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Baiting Bill in Legislature #285150
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http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/...S=HB322-int.pdf

Quote:
HB322
2 127933-2
3 By Representatives Boman and Givan
4 RFD: Agriculture and Forestry
5 First Read: 14-FEB-12
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1 127933-2:n:02/10/2012:FC/th LRS2011-1454R1
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8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, by regulation of the
9 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
10 hunting of game may not take place where feeding
11 has taken place until all feed has been removed or
12 consumed for at least 10 days prior to hunting.
13 This bill would provide for the voluntary
14 feeding of game by spincast, broadcast, or any
15 other container feeder at any time during the year
16 and would require permits for use of each feeder.
17 This bill would not affect the ability of a person
18 to operate a feeder for purposes other than hunting
19 game.
20 The bill would set the amount of the fee for
21 a permit for each feeder and provide for the
22 deposit of the funds in the Game and Fish Fund of
23 the Department of Conservation and Natural
24 Resources.
25 The bill would also provide penalties for
26 violations.
Page 1
1 Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama
2 of 1901 prohibits a general law whose purpose or
3 effect would be to require a new or increased
4 expenditure of local funds from becoming effective
5 with regard to a local governmental entity without
6 enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one
7 of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved
8 by the affected entity; or the Legislature
9 appropriates funds, or provides a local source of
10 revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
11 The purpose or effect of this bill would be
12 to require a new or increased expenditure of local
13 funds within the meaning of Amendment 621. However,
14 the bill does not require approval of a local
15 governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to
16 become effective because it comes within one of the
17 specified exceptions contained in Amendment 621.
18
19 A BILL
20 TO BE ENTITLED
21 AN ACT
22
23 To provide for the feeding of game by spincast,
24 broadcast, or any container feeders; to require a permit for
25 each spincast, broadcast, or container feeder; to prescribe
26 the fees for each permit; and to prescribe penalties for
27 violation of the act; to supersede Sections 9-11-244 and
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1 9-11-245, Code of Alabama 1975, for any activity in compliance
2 with this act; and in connection therewith would have as its
3 purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
4 expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621
5 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
7 Section 1. The Department of Conservation and
8 Natural Resources shall allow the feeding of game by spincast,
9 broadcast, or container feeders and shall issue permits for
10 spincast, broadcast, or container feeders each year for the
11 entire year. For the purposes of this act, the term "game
12 feeder" shall mean only a spincast, broadcast, or container
13 game feeder.
14 Section 2. The judge of probate, license
15 commissioner, or other county official who issues licenses in
16 the county may be duly appointed by the Commissioner of
17 Conservation and Natural Resources to issue permits pursuant
18 to this act. All permits issued shall be dated when issued and
19 shall authorize the individual named on the permit to operate
20 a game feeder for the feeding of game during hunting season or
21 for one calendar year. The permits shall be numbered
22 consecutively at the time they are printed and shall be
23 furnished by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
24 Resources. The issuing official shall sign the permit and the
25 individual requesting the permit shall also sign on the margin
26 of the permit. The official issuing the permit shall keep in a
27 book or on specially prepared sheets furnished by the
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1 Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources a correct
2 and complete record of all permits issued, which record shall
3 remain in the office of the issuing official and shall be open
4 to inspection by the public at all reasonable times.
5 Section 3. (a) An individual may procure a separate
6 permit to operate each game feeder by filing an application
7 with the county license issuing official in the county in
8 which the feeder will be located, stating his or her name,
9 age, place of residence, and mailing address. The individual
10 receiving a permit shall be issued a numbered decal to be
11 placed on the game feeder to correspond with the number of the
12 permit. The cost for issuance of a permit to operate a game
