Rumor Has it. No Ohio Baiting

[at1010]

I honestly go back and fourth on it.

I bait, and I enjoy it. I don't hunt over it very often, why? Because big bucks don't tend to go to bait. If I couldn't bait, Id be more mad about the money I have in feeders and stuff than the fact that I can't bait.

WTF am I supposed to due with the feeders in the barn? hahaha

 

[Carpn]

I don't hunt over bait at all now , so as far as killing deer it won't matter to me . But I do dump corn in front of cameras when I'm bouncing cameras around trying to find a deer . For cameras Spring and summer minerals , late summer early fall corn , mid Oct to mid nov scrapes and corn , and from mid Nov on corn again.

 

[Curran]

My guess is that CWD will be found in the wild herd here in the next five years. When it happens the ODNR will have no choice but to ban baits. How far they take it is any ones guess. I think they would start with grains and fruits. Most baiting is done using apples or corn.

Agreed. And there's a very good chance we already have it in the wild herd, it just hasn't come back in any of the deer tested. It will happen. There is a pattern of it spreading to the wild herds which is directly linked to captive deer facilities.

 

[hickslawns]

If it is banned, I will miss putting out minerals. I believe it helps the health of the entire herd. I have gotten good pics of deer over minerals in the early season. I can easily live without bait being legal. It will likely help my hunting if neighboring properties are not baiting. I generally hunt travel corridors and pinch points anyway.

 

[Spencie]

The problem with banning baiting is guys that have grown up baiting will be even more successful when they do it illegally and the law abiding guys don't dump corn. The deer will find their piles especially if there are less piles. Shooting deer with spotlights is illegal but we all lose more mature bucks to that than legal hunting. Baiting won't stop if banned.

 

[Bigslam51]

The problem with banning baiting is guys that have grown up baiting will be even more successful when they do it illegally and the law abiding guys don't dump corn. The deer will find their piles especially if there are less piles. Shooting deer with spotlights is illegal but we all lose more mature bucks to that than legal hunting. Baiting won't stop if banned.

Exactly right on that one.

 

[xbowguy]

The problem with banning baiting is guys that have grown up baiting will be even more successful when they do it illegally and the law abiding guys don't dump corn. The deer will find their piles especially if there are less piles. Shooting deer with spotlights is illegal but we all lose more mature bucks to that than legal hunting. Baiting won't stop if banned.

Do you honestly think that?

 

[Spencie]

Do you honestly think that?

Yes at least around here!

 

[giles]

It amazes me what some people think about fellow hunters... I agree that it won't ever be totally stopped, but a $500 baiting ticket sure would keep the honest guy honest.

 

[Carpn]

That sux if poaching is that prevelant in your area . I've hunted a lot of areas around the state and never seen it be a big problem. While it does happen everywhere , I've always seen legal , ethical hunters taking the majority and the outlaws being the fringe and only taking a small percentage

 

[Bigslam51]

It amazes me what some people think about fellow hunters... I agree that it won't ever be totally stopped, but a $500 baiting ticket sure would keep the honest guy honest.

It wouldn't be hard to get away with on most private property.

 

[giles]

It wouldn't be hard to get away with on most private property.

Neither would be shooting a bow at night. I'm sure that happens too and those hunters would be the type to try and bend the rules other places.

All I'm saying is that most would stop if the law said stop.

 

[Hortontoter]

It amazes me what some people think about fellow hunters... I agree that it won't ever be totally stopped, but a $500 baiting ticket sure would keep the honest guy honest.

I wouldn't think the honest guy would need a $500 ticket to keep him honest.

 

[Hortontoter]

That sux if poaching is that prevelant in your area . I've hunted a lot of areas around the state and never seen it be a big problem. While it does happen everywhere , I've always seen legal , ethical hunters taking the majority and the outlaws being the fringe and only taking a small percentage

If we are counting jacklighting and non checked deer under the Tele Check system as poaching. I'd say more are poached than we even realize. In my opinion it is a much bigger problem than it appears to be.

 

[giles]

I wouldn't think the honest guy would need a $500 ticket to keep him honest.

Sorry, I guess that kinda implied that a hunter would need to be ticketed. Not what I meant. I do think the ticket needs to be a substantial amount though. If it was a $40 ticket, I'd still bait at my house because I like to see the deer in my yard and $40 would be worth it to me.

 

[Hortontoter]

I get it giles. I think the problem would be like Spencie stated. The illegal baiters would draw a lot more deer to the piles they put out.

 

[hickslawns]

That sux if poaching is that prevelant in your area . I've hunted a lot of areas around the state and never seen it be a big problem. While it does happen everywhere , I've always seen legal , ethical hunters taking the majority and the outlaws being the fringe and only taking a small percentage

Couldn't agree more. Sorry if you have problems in your area to this level of severity.

 

[Flathead76]

When Michigan banned baiting it was like the sky was falling. Every gas station had pallets of carrots, sugar beats, shelled corn, apples, ect piled in front of thier stores. They were selling truck loads of that stuff at every store. Hunters just kept doing it anyways. It was so pointless up there that a couple years latter they made it legal again. Pretty sad that people in that state can not kill a deer without hovering over a bait pile.

 

[giles]

When Michigan banned baiting it was like the sky was falling. Every gas station had pallets of carrots, sugar beats, shelled corn, apples, ect piled in front of thier stores. They were selling truck loads of that stuff at every store. Hunters just kept doing it anyways. It was so pointless up there that a couple years latter they made it legal again. Pretty sad that people in that state can not kill a deer without hovering over a bait pile.

What makes you think that stops at the state line?

 

[Flathead76]

What makes you think that stops at the state line?

michigan is a totally different animal. If you have not been there to see what it's like you probably would not understand. Walking to your stand without a bag of corn over your shoulder would be as bad as leaving your bow in the truck. I think that if Ohio were to ban it most who do bait deer would stop.