Baiting on the chopping block

[JDHasty]

Don't hunt deer/elk over bait.  Just curious.   I have seen places where the deer/elk have eaten the dirt down three feet to get at salt soaked soil that a couple of individuals saturated w/salt decades ago and the deer and elk still visit it. 

[BULLBLASTER]

I agree with skank. That minerals are a spring and summer attractant. Usually by mug August whitetails quit visiting it's any regularity. Elk sometimes a bit later. But it is not a reliable and patter able behavior into the fall imo. Mule deer or black tails I don't know as I don't run trail cameras targeting them like elk and whitetail.

Fwiw I think the baiting laws should be left completely alone. 

[Jonathan_S]

Fwiw I think the baiting laws should be left completely alone. 

 

[pianoman9701]

Don't hunt deer/elk over bait.  Just curious.   I have seen places where the deer/elk have eaten the dirt down three feet to get at salt soaked soil that a couple of individuals saturated w/salt decades ago and the deer and elk still visit it.

The question isn't whether you do it. I don't either. But I don't support the WDFW changing the rules on it.

[JDHasty]

Don't hunt deer/elk over bait.  Just curious.   I have seen places where the deer/elk have eaten the dirt down three feet to get at salt soaked soil that a couple of individuals saturated w/salt decades ago and the deer and elk still visit it.

The question isn't whether you do it. I don't either. But I don't support the WDFW changing the rules on it.

I'm with you.  I don't have a problem with people hunting bait piles.  What I don't want to be up against is shooting a deer that is near a salt block or minerals or even more a location that was used by a rancher in the past and is no longer used that I did not put there or may not even be aware was there in the first place.   

[steeleywhopper]

As a hunter I would never support taking away opportunity from another hunting group. We need to stick together, once it's gone we never get it back.

[fastdam]

Every restriction and every fee are chip away at our liberty and pursuit of happiness. The entire system is a racket. Voting makes no difference. It is just going to get worse because people don't see government for what it really is. They think it'sttheir mommy

[CementFinisher]

As a hunter I would never support taking away opportunity from another hunting group. We need to stick together, once it's gone we never get it back.

Exactly! We hunters are such a small minority, to fraction us only leads to our demise. Ethics of hunting is subject to ones social and cultural upbringing, while we can have a general idea of what is right and wrong, there is many historical and cultural hunting methods that can be implemented without detrimentaly hurting our resources and we should not pass judgment on them. Sound science and  historical significance should lead our ideas.

[buglebrush]

As a hunter I would never support taking away opportunity from another hunting group. We need to stick together, once it's gone we never get it back.

 

[grundy53]

Any updates? Was anyone able to attend the meeting?

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[skeeter 20i]

 

[winshooter88]

The game commission did not make decision today, they heard a report by game manager Mick Cope, and listened to testimony from between 25-30 people. The comments were varied pretty much like the issue has been, a small majority wanted no changes, some were for changing the amount of bait that could be used, (10) gallons, and many wanted it banned completely. The three guides that commented were of the opinion that any limit on the amount of bait was totally stupid. The WDFW did ad a forth point to the last three options to the effect that they could allow baiting for management purposes on a case by case basis, but only for management purposes. The Game Commission will make public it's decision at the April commission meeting. I was only there for the part of the meeting that dealt with baiting.

[Rainier10]

Thanks for giving us an update.

[grundy53]

Thanks for giving us an update.

thank you.

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[BULLBLASTER]

Glad you could make it to the meeting win shooter. Thanks for updating.