Personally, I would probably do it and take a chance. The reason being is that I don't think this is illegal.
You can plant a food plot and hunt it. You could plant a food plot in the exact location you're talking about and there would be no issue. What if you hunted a farm and the deer were coming into the water troughs out in the pasture to drink. Could you shoot them at those? I don't see why not.
Can you shoot deer in a field if a farmer has big bales of hay laying in the field awaiting the winter? Its a good spot to find mulies out west - not sure about here.
Still hoping you get an answer to this - but I can't see where water would be considered baiting.
#1653400 - 09/26/1509:39 PM
Re: Providing a water source?
[Re: Mycept]
KillTaker
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Originally Posted By: Mycept
Personally, I would probably do it and take a chance. The reason being is that I don't think this is illegal.
You can plant a food plot and hunt it. You could plant a food plot in the exact location you're talking about and there would be no issue. What if you hunted a farm and the deer were coming into the water troughs out in the pasture to drink. Could you shoot them at those? I don't see why not.
Can you shoot deer in a field if a farmer has big bales of hay laying in the field awaiting the winter? Its a good spot to find mulies out west - not sure about here.
Still hoping you get an answer to this - but I can't see where water would be considered baiting.
I actually don't think you can hunt food plots in CT.....
#1653434 - 09/27/1508:37 AM
Re: Providing a water source?
[Re: buckcall]
Don P
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I didn't think you could hunt food plots in CT either, but I never read into that part of the reg. You can't bait, but bait vs food plot...don't know. Interesting...
#1653787 - 09/29/1512:26 PM
Re: Providing a water source?
[Re: buckcall]
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Use of Attractants for Deer Hunting The following attractants may be used while hunting deer in Connecticut: Deer decoys during the early and late archery seasons only. All types of scent attractants (i.e., doe in heat, buck lure, urine, tarsal glands, food smells, smoke pole) that provide no substance for deer to consume. All types of sound attractants (i.e., doe calls, buck calls, antler rattling, electronic calls). Hunting over planted fields where normal agricultural planting, harvesting, or post-harvest manipulation is used.
Thanks everyone. Water is now here and I'll know if this ever happens again. The land owner was good with me meeting up a water station if I wanted to.
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