13 feeder effective for one year shall be twenty dollars ($20).
14 Initially, a permit may be purchased August 1, following the
15 effective date of this act, through October 15, following the
16 effective date of this act. Thereafter, a permit may be
17 purchased in each subsequent year from February 1st through
18 March 15th.
19 (b) In addition to the prescribed cost of each
20 permit in subsection (a), there shall be a five dollar ($5)
21 issuance fee for each permit issued, to be collected by the
22 issuing official and retained by the official to be paid into
23 the general fund of the county issuing the permit.
24 Section 4. The use of each feeder permitted pursuant
25 to this act shall be subject to all of the following:
26 (1) The contents of a game feeder shall contain at
27 least 15 percent protein.
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1 (2) No game feeder permit shall be issued to be
2 operated upon any privately owned land without the written
3 consent of the owner or individual in lawful possession of the
4 land.
5 (3) No male whitetail deer harvested using this
6 feeding program may have less than three one-inch points above
7 the hairline on one side. However, this restriction does not
8 apply to hunters under the age of 16 or a licensed hunter who
9 is legally handicapped.
10 (4) No feeder may be placed within 500 feet of a
11 public road.
12 (5) The requirements of this act are for hunting
13 purposes only and shall be a part of an overall deer
14 management program. This act does not affect or place
15 obligations on any person that desires to feed game for any
16 reason other than hunting.
17 (6) Each feeder shall be located within 200 yards of
18 a prepared seedbed wildlife food plot or green field during
19 the deer hunting season and the field shall be at least 1 acre
20 in size. A waiver of this requirement may be applied for with
21 the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on leased
22 property that has a written prohibition on the clearing of
23 land.
24 (7) Each feeder shall be located at least 300 feet
25 from any adjacent property line.
26 (8) Feeders used on property during deer or turkey
27 season may be hunted over if the hunter is 100 yards or more
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1 from the feeder and the feeder is out of the hunter's line of
2 sight.
3 Section 5. A violation of this act constitutes a
4 misdemeanor, and upon conviction, an individual shall be fined
5 not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five
6 hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.
7 Section 6. All revenue received from fees except the
8 issuance fees under this act shall be forwarded by the issuing
9 official to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
10 Resources on the first day of each month and shall be
11 deposited into the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of
12 Conservation and Natural Resources. All revenue received from
13 fines and penalties for violations of this act shall be
14 forwarded to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
15 Resources by the trial court on the first day of each month to
16 be deposited into the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of
17 Conservation and Natural Resources.
18 Section 7. The Commissioner of Conservation and
19 Natural Resources may promulgate rules and regulations to
20 carry out this act. In addition to this authority, the State
21 Veterinarian in agreement with the Commissioner of Agriculture
22 and Industries and the Commissioner of Conservation and
23 Natural Resources may declare an emergency because of disease
24 or other outbreak and suspend this feeding program.
25 Section 8. This act is voluntary for hunters.
26 Hunters not wanting to participate are under no obligations or
27 restrictions of this act.
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1 Section 9. Although this bill would have as its
2 purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
3 expenditure of local funds, the bill is excluded from further
4 requirements and application under Amendment 621 because the
5 bill defines a new crime or amends the definition of an
6 existing crime.
7 Section 10. All laws or parts of laws which conflict
8 with this act are repealed. Sections 9-11-244 and 9-11-245,
9 Code of Alabama 1975, shall not apply to any activity in
10 compliance with this act.
11 Section 11. This act shall become effective
12 immediately following its passage and approval by the
13 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285155
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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285169
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If I'm reading that correctly, the state will collect a permit fee of $50 per feeder by March 15th of next year.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285172
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Hmmmm..."(1) The contents of a game feeder shall contain at least 15 percent protein"

