No way, some guys wouldn't know how to hunt without bait. Its illegal here and every gas station, grocery store, Walmart all sell bait. Corn, apples, potatoes, mineral blocks, powders and it all sells, all season long. Hell one of our local grocery stores buys a semi load of bag corn every year and it sells out.
Was in Tractor Supply last week and 40# bags were $11. Seems like that's almost double what it was around here last year. Wont stop it but it will slow it down some around here just because of the number folks that cant afford to throw that kind of money at feeding deer. It's legal here except on private and you are right there are ton's of folks that arent killing many if any deer without bait. But the population might very well get out of control otherwise. If you assume half the deer killed are over bait(I would guess it is a good bit higher), here that equates to around a 100k deer per year. Leave that many on the landscape for 3-5 years and you could have some real problems start to show up with habitat, disease, additional auto collisions, etc. I guess I just dont view shooting a deer over bait any different than shooting one at 200-300 yards, it's just shooting a deer, not really hunting them. I have no problems with that because we need to shoot a certain number to keep the herd healthy and in check.
No I’m out in that one. I thought scouting was half the fun of hunting.
Honestly I didn’t start the thread to bust their chops. Im just interested in random nicknames. That are made up over the country. I don’t mind the random derail. I’m horrible about changing subjects like today. What do we have left to get the kids for school? Same breathe. You reckon that woman’s hoo hoo’s are real?
Buddy sent me some huge deer, feeder trail cam pics today from a guy he works with. This is Ohio, guy claims they pour 8,000 lbs of corn a month.
Too much money in it. The guy at our local Coop said they make $100,000 a season in just bagged corn. This is just a small rural Coop in a sparsely populated part of the state.
I know the one season I had private land to hunt 19’ I spent 1600 in corn so that makes since BUT it never felt like it was hunting. I far more enjoy public land hunting with just scouting and natural resources
Yes, I'm the same way. I love hunting deer naturally and all the woodsmanship that goes into it. The challenge of scouting and hunting is what makes it fun. Plus, I don't mind saving all that money I would be spending on corn.
Amen on that. That’s allot of money to blow. Especially when they will walk by golden acorns to go to white oak acorns.
That's a good example of why it's not a good idea to compare yourself to other people. You often don't know the whole story.
That's some expensive Venison. I hope you were able to drop a few.
