#1566834 - 03/21/1410:20 AM
Re: Hunting near someone baiting
[Re: deep callin]
Jighead
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Good question Issac,
The problem is going to be what it usually is, your going to be assumed guilty until proven innocent, since there is a chance that a permit holder can manipulate the law to their advantage.
I can see a scenario where a hunter can hunt over bait in a non-baiting zone simply by making a deal with the adjacent land owner for him to maintain a feeder on his property.
All you really need is a property owner who gets along with his neighbor and they both want some deer removed.
That being said, the other two scenarios are also entirely possible. - A hunter might not be aware of an adjacent property feeder. - so what if the neighbor has a feeder...I cant hunt my property because of him?
For most deer hunting - you try to intercept deer on travel routes between food and bedding areas. Food = everything deer eat - be it naturally occurring, farm grown, or spun out twice a day on a timed feeder. The first two are perfectly acceptable...but be last one is not......doesn't make a ton of sense to me.