Sorry to beat a dead horse, but does anybody have a link to an article or have knowledge of the new baiting law? Does it have to be in a feeder? Does it have to be corn? I heard yes and yes, but I want to read it for myself. I’m hoping it’s a free- for -all.....

Carry on.

no mention of what or how...

just wide open for $15 .. thats it

I ain't heard or read any thing new ,,,,,, yet !!!!

It's simple. Pay your $15 and you can dump a tri axle truckload of whatever you want under your stand.

This is all that’s in the new Hunting digest that the state puts out on it

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I'm lobbying the legislature for a speeding privilege license and a prostitute privilege license. I mean if a $15 permit suddenly makes a crime legal, then we should be able to apply that logic to all laws. Right?

Don’t forget the $15 cannabis crop permit

I support all of these except the speeding one. Speeding can actually endanger people

only slow ones.....

Dumbarses riding slow in the left lane and the phucking azzholes paying more attention to their phone are the REAL problem.

So, what you're saying, is we need a $15 murder privilege license. 😆

Looks like all they worried bout is the $. Surprise! Surprise!

I can't wait until they try to give a citation to a 10- or 11-year-old girl or boy for not having this "privilege" license.

One of the state guys was on Rick and bubba earlier this week along with Dan moultrie. The state guys said the baiting license's purpose is to get an accurate number of hunters....whattheheckever dude.$$$$$$

It will make a good thread

So the outlaws who don't buy a license are gonna buy a baiting privilege license? These guys deserve a raise, they're frigging geniuses.

Rick & Bubba. That’s the first problem. With Dan moultrie a close second

Chuckie is in the group, too.

Aw yea no doubt. Poor man chuckle

Yeah, I must have missed that day. Two biggest IDOTS on radio.

Y’all don’t like Rick and Bubba? Man I think they’re great! Pretty funny and give all glory to the Lord, can’t really ask for much more than that. I have to listen to Jon Boy & Billy when I’m up at Fort Campbell and it’s horrible. It’s not funny and it’s just vulgar.

Ahh man you took the bait...

If this is what he said about getting an accurate number of hunters, a reasonable person would suspect they're playing a long game to amend the "exempt" license structure to require youth and/or elder hunters to buy a license.

If a lot of the current exempt hunters buy this "privilege" bait license -- and that's a big if -- they'd have x-number of under-16 and over-65 hunters on file. Then they could say, "We're losing x-amount of revenue, so we should create a Youth License and change the old age exemption."

Fishing, too. Lot of young and old anglers out there.

Just wait.

Have the baiting licenses for August 2019 thru July 2020 gone on sale yet?

I'm not buying a permit. But I will bait if I deem it necessary.
And I sincerely hope Chuck catches me personally.

I doubt any of the older guys I hunt with are going to buy one either. They all hate game check and Im pretty sure they don't use it. Im on the fence of wether or not Im going to buy it myself. I know for a fact we are going to be putting up at least 2 feeders to hunt over. I think its a stupid permit.

I think it's stupid too but it's $15, a ticket would be in the $hundreds, I'm buying one

I think its stupid to have to pay it, as well, but I think its even stupider not to pay it and chance a multi-hundred dollar ticket. To each their own.

I’d like to know how much the fine actually is. Some fines are no more than double the cost of the permit, if that’s the case you’d only be risking $30. It seems that the only reason they made baiting legal was because they thought they could make more money off the permits then they could fining people when it was illegal. It really trivializes breaking the rules.

The only thing that's CLEAR with the baiting law is that the state has found yet another way to separate people from their money....and many seem happy about it.

I'm sure the fine will be WAAAY more than $30.

I'm not disagreeing with any of you that this is another way for the state to make money or that the law is stupid but I'm curious what other laws ya'll just to follow and not follow? In my opinion it's always best to just obey the law until you can bother someone enough to change it.

Orange hat law, shooting light time law, game check law thosr r a few that I don't always follow to the t...i hunt on our private land and some laws r stupid

Same here. And I was just talking chit I will probably pay the $15

This very question was asked in a thread last year. In the end, each person will choose what they will and won’t obey (reasons will vary).

and to make it even better, the child's parents purchased them a lifetime license when they turned one year old.

Freedom ain't free

I spend almost $15.00 to eat lunch. $15.00 to bait doesn’t seem unreasonable.

Its just a way to exploit Alabama's hunting population to get money through you buying a baiting permit or writing you a ticket for not buying a baiting permit. Its as simple as that !!

It's not the amount that is unreasonable. It's the principle.
If I dump a thousand gallons of toxic waste in a pond, that's a crime. But I can buy a permit and it's no longer a crime, yet the action and effect is the same.

I agree Outback, but the bottom line is, it should have never been a crime to begin with. We have too many game laws as it is. We can only kill 3 bucks, legally. Enforce that law and forget about all the silly laws that worry about how or when you kill it. I agree with no hunting on a public road, that's dangerous and no hunting at night. With a 3 buck limit, why cant we kill 2 in one day? You cant kill but 3. Why should they care if we shoot them in a clearcut that has native browse that attracts them, in a food plot planted to attract them, or over a feeder. Why should the state care, as long as we only kill 3 bucks.? BTW, for all the people who are against baiting deer, I've found none who are against baiting in dove. Whats up with that?

That's a excellent point, especially about dove.

everything is about money

No doubt.

Let's see how many kids under 16, hunting with their Dads this year over bait, with no permit, gets by WITHOUT getting a ticket...

Answer guys is very simple: Don't Bait.

Folks been killing deer for hundreds of years without baiting them. I don't think it will help in the long run. I'm not a pro, but I always kill a couple of mature bucks each year without bait. I know folks around me feed deer and they complain about getting only pictures. It seems deer get real smart once season opens and know what will happen if they visit the area during legal hunting hours. I see businesses making a profit selling corn this year, so they will be the winners.

If you want to hunt over corn just buy the permit. I think once we test positive this year for CWD it all will change. I plan on buying the permit just in case I am unaware there is bait in an area I want to hunt. I have access to 4 different tracts of property and I know someone on each will be feeding.. I will just focus heavily on the rut and do what I have always done.

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Lotta skwerels gonna get killed on these bait sites. Probably going to increase population densities of predators too, defeating the whole purpose of baiting. You think a deer is going to hang around where a coyote knows he can get an easy meal?

Yeah, they had to stop using feeders in Texas because the coyotes and black painters ran off all of the deer.

I'll agree that it'll be easier for them to locate a meal. . hell coyotes eat corn

Know of someone in Crenshaw county got one for hunting over bait $250 fine, $250 court cost, total $500, $15 is a lot of savings whether you agree with it or not.

Hell, I might not even renew my drivers license, or my tag. Screw the gubmint. It's all about money.

You mean the "point and click" deer? Where the hell they gonna run?

Who did you hear that from, who supplied the answers to your questions?
Thanks.

Just checked the deed to my property and it says I own it. Says nothing about a feeding permit, seasons or bag limits (or turkey season opening on Saturday)

As much as I wholeheartedly agree, and understand your position, the wildlife legally doesn't belong to you. Although the property is yours, the wildlife is a natural resource. That's the reason I get so upset when they implement rules to pacify people.

You think you own it. You’re still just renting it from the government. Skip paying the property tax and see what happens.

Property taxes are the biggest government scam of all.