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Question? If baiting becomes legal, do you think hunters that do not approve of baiting, will be more out to seek a club that prohibits baiting ?

Sure they will. There will be non- baiters and masterbaiter clubs. Oh and fist fights when a masterbaiter tries to sneak corn into a non corn club.

I think they will . I also think there will be a dilemma , bait cause everyone around you does or don't and see what happens as far as numbers of deer. I'm. Not a fan of baiting , but it makes money and afraid that's all the lawmakers care about

I moved to this area from North Alabama in 1997. One of the first things I was told was "If you want to kill deer or turkeys here, you better use corn. You can bet your neighbor is". I didn't get to hunt much this past deer season. However, it was the fewest deer I've seen around the farm since we've lived here. I wondered all season which neighbor was pouring the corn to them.

Answer: All of them

With the 100 yard rule, there was a LOT of corn being put out, but not all of it was being hunted over. With the drought causing poor food plots (or non-existent), I'm guessing last year was a record year for corn sales in Alabama.

Would have been nice if all that money would have been spent to improve the natural habitat and forage.

That's a false dichotomy. You're never going to get guys spending $10 a weekend to put that money into habitat.

I suggest everybody hunt public land for 10 - 15 years and either learn how to hunt or just move on to the next ego sport du jour.

And stop hunting the rut.

I'm in the outdoors almost everyday. Spent 6 hours this morning working on a food plot and shooting lanes. On others property I go on there usually is corn. IF...IF all my neighbors have been doing it and I don't, then nothing should change for me. And I can say this past season I hunted more than I have in a long time and for whatever reason enjoyed it more. So, the neighbors can keep on baiting, legal or illegal, I don't care.

No difference. Food plots are there more consistent compared to corn.

Lol I believe I'll stick with private land

Not really.

I highly doubt that people won't plant food plots if the baiting bill passes

I think some will and some won't. I hate to say it but some hunters have become lazy and don't know how to hunt nor do they want to. Corn isn't a magic pill to automatically kill more deer. Nothing compares to scouting, playing the wind and simply getting lucky sometimes. In some states you probably need corn to kill a deer but in MS and AL you don't. More and more clubs are going to baiting "because it's legal".

I don't know how much more it could get. It would be interesting if a feed store has kept up with how much corn they have sold each year for the last 5 years and what they sell next year if it passes.

Our club is probably going to prohibit all baiting.

Interesting decision. Why? How many members?

Funny part is, it is and has been and will continue to be put out. Legal or not.

LOL

What is the next complaint???

The price of corn fritters is gonna be so high they are gonna quit having County Fairs??