Do you hunt over bait for deer?
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Do you hunt over bait for deer?
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Has anyone tried C'Mere Deer dry mix?
No. Not a morality thing for more a cost thing. Although perhaps defining bait is good. I'm in Southern Ontario and a lot of what I hunt is field edge. So maybe I do hunt over bait....
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With CWD on our doorstep, I think the option of baiting deer won't be around for very much longer. I don't hunt over bait, but I do enjoy utilizing mineral sites in the spring/summer to fill SD cards, for now.
Use of animal attractants from live animals (deer urine,scent glands) is already illegal. That's what prompted my question about the powdered artificial attractants.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Right, but unfortunately still legal to sell. My point was that bait sites are areas where an infected animal will spread infectious agents and promote the spread of the disease.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
During the bow hunt I hunt over looking a couple of apple trees on a small meadow so kind of like bait.. during the rifle hunt we use hounds that livin up the deer woods. Big woods hunting with hounds is truly a special time.
Nonsense. Most deer up north spend months in winter yards living on top of each other chewing the same sparse food sources.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
http://cwd-info.org/chronic-wasting-...-feeding-deer/Quote:
Originally Posted by terrym
That article is ancient,it's 15 years old. A lot more info has been forwarded since then. If any of that was true,our winter deer yards would have been wiped out,years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
Wiped out from what? A disease that isn't here yet? DNR's are ending baiting in CWD area's throughout several states. There's arguments both ways on whether it's necessary or not. IMO, it's common sense that gathering animals to where they'll exchange saliva can only increase the spread.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/hunt/documents/baitFAQ.pdf
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/st...asting-disease
That was exactly my point. If CWD was present at any time in the past,the deer yards would have been a breeding ground,decimating the herds long before this.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
I don’t think there is any question that feeding deer would increase the chances of CWD spread, once the disease is in an area. Once CWD infects a herd, I would think a feeding ban would be in order. However, that won’t do much to prevent the spread in winter yards. I think the chances of spreading CWD are much greater in a deer yard than in a baiting scenario. But that’s just my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowbanksArcher
I ran a poll last year on the Excal site and the results where similar, 50-50 hunting over bait and not.
I didn't understand the magnitude of CWD until I listened to this, pretty scary stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3s6p2UP57Q
Scary is right. I've listened to this episode too many times now. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bassboy19
1 step closer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...case-1.4824953