Sportsmen's Input Needed

[Steelheadtracker]

I hunt there and OHLAP where baiting is not allowed which is no big deal because of the fact they are large pieces of land.

 

["J"]

Nice ad hominem. 50 lbs every couple weeks. Whats it matter? Does not change the fact that bait is bait. Reread my OP i stated that i only bait my in-laws 5 acres of cross through woods.

Just appeared you were taking it personally and going off about it…. Some of your examples were not a true comparison to what you replied too.

 

[Steelheadtracker]

Just appeared you were taking it personally and going off about it…. Some of your examples were not a true comparison to what you replied too.

Not going off at all. Sorry if it came off that way. Text whether online or messaging can be 2D so i get it is hard to tell. Not meant to be in anger.

 

["J"]

Not going off at all. Sorry if it came off that way. Text whether online or messaging can be 2D so i get it is hard to tell. Not meant to be in anger.

Gotcha, I took it as you were taking offense to his post. Almost broke out the lighten Francis Meme!
It’s all good….

 

[Reagan]

anyone who argues bait and food plot are the same are always guys who dump corn. 100 % the case in my experience.

It is legal. Go for if you need it. I have done it but have chosen not to for several years.

I am beginning to believe that corn piles and predators are an issue. Bobcats and coyotes have figured out a corn pile is a good place to ambush prey. But on a third acre for plot, it’s not so effective the predator to sit and wait.

Corn piles also affect turkey behavior far more than a plot of turnips will. Corn piles and turkey decline may be related. There are differences but you keep doing you.

 

[Reagan]

I have had weather completely destroy my hopes of a plot. Drought never stopped a corn pile.

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Food plots are a lot of hard work may not even be successful from year to year. That being said they are very rewarding and satisfying to do even if you don't harvest a animal there! Just watching it grow from your hard work is a lot of fun! If it has any size to it at all you do a lot more animal watching than shooting if you are using archery equipment. A golden scrape brings the animal right to the spot you choose in your determined shooting range. Very effective for filling the freezer with modern archery equipment. My favorite way to hunt has always been scrape hunting the last week of October and first week of November. I consider this bait hunting it's just put out by the deer themselves.

 

[giles]

I thought this dead horse was buried? We all have our hills we’ve already died on and no one is going to be swayed to one way or the other.
The vast majority of hunters do pile corn than those that don’t for whatever reason. IMO, we as hunters have lost access to many AG farms to deep pocket leasers, new ownership or other reasons and have no large AG fields to scout out and learn how to hunt. It seemed the corn piling became a thing about the time the vast amount of hunters lost access. Then continued to get more popular because it became a baiting war and many hunters had to join in on the piling to just stay in the game per se.
I feel sorry for the new generation of hunters for the fact of what hunting has become today. They are truly missing out on reward because of the lack of trials and errors.

Trail cameras popularity also plays a huge roll in corn piles.