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I have a few food plots here in SW Washington. The blacktail love the clover, but I can see how they would go for the corn first.I dont plant any grasses with my clover. Grass will take over the plot in a few years all on its own if left alone.I used to buy my seed from Blacktail Specialties, but the last several years I just buy my clover seed from Coastal. They sell non blended seeds for somewhat less than half what the "Food Plot" companies charge.I buy a 5# bag of each Crimson, Red, and White Clover. I think its maybe $10 a bag compared to the $100 for 8-10 pounds you will get from a "Food Plot" company.Odds are they (food plot outfit) get thier seed from Oregon anyway.http://www.oregonclover.org/seedproduction.htmlIf you realy want the Buckweat, snowpea, ect... type blend than Coastal sells a blend called "Garden Cover Blend" that is a blend of all these that does a decent job for a food plot. Its also about $10 for a 5# bag.You can go to about any Feed and Farm type store and get Oregon grown and developed seeds for less than half what the "Food Plot" outfits charge.Outside Pride will sell you about any type of clover you could grow in Oregon or Washington, Google them.
Baiting deer and elk is legal, we know that. I am not going to weigh in on the case example because I don’t have any specifics about that case, and I would rather not debate a case or its circumstances while it's still active in a court of law.... But, I can tell you that officers have to develop probable cause to address the situation as an illegal bear bait site, i.e. facts and circumstances to lead a reasonable person to believe that a violation has been committed. Simply having bait present alone would likely not meet that threshold. Obviously if your intent is to bait deer, and a bear arrives and you kill it, that's another story (I'm not saying that's what happened in this case, just throwing that out as a hypothetical).In other words, there is likely more to this story/case than we are reading about on this forum. We should wait until a court decision is rendered and the facts are heard before determining innocence or guilt -- for both the alleged violator and the Fish and Wildlife Officer.
I was mostly told the rose hips was what they were attracted to... that said, i have found that they like Back berry brambles and always see the leaves eaten off by them. Damn things are like goats! Hell i've seen them eath the cedar boughs i cut from my tree stand before?
My question was, taking on face value someone sitting in a tree deer hunting over bait, even with an unnotched bear tag in their pocket, would they have a reasonable expectation of NOT getting a ticket for bear hunting? I generally have all of my transport tags together with my hunting license and would not think about removing my bear tag while sitting over an apple pile while deer hunting.