Wonder what people are going to have to add to their corn?


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285174
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LOL...

"(8) Feeders used on property during deer or turkey
season may be hunted over if the hunter is 100 yards or more
from the feeder and the feeder is out of the hunter's line of
sight."

So, we'll have baiting allowed, but you're not allowed to be able to see the feeder?


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285200
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a 4x8 sheet of plywood will solve that line of sight thingy.....


I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....

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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285202
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Or, mirrors!


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: BhamFred] #285237
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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
a 4x8 sheet of plywood will solve that line of sight thingy.....

Leave it to the crusty ol' GW to come up with the solution. laugh



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285240
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What a cluster!



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285241
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I dont like the CHEAT CORRUPT Garbage but my question is this what are timber companies gonna do are they gonna allow it , its says you have to have permission from the land owner ?

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285242
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I know for a fact also this is being pushed so get ready its gonna pass , Montgomery is crooked just like the rest of the Political world .

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Must have the feeder within 200 yards of a foodplot, unless its leased land that prohibits clearing? i wonder what is the purpose of this is? and does a container feeder include a pipe gravity feeder? Also does this mean that you cant just pour the feed out on the ground. so what if i dont have the money or equipment to plant food plots and buy broadcast feeders, guess i cant bait. Nothing changes for me i guess.

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285250
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Can they honestly make something anymore complicated?

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When is this Bill scheduled to be reviewed and voted upon?? Anyone know?

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That's ole Big Dan making him some more money how do these idiots get in Office , the good old boy system rides again .
The dang Game Wardens just thought they were busy , this crap is ridiculous .

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I promise you WC it want be reviewed its already passed by the ones that count.

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: WhitetailChaser] #285265
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Originally Posted By: WhitetailChaser
When is this Bill scheduled to be reviewed and voted upon?? Anyone know?


referred to Agriculture and Forestry Committee, meeting time not yet determined.


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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
a 4x8 sheet of plywood will solve that line of sight thingy.....


I was just thinking the exact same thing. And all that corn getting slung up against it will sound like a dinner bell going off. smirk

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: abolt300] #285297
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Guys... from someone who is intimately familiar with this bill, it's got about a 90% chance of passing. The club I'm in is already in discussion of the ramifications it's going to cause.

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Originally Posted By: BamaRich
The club I'm in is already in discussion of the ramifications it's going to cause.


Private sections, anyone?


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Hey, anybody notice the bucks harvested under the feeding program must have at least 3 pts on one side. Sounds like they are taking the first step headed toward Mississippi.

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Originally Posted By: Blessed
Montgomery is crooked just like the rest of the Political world .

shocked ^^^



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285344
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I'm on the phone with Gov Bentley. You guys won't me to tell him anything....?


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It's gonna pass.....


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I bet Dan moultrie will be a happy son of a gun!


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Dan Moultrie has stayed out of the discussions that I have heard in the past and since he has been on the board, like the gentleman that he is. I thought he sold Moultrie shortly after he was appointed and had since acted as a "consultant". Thats a very common practice for folks that sell out of a business like that.
I seriously doubt that it will pass. If it does after they get through with it there will be no resemblance to what is proposed.
I dang sure object to them telling me where I can put it, on my own property, just as I do someone telling me where I can place a dam stand or shoot my gun.


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So let me get this straight....

A feeder has to be within 200 yards of a foodplot measuring at least 1 acre in size, 300 feet from a property line, 100 or more yards from a hunter yet not in a hunters line of sight, 500 feet from a public road, and any potential buck harvest has to have at least 3 points of 1 inch or more? And to do all this I have to buy a permit and pay a fee??

Does anyone else think this is INSANE?!?!?!?

If I have to break out my calculator, measuring tape and old high school Geometry book to try and figure out where it's legal to put up a feeder on my 470 acres, it has offically gotten to the point of RIDICULOUS!

They should do it this way: Feeding deer is allowed or it ain't. JMO

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I may be wrong, but I don't think the CAB had anything to do with this. I think it was a state rep from Wadley, or some town that starts with a W...


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Originally Posted By: Big Jack
Dan Moultrie has stayed out of the discussions that I have heard in the past and since he has been on the board, like the gentleman that he is. I thought he sold Moultrie shortly after he was appointed and had since acted as a "consultant". Thats a very common practice for folks that sell out of a business like that.


Just because he sold out of it doesn't mean he doesn't still have a financial stake in it. Many terms of corporate sales such as that include stock options that are directly related to the wellbeing of the company going forward.

