Big Game Hunting > Deer Hunting
Guessing there will be a drop in whitatail archers
boneaddict:
I would think the trail cam folks would be more puckered over it.
jrebel:
The thing that kills me is......the deer are still going to eat in their family groups. Whitetail especially all eat the same feed, regardless of bait or natural forage. We have 5-6 groups of does / fawns that all eat live in the same area. The eat off the same bushes, grasses, ect. You can watch one group eat and walk off....just to see another group in that same area eating and drinking out of the same exact spot. This isn't going to stop the spread of anything in my humble opinion, but is otherwise one more controlling factor WDFW and the Commission have on hunters.
If anything.....it is going to harm these deer during the winter when they benefit from supplemental feed. :dunno: :dunno:
hunter399:
--- Quote from: Feathernfurr on March 29, 2025, 11:23:14 AM ---I’m gonna ruffle some feathers… If you need bait to kill whitetails with a bow, you’re a crappy bowhunter 😂
--- End quote ---
Wow....lol
I'm not to offended,cause I don't bow hunt.
So I can't agree or disagree.
I've seen some giant,stud,masher bucks killed in late bow season over bait. They don't get posted to this site .
GIANT WT,some bigger than I've ever seen posted on here.
hunter399:
I was talking to a bow hunting friend the other day.
Asked him if was gonna change up to modern due to no bait possibly becoming a law. He pretty much said no,and would stick to private land and bait there.
This really only hurts public land hunting.
baldopepper:
Gotta say one thing I don't like about baiting.and feeding is that it makes life a little easier for predators. It's no coincidence that so many trail.cams set over bait get pictures of lions and other predators. They figure out fairly quickly those gathering areas.. Used to put out a little bird seed for quail around the yard, but had to keep dispatching the feral housecats that would hide waiting for the birds to gather. Don't think for a minute that the big predators don't figure that out just like the housecats.
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