Alfalfa

[kodiak06]

How soon after putting out alfalfa are the whitetails finding your bait? Just curious... It takes the blacktails a few days and there's so much green here they don't hammer it. They like corn though. The elk will eat it as soon as they find it.

[hunter399]

WT will eat as soon as they find it
With how cold it's been past two weeks .
You'd most likely have a WT eating before dark if you put it out in the day time .

[Ghost Hunter]

   Would think a little late to start feeding.

[jackelope]

I’ve always heard grass hay is better for their gut, especially if they haven’t been eating alfalfa. It’s really rich and hot. I could be wrong. 

[Rainier10]

I’ve always heard grass hay is better for their gut, especially if they haven’t been eating alfalfa. It’s really rich and hot. I could be wrong.

That’s what I’ve been told as well.

[huntnnw]

Grass? For deer? Elk maybe . I have bales of Timothy and orchard grass and deer rarely touch it . Alfalfa they devour.

[kodiak06]

  Would think a little late to start feeding.

I didn't say I was gonna start feeding lol, It's a simple question

[LDennis24]

You shouldn't introduce alfalfa to them out of nowhere during this time of year if there is snow on the ground. It can kill them. Their stomach is a furnace and if you stock it with the wrong fuel it will get too hot and they will die. You can give them a small amount at a time to build up tolerance but if you just dump alfalfa bales that they can gorge on they can die, can die, doesn't mean they will. 

[hunter399]

I did a bunch of new bait spots last year.
I want to say 75 percent of new spots had a deer there before dark on the first day .

Alot of factor play into it .
Decent population of animals,bait spot location,
If they hear the feed sack being dumped....lol

I did look on my cams to see how quickly they find it.
It was day one most times .

But I wasn't using alfalfa.

[jackelope]

You shouldn't introduce alfalfa to them out of nowhere during this time of year if there is snow on the ground. It can kill them. Their stomach is a furnace and if you stock it with the wrong fuel it will get too hot and they will die. You can give them a small amount at a time to build up tolerance but if you just dump alfalfa bales that they can gorge on they can die, can die, doesn't mean they will. 

This is what I meant, to clarify my last post.
Introducing it to them out of nowhere is no good.

[kodiak06]

You shouldn't introduce alfalfa to them out of nowhere during this time of year if there is snow on the ground. It can kill them. Their stomach is a furnace and if you stock it with the wrong fuel it will get too hot and they will die. You can give them a small amount at a time to build up tolerance but if you just dump alfalfa bales that they can gorge on they can die, can die, doesn't mean they will. 

Why do some of you post irrelevant comments? I didn't mention baiting them this time of year and had you read comments you'd see it was already mentioned. Not being a weenie just think it's strange that simple questions get a lot a rambling off subject

[kodiak06]

You shouldn't introduce alfalfa to them out of nowhere during this time of year if there is snow on the ground. It can kill them. Their stomach is a furnace and if you stock it with the wrong fuel it will get too hot and they will die. You can give them a small amount at a time to build up tolerance but if you just dump alfalfa bales that they can gorge on they can die, can die, doesn't mean they will. 

This is what I meant, to clarify my last post.
Introducing it to them out of nowhere is no good.

Your last post had nothing to do with the question though lol. My question was in regards to BAITING not supplemental feeding as mentioned in my OP

[jackelope]

You shouldn't introduce alfalfa to them out of nowhere during this time of year if there is snow on the ground. It can kill them. Their stomach is a furnace and if you stock it with the wrong fuel it will get too hot and they will die. You can give them a small amount at a time to build up tolerance but if you just dump alfalfa bales that they can gorge on they can die, can die, doesn't mean they will. 

This is what I meant, to clarify my last post.
Introducing it to them out of nowhere is no good.

Your last post had nothing to do with the question though lol. My question was in regards to BAITING not supplemental feeding as mentioned in my OP

Umm. It’s a hunting forum. It’s completely normal and should be expected that threads only stay on topic for the first couple posts. Beyond that it becomes a discussion that sometimes sort of stays on topic(this scenario) for 100-200 more posts if it’s a good one.

[hunter399]

If that bait ban statewide goes through.
I'll probably just spend the money on reloading stuff instead of attractant. Do a lot more shooting,and target practice.
Which I need to do anyway.
Bait spots that may have salt still there,I just won't put anymore down after it goes into effect. Hopefully most will be gone,by the time the snow melts .
I'll continue to run a few cameras,not as much though.
Focus on game trail,saddles, funnel areas that animals use.
Probably focus more on bear hunting,when I'd normally be working my cameras early fall.
Just move forward that way.

[kodiak06]

If that bait ban statewide goes through.
I'll probably just spend the money on reloading stuff instead of attractant. Do a lot more shooting,and target practice.
Which I need to do anyway.
Bait spots that may have salt still there,I just won't put anymore down after it goes into effect. Hopefully most will be gone,by the time the snow melts .
I'll continue to run a few cameras,not as much though.
Focus on game trail,saddles, funnel areas that animals use.
Probably focus more on bear hunting,when I'd normally be working my cameras early fall.
Just move forward that way.

I have a mobile set up (light weight stand/climbing sticks) as well as a few fixed stands that I put up. I spend 100+ hours easily a year e-scouting Id, OR, and Wa so have that all worked out.
I've written letters to WDFW and am a non-resident in regards to the proposals, hopefully the resident hunters are filling their desks with letters and emails. I know non-hunters are doing so.