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is it legal to bait deer in washington
« on: October 19, 2011, 05:10:02 PM »
just wondering if it is legal. I cant find in the regs that it is or isn't

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2011, 05:11:18 PM »
Legal
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2011, 05:24:40 PM »
 :yeah:
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2011, 05:28:11 PM »
An officer told me it is not illegal to feed deer or elk. Check the trail cam photos, most show apples on the ground.
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2011, 05:29:42 PM »
Legal.  Do a search on here, the RCW has been posted several times.  The topic may be locked but should be still on here. :chuckle:

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2011, 05:44:47 PM »
An officer told me it is not illegal to feed deer or elk. Check the trail cam photos, most show apples on the ground.

WDFW officer?  Just curious on the background behind that ....

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2011, 05:47:04 PM »
just wondering if it is legal. I cant find in the regs that it is or isn't

 Yep, legal to bait deer and call it "fair chase" but illegal to use a lumenok, go figure. :chuckle:
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2011, 05:51:03 PM »
Here we go ..... :chuckle:

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2011, 05:54:39 PM »
Im quite a master one would say.

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2011, 05:59:21 PM »
yep.....go ahead and feed them so you can see does on your pile all day and get lots of nice night time pictures of big bucks..... :chuckle:

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2011, 06:02:32 PM »
An officer told me it is not illegal to feed deer or elk. Check the trail cam photos, most show apples on the ground.

WDFW officer?  Just curious on the background behind that ....

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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2011, 06:05:57 PM »
Legal! You can bait deer, and elk in the state.
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2011, 06:06:20 PM »
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2011, 06:15:24 PM »
just wondering if it is legal. I cant find in the regs that it is or isn't

 Yep, legal to bait deer and call it "fair chase" but illegal to use a lumenok, go figure. :chuckle:

Pope and Young does not address this in their "Rules of Fair chase", I guess some of it has to be common sense? However back to the original post, as stated legal, maybe not ethical in some opinions.
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Re: is it legal to bait deer in washington
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2011, 06:19:36 PM »
Yeah bait em up and be sure your feeder is in the picture when you kill something :chuckle: :chuckle: ya know just like on T.V  :sry:

 


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