Basically, just because he isn't still the principal owner of the company, doesn't mean he's not benefitting if they do well.

That said, I do not know Dan Moultrie, nor know what the terms of his sale were.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: FurFlyin] #285415
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Originally Posted By: FurFlyin
I may be wrong, but I don't think the CAB had anything to do with this. I think it was a state rep from Wadley, or some town that starts with a W...


Daniel Boman is from Fayette who was elected as a Republican, then switched to the Democrat party after being elected.

Juandalynn "Lee Lee" Givan is a black female from Birmingham.

Those are your two sponsors of the bill in the legislature. Something is ROTTEN in Montgomery.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: FurFlyin] #285417
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This law will be a way for game wardens to write tickets that won't get thrown out and for DNCR to generate more revenue.

It's as though there saying....you want to hunt over bait...fine...but we're gonna make it tough to do and we're gonna hit you in the wallet.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285439
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I'll bet the DCNR and CAB members and probably the deer biologists and game wardens, and maybe a legisslater, all got together over big ceegars and fat wimmens and started throwing ideas against the wall.

"Hey, throw in a 100-yard line of sight clause!"

"Who has the biggest shoe in the room? Size 15? OK, make the protein have to be 15 percent!"

Then they all went to a Biscuits game and had a jolly time.

This bill reeks of the last few baiting bills that were introduced. Similar requirements - distance, protein percentage, etc. None of them passed, either.

Certainly will be interesting to see how this one does with Corky retired and not rattling around in the Statehouse like he and Charles did for almost 50 years.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285448
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Stick a piece of plywood in front of the feeder, run a disc around in the edge of the woods if your plot isn't up to the one acre magic number and throw a handful of ground cow hair (it's 100% protien isn't it) in your corn and choot'em. grin

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run a disc around in the edge of the woods if your plot isn't up to the one acre magic number


That's a darn good idea.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: hunterbuck] #285482
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Originally Posted By: hunterbuck
Originally Posted By: FurFlyin
I may be wrong, but I don't think the CAB had anything to do with this. I think it was a state rep from Wadley, or some town that starts with a W...


Daniel Boman is from Fayette who was elected as a Republican, then switched to the Democrat party after being elected.

Juandalynn "Lee Lee" Givan is a black female from Birmingham.

Those are your two sponsors of the bill in the legislature. Something is ROTTEN in Montgomery.


I'm just going to go ahead and assume this Givan lady doesn't hunt, so why the heck does she have anything to do with it. This is 100% BS from a anti baiter or a baiter. Good luck Mr. Solo game warden who is expected to cover an entire county and now verify that said buck is killed precisely 200 yds from, 1 acre foodplot, 300 feet from property line, and the horns have to have 3 on one side measuring 1" min. (why, what's the point in the measly stupid arse rule)? My gosh, that just don't sound very enforceable, BUT MAYBE THAT's JUST ME.

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Originally Posted By: tiderbd
This law will be a way for game wardens to write tickets that won't get thrown out and for DNCR to generate more revenue.

It's as though there saying....you want to hunt over bait...fine...but we're gonna make it tough to do and we're gonna hit you in the wallet.



I see it differently. I see it as a money machine for the state but not from writing tickets, but from the sale of corn and feeders and feeder permits. I see it as a way to legalize baiting but to appease the anti baiters they are making all these BS rules that everyone knows can't be enforced. And at least 15% protein???? Even during the winter??? WHY??? shows how little the idiots know that are proposing this crap.

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Originally Posted By: truedouble
Originally Posted By: tiderbd
This law will be a way for game wardens to write tickets that won't get thrown out and for DNCR to generate more revenue.

It's as though there saying....you want to hunt over bait...fine...but we're gonna make it tough to do and we're gonna hit you in the wallet.



I see it differently. I see it as a money machine for the state but not from writing tickets, but from the sale of corn and feeders and feeder permits. I see it as a way to legalize baiting but to appease the anti baiters they are making all these BS rules that everyone knows can't be enforced. And at least 15% protein???? Even during the winter??? WHY??? shows how little the idiots know that are proposing this crap.


