I wouldn't have hunted there if there was an illegal salt block there. You could've got pinched by Mr. Lawman.
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Hunting Incident
- Thread starter bj139
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Exactly correct.
[mention]bj139 [/mention] I would definitely drop a dime on that. Whoever did that makes all people within a certain distance open to violation. Even within 30 days of bait being removed.
Not only is that person violating the law, s/he is risking everyone in the area.
If you decide to report it, take a pic with location enabled on your phone. Make sure the EXIF data on picture has GPS location. Then report it. And don’t tell them you sat anywhere in the area after you saw the bait.
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It was under the ladder stand. The block was about 50 yards from me, not a location I would choose to place it if bow hunting. I couldn't see the block or the other stand from where I was. I think if the game warden walked past the other stand and salt block to me up a tree he couldn't possibly say I was hunting over bait. If I am 200 yards from the block am I hunting over bait? The whole woods here would be unhuntable. There is another ladder stand with a salt block about 30 yards away. I was about 30 yards from this block a few days ago. The vegetation around the blocks is dead so they have been there a while sort of like the ladder stands. Not my saddle. It is in my truck.
Do you think they would care enough to go out and take a look? This is a state park so I am not sure if the few park rangers there would be interested. Maybe I will report this to the authorities.[mention]bj139 [/mention] I would definitely drop a dime on that. Whoever did that makes all people within a certain distance open to violation. Even within 30 days of bait being removed.
Not only is that person violating the law, s/he is risking everyone in the area.
If you decide to report it, take a pic with location enabled on your phone. Make sure the EXIF data on picture has GPS location. Then report it. And don’t tell them you sat anywhere in the area after you saw the bait.
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Be a conservation hero! Poachers are thieves... help us catch them.
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DanielB89
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You know how many people hang one stand over bait and then hunt it from another? I could see that as being a common practice for outlaws. It's a great alibi. I would bet that you and the warden wouldn't come to an agreement on that one and you could possibly be walking away with some extra paper work.
I just looked at that site and the online form. It does not mention baiting only the illegal killing of big game. I don't think they have time to stake out every illegal salt block.[mention]bj139 [/mention] I would definitely drop a dime on that. Whoever did that makes all people within a certain distance open to violation. Even within 30 days of bait being removed.
Not only is that person violating the law, s/he is risking everyone in the area.
If you decide to report it, take a pic with location enabled on your phone. Make sure the EXIF data on picture has GPS location. Then report it. And don’t tell them you sat anywhere in the area after you saw the bait.
Operation Game Thief
Be a conservation hero! Poachers are thieves... help us catch them.
This is turning into attack Bill. Next you know I will get a summons for spitting in the woods. I was thinking of seeing if the stand is tagged with a name and license number as required by law. I will look today. I could report the name and location. You wanna bet there is no tag?
Yes game warden, I planted a salt block 300 yards from my stand location to throw off suspicion.
DanielB89
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We have wardens here whose only job is to put cameras over bait piles and stands that are around them. You'd be surprised what a warden may go through to catch someone baiting.
I have a friend who was on a hunting club that butted up to a reserve. He was baiting on his lease and set his feeder up to where the radius of the corn being thrown just barely landed on public land. He reserved a multi thousand dollar ticket and lost hunting rights for a few years. It was CRAZINESS!!
DanielB89
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This is turning into attack Bill. Next you know I will get a summons for spitting in the woods. I was thinking of seeing if the stand is tagged with a name and license number as required by law. I will look today. I could report the name and location. You wanna bet there is no tag?
Yes game warden, I planted a salt block 300 yards from my stand location to throw off suspicion.
I don't think anyone has said anything to attack anyone, maybe to educate and hopefully keep from a violation. All anyone here has done is express their experience and thoughts on what you posted. Isn't that the purpose of a post, to hear other people's opinions on a situation?
Reading back through the thread I am realizing that hunting public land has quite a few things that come along with it.
