Thread: Skunked and befuddled

A little "Aqualung" there Mr. Wire

Heh... Aqualung didn't have a pocket pier mouse, if he did he wouldn't have been sitting on a park bench.

But you fish with bait and it is still hard. Why do you think hunting turkeys over bait would be easier, assuming you were looking for a trophy tom and not just any turkey?

Hunting over a food plot for deer or turkey is baiting, is it not?

Appears y'all have way more baiting experience to draw from than I do, so I'll let you discuss and debate it while I go and fill my cooler with sheepshead.

Ahhhh, Big Dawg!!!!!, you can answer this question better than most anyone on this forum. I think you are doing a little fishing (lol). Good to hear from you, you old dawg. I have the guides off of the rods, but I'm not working very hard on them yet, I'm not doing a lot of fishing either. Too much snow to walk though to get to the stream, and it been cold and very windy. I can put up with the cold and snow but the wind kills me and the fly.

Originally Posted by Big Dawg

Hunting over a food plot for deer or turkey is baiting, is it not?

No, food plots aren't considered baiting.
At least not in Bama.

Food plots are not considered baiting in Tennessee either. However, in the real scheme of things they are bait when they are planted for the sole purpose of hunting over them. Planting corn in a clearing in the woods is no different than throwing feed corn in the woods. Only difference is that a planted field will last and feed the critters longer than loose grain on the ground. Missouri farmers who farm for a living are paid by the state to leave a 10' wide strip of crop next to their woods when they harvest to provide year round food for all the critters. Most hunters who lease or own land that they hunt usually only plant fall/ winter corps to draw game to A field with shooting houses on it. If that's not baiting I'll kiss your butt in the middle of the Octi and give you 30 minutes to draw a crowd.

Originally Posted by Big Dawg

Food plots are not considered baiting in Tennessee either. However, in the real scheme of things they are bait when they are planted for the sole purpose of hunting over them. Planting corn in a clearing in the woods is no different than throwing feed corn in the woods. Only difference is that a planted field will last and feed the critters longer than loose grain on the ground. Missouri farmers who farm for a living are paid by the state to leave a 10' wide strip of crop next to their woods when they harvest to provide year round food for all the critters. Most hunters who lease or own land that they hunt usually only plant fall/ winter corps to draw game to A field with shooting houses on it. If that's not baiting I'll kiss your butt in the middle of the Octi and give you 30 minutes to draw a crowd.

Well said Big Dawg! In MN. a farmer may apply for a "deer damage permit" which will allow them to shoot deer at anytime, day or night, in their field. A fishing buddy of mine, a farmer, will shoot deer until his and all his relatives, friends or whoever, have their freezer full and then he will take his skid loader and push them off the field and leave them lay. He will kill 75 - 100 deer a season. The scavengers like him. He is completely legal, all that he has to do is show proof of damage, which is not hard to do.

Dang, this thread took on a life of its own! Haywire is back on the pier.

Carry On.