate threads like this

Everything's a learning opportunity with the right mindset

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[300UltraMagShooter]

When baiting, in general, shots are going to be close.  That may sound like a good thing, but if you haven't practiced shooting down at a steep angle, you may be surprised.  Practice before you climb in the stand.... even if it is only a few times.

[stromdiddily]

Completely agree. Downward shots especially when sitting are way different than at the range!

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[weathergirl]

When baiting, in general, shots are going to be close.  That may sound like a good thing, but if you haven't practiced shooting down at a steep angle, you may be surprised.  Practice before you climb in the stand.... even if it is only a few times.

Also noise control is much more critical, you can make a lot more noise drawing a bow at 30 yards than at 10 or less.  I think bait works best when there are not other decent food sources around.

[300UltraMagShooter]

If you are monitoring your bait with cameras, don't over do it on checking the cams. 

Hunt them when they are hot.... meaning when you have deer coming in in DAYLIGHT.

Anyone else got anything?

[300UltraMagShooter]

Today a guy told me a neat trick he uses and I thought I'd share.

He finds a finger ridge and puts his bait on the point of the ridge where he thinks the deer will be working their way off the ridge.  He then gets above the bait and waits for the deer to work past him on the wait to the bait.

 

[300UltraMagShooter]

There are a bunch of whitetails posted this year in the bowhunting area.  I'm sure lots were baited.  Anyway we could get any of you to tell the story?  What you used?  Did you hold out until weather was just right?  ect?

[CAMPMEAT]

When baiting, in general, shots are going to be close.  That may sound like a good thing, but if you haven't practiced shooting down at a steep angle, you may be surprised.  Practice before you climb in the stand.... even if it is only a few times.

Also noise control is much more critical, you can make a lot more noise drawing a bow at 30 yards than at 10 or less.  I think bait works best when there are not other decent food sources around.

That's funny you mention noise control. When I feed ( rebait ) my spot, I make all kinds of noise. I even use my ATV and the deer show up in 15 minutes because they know it's dinner time. I even put my blind about 5 yards from the feed and the deer could of cared less.

[singleshot12]

  And who says deer can't become like cattle?

[deaner]

everybody says apples n cob, but if youre going to bait i really wouldnt put out that stuff until november unless you want a bear party on your hands.  if you want to bait prior to november id stick with alfalfa only.  even then, a bear may come in, but not much of a worry.  ive had one time this year that bears came into one of my cams that was baited with only alfalfa.  they kicked it around for maybe 3 or 4 min then left. 

[4fletch]

I thought one could not bait anymore with with the new law that peta endorsed not feeding wild animals targeting raccoon's

[Nice Racks]

Try screwing the lid of a large plastic peanut butter jar to the underside of a branch. Screw the jar back onto the lid and then cut the very bottem off of the jar. Deer, elk, bear and a lot of other critters will love ya for it. Just don't bear hunt on it.