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Alabama-Legality of Hunting Deer Over Bait
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Absalom
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Some game animals are very hard to hunt with any decent chance of success unless you use bait. Black bears come to mind.
Deer are most certainly NOT in that category. So I think that’s unsporting, and would not support it.
But feral hogs? Go for it.
Deer are most certainly NOT in that category. So I think that’s unsporting, and would not support it.
But feral hogs? Go for it.
Somehow, when I read that notice, I heard Pink Floyd's "Money" playing in my head. Ka-Ching. Joe
LVSteve
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Does this imply that the numbers of deer have reached pest levels like the feral hogs?
Or the O'Jays.
It's illegal here, but my cousins in South Carolina cant hunt unless their looking over a pickup load of corn, and I see nothing wrong with it. I say if the state biologist that manage the herds are good with it, then I say go for it...who am I to judge another area's methods, which can be more cultural than anything else. But, if I was in Alabama, I would be screaming at the extortion payment disguised as a license.
I guess the price of corn will be increasing during deer season in Alabama.
From my understanding, it's any bait.... corn, peas, apples, sweet taters, pears and my favorite sweet feed. I've fed the deer for years. Carrying a rifle while hiking could be considered hunting; but I haven't taken a shot in over 20 years..... I'm a fisherman, not a Shooting Hunter.
Letting that huge buck walk when y'all have both startled each other in close quarters ......PRICELESS!
twodog max
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I think it is just shooting and not hunting. Lazy way to kill a deer IMO
THE PILGRIM
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Have only done it in Texas.
When you hear what sounds like a hefty Buck working over the corn dispenser in the dark,
Well now! Dah!
Big Boys don’t show themselves that much in the light of day.
They can eat corn in the dark and head for the thicket!
When you hear what sounds like a hefty Buck working over the corn dispenser in the dark,
Well now! Dah!
Big Boys don’t show themselves that much in the light of day.
They can eat corn in the dark and head for the thicket!
I used to think the same about hunting deer with dogs. I PA back in the day, a guy would shoot a dog he saw running a deer. But I agree that you have to respect different hunting cultures. And consider that the deer population in some southern states is very high and the number of hunters keeps dwindling. The state sees this as another management tool, and they can charge for what may have been happening anyway.
vonn
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Hunting a farm crop field or a a feeder? Don’t see much difference. Most hunting here in Texas is done over feeders and if you don’t think it is tough give it a try sometime. Deer are not stupid and old does and big bucks can whip you like a red headed step child. Hogs can be pretty smart as well.
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I made my thoughts clear on a similar post a few days ago. I suppose
there will be more than country boys buying these permits, some city
slickers will also to prove they are great hunters.
Arkansas and I think Oklahoma allow taking feral hogs year around
without any kind of permit.
there will be more than country boys buying these permits, some city
slickers will also to prove they are great hunters.
Arkansas and I think Oklahoma allow taking feral hogs year around
without any kind of permit.
Shooting over bait is not much different from stands overlooking grain fields. Like some said it ain't hunting it's killing. I never wanted to shoot a bear with its head in a drum eating doughnuts. The hunt is the sport to me.
shouldazagged
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I'm definitely in favor of year-around open season on feral hogs, and Burmese pythons where they are taking over. It's surely too late to really control the hogs, and probably the pythons, but drastic thinning is needed urgently.
Though I haven't hunted deer in many years, I don't like the idea of taking them over bait, any more than I approve baiting fields for doves, both of which are illegal in Kentucky the last I heard.
Though I haven't hunted deer in many years, I don't like the idea of taking them over bait, any more than I approve baiting fields for doves, both of which are illegal in Kentucky the last I heard.
I'll bet that the people that wouldn't hunt over a bait pile would shoot a deer that was in a corn field eating corn or under an Oak tree eating acorns. Many hunters don't have the advantage of hunting in large patches of woods or farm fields that have food for deer so I don't see anything wrong with making a bait pile.
There are some hunters that use longbows and sharp rocks for arrowheads and anything more modern is not being a good sportsman. Some use flintlocks with round balls and open sights and anything more modern is not being a good sportsman.
My thinking is just because a person uses different ways too hunt than someone else doesn't make them any more or any less of a sportsman than anyone else. Larry
There are some hunters that use longbows and sharp rocks for arrowheads and anything more modern is not being a good sportsman. Some use flintlocks with round balls and open sights and anything more modern is not being a good sportsman.
My thinking is just because a person uses different ways too hunt than someone else doesn't make them any more or any less of a sportsman than anyone else. Larry
I watch the Outdoor channel and a lot of the white tail deer hunting is from stands over bait or a planted field for the deer. That seems to be mostly in the southern states. Here, in Oregon, and most of the other western states, bait is not allowed. Very seldom will one even see a stand, just not used like in other areas. I can't say bait is bad, just not the type of hunting we do for mule deer and black tail deer in my area. Different deer, different terrain, different philosophy.
Never hunted deer over a bait pile even though it was legal in Maryland where I did most of my deer shooting. I also shot deer for farmers who had crop damage permits...But they paid me to do it. It was a lot of work and there were no bait piles. But think of it..I shot groundhogs in soy bean fields ducks and geese coming into a picked cornfield to eat. Guided waterfowl hunters in Md for 35 yrs...didn't bait but doesn't mean I didn't know how.. I guess it ain't legal to hunt over a bait pile here in Wyoming...but Dang I seem to be feeding more'n a hundred deer with the garden crops... They have eaten every pumpkin my wife has ever grown....just before she was gonna pick 'em. I can shoot a nice deer or two right out of the window looking out on the garden
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Watching hunting shows on TV where they sit in a stand, drinking coffee and shooting bucks in a baited field doesn’t seem like hunting, but more like target shooting. Not saying I wouldn’t do it where legal, I am sure I wouldn’t get the same satisfaction as using my hunting skills and abilities to stalk my buck.
