Here is my .02. The "area" is any ground within sight of where you are hunting. And by hunting I mean the spot you are standing/sitting on when the gw approaches you

Ben, turkeys will eat protein pellets if they can reach them. I personally wouldn't hunt turkey on a place I was feeding deer UNLESS you can get yer local warden to come out and walk the area with you and ok certain areas as ok to hunt. Prolly won't happen though.

I predict powpow65 will get arrested IF he feeds deer and hunts that piece of property. The reality of the situation is that it is almost impossible to feed deer and turkey hunt on the same property legally UNDER THE CURRENT LAWS/REGS. And the GW dosen't give a crap what yer interpretation of the word "area" is. The area definition does not apply to turkey under current rules.

Fred you are probably right, but I'm just using common sense. I can't hunt what I can't see and shoot, no one can. So why would anywhere besides that be considered baiting? If that is the case then all the gw would need to do is find bait if you are there or still in bed asleep, either way would be a violation.

A little generator and a vaccuum seems like a nice thing to have for these situations. Vaccuum in the woods would sound funny.

Haha i said wood would..

For the most part, I determine where I am deer hunting.
But the turkeys usually determine where I'm turkey hunting.
So if there's bait anywhere on the property, that's likely where the turkeys will be.

You have to throw out black oil sunflower seeds. A lot harder to see.

Our turkeys don't eat at the feeders, never have I seriously do not have a picture of one ever eating in, at or around any of my feeders so how can it be baiting if the turkeys do not seed the feed as bait?

in reality it dosen't matter if you, me, or the turkeys see the pellets as feed or ever feed there...the GW will see the pellets as feed.

Bah humbug.

Wish we had enough turkeys to where it mattered but we hardly have any now days unfortunately.

So what if I just turn my feeders off during turkey season, but there is still corn inside the hopper but none on the ground

You just aren't getting this are you? You're still getting a ticket.

Ok well I guess I'll just leave them on. Don't know why anyone would turkey hunt over bait anyway, kind of takes all the fun out of it

Common sense and ala game laws are not and never will be in the same universe. No corn on property you're turkey hunting is only safe way to go. If the gw draws a bead on you, it's a gift that keeps on giving. Just avoid it

For what it ain't baiting? Baiting or hunting by the side of bait would indicate one using bait to attract animals so they could be harvested. If the animal is not attracted to the bait it can't be baiting.

I didn't say you were baiting. I said you were getting a ticket. If there is bait on the property, regardless of whether the feeder is on or off, the GW is writing a ticket. I've been told my multiple GW's that the feeders have to be completely cleaned out, 10 days prior to season.

Tractor Supply has them. Just sayin..............

Aren’t green fields the same a baiting?

That’s what the deer hunters say

What if I have bags of corn in a barn that's on the property? That sounds like bull to me, if no feed is on the ground they don't have a case

Hunters know if they are hunting over bait or not. I'm not gonna worry about a feeder a few hundred yards away on another ridge.