Quality Deer Management Association

[terrym]

There is nothing wrong with making a food plot to attract deer to your property. Realize though that it a lot of work and not cheap either. Deer will benefit which is a good thing. Also realize that during the rut bucks will travel outside their home ranges so the bucks you feed could get shot off your land but then again you could shoot one who moved in. Does don't tend to migrate unless they winter in a yard.
Also nothing wrong with baiting. You are a hunter who has made the personal decision to kill deer. Improving your odds of humanely killing one is what you should strive for. Baiting if done properly will not harm deer. Up until the close of archery they are still on the move and their metabolism hasn't transitioned into winter survival mode. If you were to bait in February that would be very different. If you can find it "the deer of North America" by Leonard Lee Rue will educate you on deer behaviour quicker then you can observe in the field. Deer hunting can be very addictive. I was for many years. My advice would be to not get wrapped up in the quest for scores. Kill as many as you legally can and you will learn something new almost every time. I have one nice trophy buck that I mounted and I smile every time I look at it. I'm just as happy to shoot a spike if it's what I see.

[Noseyarentcha]

Done and done.
"The Deer of North America" book and joining QDMA to get their magazine.

[Gilroy]

There is nothing wrong with making a food plot to attract deer to your property. Realize though that it a lot of work and not cheap either. Deer will benefit which is a good thing. Also realize that during the rut bucks will travel outside their home ranges so the bucks you feed could get shot off your land but then again you could shoot one who moved in. Does don't tend to migrate unless they winter in a yard.
Also nothing wrong with baiting. You are a hunter who has made the personal decision to kill deer. Improving your odds of humanely killing one is what you should strive for. Baiting if done properly will not harm deer. Up until the close of archery they are still on the move and their metabolism hasn't transitioned into winter survival mode. If you were to bait in February that would be very different. If you can find it "the deer of North America" by Leonard Lee Rue will educate you on deer behaviour quicker then you can observe in the field. Deer hunting can be very addictive. I was for many years. My advice would be to not get wrapped up in the quest for scores. Kill as many as you legally can and you will learn something new almost every time. I have one nice trophy buck that I mounted and I smile every time I look at it. I'm just as happy to shoot a spike if it's what I see.

100% agree with you.

[Gilroy]

Done and done.
"The Deer of North America" book and joining QDMA to get their magazine.

I think if you describe your unique hunting situation,rough location,acreage,neighboring lands,there are hundreds of years of experience on here to draw from which will enable you to make informed decisions.

[Gilroy]

[COLOR=#333333]As a hunter, I accept that my role is to cull deer in the effort to control the population of deer in my MWU as part of the MNR's responsibility to maintain deer at population at levels that are sustainable to the herd, to keep them healthy....that is how I give back. Killing deer is giving back? Wow, talk about hooey!

A lot of Mikes post was pretty funny but this paragraph was the best and the reply the funniest.LOL

[LowbanksArcher]

Done and done.
"The Deer of North America" book and joining QDMA to get their magazine.

Good for you. It's a fantastic resource.

[MikePal]

Ok. So. Learned from this forum that baiting can make deer sick.

Don't worry about putting out a bit of bait, the deer will be fine. Especially if you're baiting in an area where the same type of food has been available throughout the year. If you were to put out a bunch of corn in the last week in December and the deer in your area have been feeding on browse for a month it might be a different story, but in the Central and Southern part of the province a bit of bait won't hurt. You don't have to haul in vast amounts, just carry a small amount in with you each time you go and put it out before you leave.

GW11 summed it up nicely..it's a red herring that the no-baiting crowd uses as a scare tactic.

There is nothing wrong with making a food plot to attract deer to your property.

Another good post...

[pbonura]

My moto is you can not eat horns.. So enjoy deer hunting and hunt for you.. A trophy is in the eye of the hunter.

[Noseyarentcha]

My moto is you can not eat horns.. So enjoy deer hunting and hunt for you.. A trophy is in the eye of the hunter.

I only have a tag for a buck, that's why I keep saying a buck instead of a deer....funny tidbit...my best gf who is a newbie too, when asked if she wanted to be put in the draw, replied "No thank you".
.....the next day when we met for coffee and she told me, we nearly fell over laughing cuz she thought it was a draw for some kind of hunting trip lottery, not realizing she may have gotten a doe tag. Tee Hee Hee
Two women with buck tags.
1 mentor.
What are the odds? LOL

[Noseyarentcha]

My moto is you can not eat horns.. So enjoy deer hunting and hunt for you.. A trophy is in the eye of the hunter.

I only have a tag for a buck, that's why I keep saying a buck instead of a deer....funny tidbit...my best gf who is a newbie too, when asked if she wanted to be put in the draw, replied "No thank you".
.....the next day when we met for coffee and she told me, we nearly fell over laughing cuz she thought it was a draw for some kind of hunting trip lottery, not realizing she may have gotten a doe tag. Tee Hee Hee
Two women with buck tags.
1 male mentor.
What are the odds? LOL