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| bobcat:
--- Quote from: Dman on July 03, 2007, 02:15:00 PM --- It seems that just a few years ago, no lures of any kind were alowed for deer, though I see in this year's pamphlet it's allowed. Anyone remember what year this changed? --- End quote --- It's never been not allowed. At least as far back as I can remember, which would be to about the mid 80's. |
| Dman:
I'll take your word for it - don't have old regs that far back. I can just remember getting rotten hell from my uncle for wearing a cover scent -I'm kind of smelly. |
| bowhuntin:
I have always understood baiting deer and elk as legal as it has never said it was illegal. Although I do not hunt this way. For salt licks I don't know why you are so concerned with this boneaddict because I would think most people put it in an isolated area like on a trail or they might pick it up after they are done with it. Plus it would take a lot of rain or snow to dissolve this into the soil. Though I have never seen what you are talking about, I don't think it is much of a concern as your conservationist side insists. |
| boneaddict:
Trust me. Its devastating. I'll no doubt run across one or two sites and I'll photo shoot it for you. Honestly whats a hole out in the woods, but when some *censored* puts it right in the middle of a trail or something because,ohhhhh here is a trail, and ohhhhh here is a deer track.....this must be a crossing. I'm going to set up right here......or ohhhh, hear is a cute little meadow/opening I can see nearly 50 yards here.......meadow now moonscape. Just trying to be informative to those that might not know the affect of it. I have never hunted over them, and most likely won't. I do however toss those little rabbit blocks into my pocket to take to the game in the mountains. They are so salt hungry in some areas where they damn near tackle you while pissing. We usually pick an old rotten log near camp to take a piss on, they will eat the whole log. I've got a picture of about 8 bucks doing that in the sawtooth, and another that came into camp to eat our saddle cinch along with 5 of his 4 point buddies. I came barrelking out of the tent just in time to snap a phot of the smallest. Trust me, if they are slat hungry enough to eat your piss, then enough salt will leach into the ground in an average rain from a block. |
| Krusty:
Bone, Your conservationalist side isn't taking natural wallows into account, you may not have a complete connection to cause and effect, without having first witnessed a block left behind. I sat on the river the other day, and watched birds come and tear at the bank, eating clay, all day long. This spot stood out from the surroundings as a "disaster area". Also I know of a huge dust wallow used by deer and elk, that has a strip of saltpeter that forms as it dries each spring. It's right in the middle of a lightning burned stand of pine trees, so it has a spectacular disaster scene feel to it. This is not to say I don't agree with you, wholeheartedly, we should keep our impact to a minimum whenever we can. Deer specific feeds and blocks are one way to help, the salt content is considerably lower, so that the time they are in place they leach less of it into the surroundings. I've always thought feed corn would make a great fall attractant, it's ground up enough that everybody can eat some, bringing a buzz of all kinds of activity to an area. I've never found anyone who can tell me if it's legal to plant indigenous food crops on public land, but food near water and bedding areas, would be a way better way to attract a large healthy animal (than salt). And a way better long term "investment" in management, than a single animal harvested/culled. My dad says waaaay back when, the State gave them a small packet of buckbrush seeds (or some other attractive food plant), with the aluminum deer tag that came with a hunting license. :) Krusty |
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