Also, side note, we have some land here in Louisiana called "states land" that is public land that does allow baiting. We don't have any in my area, but it is completely legal to bait it. Is that what you are on by any chance?
I will try to get the GPS location from Onxhunt and report it using the online form. I should be close to this salt block today but not the other salt block. If I'm collecting evidence can I be arrested for that? I will hunt father away today although I left my Mason's line loop in the tree to reserve my spot so no one else can hunt there.
I don't know how far away I must hunt in PA. I just want the block gone.
DanielB89
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Honestly, I think that is a good idea. I report any bait I may find as it is illegal and I don't want to stumble upon it if I am out hunting. I do believe it's very important to know your rules for where you hunt as well as asking wardens about walking up on bait and how far you can hunt away from it?I will try to get the GPS location from Onxhunt and report it using the online form. I should be close to this salt block today but not the other salt block. If I'm collecting evidence can I be arrested for that? I will hunt father away today although I left my Mason's line loop in the tree to reserve my spot so no one else can hunt there.
A friend of mine was assumed to have killed a deer over bait on a local NWR and the warden made him walk him to where he shot the deer showing stand site, where the deer was standing when he shot it as well as track it to the gut pile(he removed the guts after shooting it). They had to walk over a mile one way to get to the shot site.
My question was, what if the deer had ate corn in a neighboring field and he had shot him? If that would have been the case, he would have definitely received a ticket that day as well as had to go to court. Maybe our wardens are too harsh, lol.
I know. I'm probably just oversensitive. I didn't think I did anything wrong during this whole episode but maybe just me being the woods is offensive. I just found the GPS coordinates of my preset loop in Onxhunt. If I report this, I better move my preset loop to avoid all suspicion on me. How far is enough? I'll move to a tree near where the deer were snorting after dark last night. Hey I just realized I have a photo of the guy who walked by me on Saturday and climbed up his stand. This salt block is 10 yards away from his stand. Here he is.
DanielB89
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I know. I'm probably just oversensitive. I didn't think I did anything wrong during this whole episode but maybe just me being the woods is offensive. I just found the GPS coordinates of my preset loop in Onxhunt. If I report this, I better move my preset loop to avoid all suspicion on me. How far is enough? I'll move to a tree near where the deer were snorting after dark last night. Hey I just realized I have a photo of the guy who walked by me on Saturday and climbed up his stand. This salt block is 10 yards away from his stand. Here he is.
did he see you and knowingly climb up right there? If so, that would never go down well here.
This is turning into attack Bill. Next you know I will get a summons for spitting in the woods. I was thinking of seeing if the stand is tagged with a name and license number as required by law. I will look today. I could report the name and location. You wanna bet there is no tag?
Yes game warden, I planted a salt block 300 yards from my stand location to throw off suspicion.
WHAT?????? You’ve been spitting in the woods too
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Yes he did but I thought it was public land so I didn't really mind. He was about 50 yards away. That was max zoom on my celll phone. I didn't know the salt block was under his stand at this time, your honor.
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I was walking out in the dark last night with a new headlamp and it was very bright. I have been using Walmart cap lights and headlamps for $1 but these things are crap for visibility in the woods at night. I started thinking about what the game warden would think of me walking out with a crossbow with a bright light. Spotlighting? I am probably just guilty of multiple misdemeanors every day. I just don't know what they are. I tried not to spit.
I would like to think you would get a call at a minimum. Good news... you've been documenting everything in this thread. If you get questioned, I would direct them here.
I was walking out in the dark last night with a new headlamp and it was very bright. I have been using Walmart cap lights and headlamps for $1 but these things are crap for visibility in the woods at night. I started thinking about what the game warden would think of me walking out with a crossbow with a bright light. Spotlighting? I am probably just guilty of multiple misdemeanors every day. I just don't know what they are. I tried not to spit.
I think any reasonable warden would know you have to have a light to get out of the woods after hunting until dark.
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