Baiting Deer

[WHITETAILFEVER]

I Know That In Ny Putting A Pile Of Corn,apples,carrots Etc...just To Lure The Deer In Or Onto A Property Is Illeagle But Why Is Building A Food Plot Just To Lure In The Deer Leagle?does This Make Sence To You?i Know The Cwd(chronic Wasting Disease)has Had Something To Do With It Because They Dec(dept.of Environmental Conservation)dosen't Want The Deer To Gather In Herds?but What About The Food Plots And Or Herding Up In The Winter Months?i Have Only Herd Of 3 Cases Of Cwd In Ny(southernteir) But That Was A Couple Of Years Ago And Nothing Sence?i In My Opinion If You Own The Property Pay The State Taxes You Should Be Able To Do What You Want To Do On It.does Anybody Here Agree Or Disagree?i Don't Want To Start A War On Here So Please Keep It Clean.

[East Texas Droptine]

I agree......if it is your property you should be able to do as you please.....and after all the deer are in a sense "yours." Baiting also helps the deer make it through the season up north when there are hard winters

[Turtle]

Don't know the answer to that one. Here is SC ,2/3 of the state can bait but the 1/3 I live in can't. 4 miles away in NC you can. Frustrating
I've always thought scents were more of a lure ,but they're allowed. None of it really makes sense to me. Personally I'd rather they allow baiting and outlaw rifles, but I know I'd be in a small minority there.

[ronn]

That was a point I was going to bring up. In most state the deer are public property. Not private. The state sets the hunting season and the limits. It does the prosecuting if one is poached and receives the fine. Deer are public property therefore the state can say don't feed the deer, no baiting. Now on the other hand a landowner should have the right to say to the state "get your deer off my land." That's one thing I asked that Warren guy about but he didn't have a real good answer other than "most land owners in Texas do a lot of work to improve the deer herd with and without the states help", in reference to high fencing. My point is that still doesn't make them yours. Its the same as stealing park benches. So I think that's where the "Its my land" comes into play. Yes its your land but the deer belong to everyone.

[Southern Man]

Here in KY you can bait for deer but you cannot for turkeys. That doesn't make sense to me. You can plant or feed turkeys but cannot hunt over it. Ronn, if you think you have too many deer on your land you can apply to the Game and fish dept for antlerless tags to remove deer from your property. That is only if it is determined that there is enough deer to cause damage to crops, habitat, etc.

[WHITETAILFEVER]

Originally Posted by Southern Man

Here in KY you can bait for deer but you cannot for turkeys. That doesn't make sense to me. You can plant or feed turkeys but cannot hunt over it. Ronn, if you think you have too many deer on your land you can apply to the Game and fish dept for antlerless tags to remove deer from your property. That is only if it is determined that there is enough deer to cause damage to crops, habitat, etc.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUT A PILE OF CORN OUT FOR THE DEER AND TURKEYS COME TO THE PILE HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN IT TO A GAME AND FISH PERSON IF THEY CAME APON IT WITH TURKEYS EATING OUT OF THE PILE SENCE DEER AND TURKEYS EAT CORN?IT SURLY LOOKS LIKE TO THEM YOUR FEEDING THE TURKEYS BUT REALLY YOUR FEEDING THE DEER.THERE MUST BE SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION TO THE RULE?

[Southern Man]

They'd nail you on it. Best not to put it out. I have seen similar things happen. We grow tobacco here and it used to be general practice to sow wheat on your field after cutting the tobacco. Back then that usually happened around the first of september, opening of dove season. If you shoot doves close to that field and the game warden find one grain of wheat.....you're busted. I've seen it.

[Southern Man]

Let me clarify....Feeding turkeys is ok.......hunting near it is another story if turkey season is in.

[WHITETAILFEVER]

Oh Ok I Got You Now

[Southern Man]

Also...if you put out a pile of corn and hunt turkeys...they'll bust you. But if you set up on a freshly picked corn field...you're ok. Fine line there. Something to do with the natural order of things