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Illegal to feed big game animals??
Palmer:
Feeding big game animals would include baiting.
After reading the Humane Society of the US website, I'm for whatever they are against. Let hunters use all their knowledge and skill to get that one species of big game that they want. Don't limit our opportunity. If you don't agree with feeding or baiting then don't participate in it.
I've seen some baiting practices for whitetail last year that made me uncomfortable but there are plenty of deer to go around. Furthermore, the seasons are short and we only get one deer and one elk so use all the tools you legally are able to use.
Since the winter storms came late this year the big game should have survived the heavy snows. We should see strong numbers of elk and deer. I'm sure any feeding has helped more than harmed.
bobcat:
--- Quote from: Palmer on April 01, 2008, 08:57:20 PM ---Feeding big game animals would include baiting.
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Well, not necessarily. It would depend on how the law was written. They could outlaw feeding of wildlife in the winter and still allow baiting during hunting season. I'm not trying to argue for or against feeding of wildlife, I was just in the beginning trying to point out that this post was not about baiting. In my opinion they are two different things.
Red Dawg:
i agree it is different. Not against baiting bears.
Outfitter:
The only baiting we have ever lost was due to anti hunters, so is that what you are Governor Groundhog. We have allways been allowed to feed anything .Stopping that would be nearly impossible. We would have to quit planting agricultural fields and cut down all the apple trees on our property. There has to be something better to complain about !!
robodad:
I to think that baiting should be illegal, I also think that those that chose to bait animals are lacking some of the necessary skills to be a true hunter, I also think that those who use baiting commercially are stealing from those of us that chose to hunt fair chase.
There are other reasons that have already been thoroughly covered on this board so I will leave it at that.
--- Quote ---We would have to quit planting agricultural fields and cut down all the apple trees on our property
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If you harvest these fields and orchards for a living then it is not baiting.
Anybody can kill animals over a pile of food, but it takes skills to out wit and out smart and out maneuver your prey in a fair chase environment, that is what I am about !!
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