Good points


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I am not sure why they would specify 15% protien all the time. If you were going to do this wouldn't it be better to feed corn in winter and switch to protein in the spring.


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They left out one thing, you have to have permanent metal tags affixed to the deer's antlers before moving the deer and the tag shall never be removed no matter what the circumstance!! You know just to make sure to have something that is enforcable and all.

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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Dquailhunter] #285507
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Originally Posted By: Dquailhunter
Can they honestly make something anymore complicated?


That's the exact problem with the legislature making game laws. I will be willing to bet that the CAB has nothing to do with it. Haven't heard from 49R but I bet the "anti hunting" group, the Alabama Wildlife Federation, will lobby HARD against it.


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If you think this is complicated, you have never tried to figure out a hunting trip to Wyoming.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285557
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I really wouldn't care too much about whether it passed or not if they hadn't included turkeys in it. All a fellow's work to improve turkey habitat can be rendered useless by neighbors with feeders, and it sure won't require much skill to kill one if you can set up 100 yds from the feeder.

I'm thinking they are gonna need to cut the length of turkey season and probably reduce the limit if this gets approved.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: truedouble] #285564
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Be interesting to see who's been contributing to Ms. Givan and Mr. Boman lately. Both above and below the table. What does Ms. Givan know about protein needs of deer, food plots etc. I'm betting nothing.

This thing stinks. Like someone else posted this is bad for both those that are both for and against baiting. It's written for a small, narrow group. Average Joe club and even the average land owner that wants an aid to properly manage his herd can't use this foolishness! Hopefully this will not pass.



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285589
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Really, this is what they come up with???? I don't know if I've ever read anything as bad as this that was supposed to be written by educated people. Maybe there not? Goooood Night how frustrating.

Well I didn't read the Health Care Reform Bill, I would probably feel better about this bill if I did.

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285613
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Just crap. I can see the land line issue, the others are just plain stupid. Money grab, plain and simple.

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Originally Posted By: burbank
Just crap. I can see the land line issue, the others are just plain stupid. Money grab, plain and simple.

I might be wrong, but I don't see it as a $ grab for the State or they would charge more for the permit. I think it's for a specific group, and they told the bill sponsors what they wanted the fee to be and how to word the bill. The GWs could fill the court rooms up with baiters now if they wanted to. IMHO

If the State wanted to generate $ all they'd have to say is you can use any feed you want, as many sites as you want, wide open baiting. Permit for each site about $50 each, Whoa Nellie!

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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285638
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Just another stupid ass reason to ticket hunters.You can bait...you have to be 100 yards away from the bait..the bait can't be in your view...its gotta be 100 yards from a food plot...its gotta be 300 yards from the joining property..And if you get caught you can get a ticket between 3 and 500 bucks if your not obiding by the rules...very confusing...I'll stick to my clearcut.I got a good feeling this is pretty much a done deal though.Might as well get ready for it.

Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: trox28] #285640
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^^^ hope you're wrong about that "done deal" part. frown



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: trox28] #285646
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Originally Posted By: trox28
I got a good feeling this is pretty much a done deal though.Might as well get ready for it.


Relax, its not a done deal. Its just another ploy by a local land owner trying to sell hunts who bribed his local legislature to even bring up the bill in the first place. The way the bill is written its pretty clear that is what is going on here.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: 2Dogs] #285648
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Originally Posted By: 2Dogs
^^^ hope you're wrong about that "done deal" part. frown


Me too..Theres just been A LOT of talk about it recently.

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It's all a ploy to get the southern hunters minds off of shifting the season a couple of weeks.

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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285739
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I promise you this. If it passes I will have a feeder on every stinkin point and draw of my land as long as the yardage applies. I can think of two spots that I could film a frickin tv show on if there were feeders. This is a good deal for us clear cut leasees. We don't get to plant fields on most clear cut properties. I will take it any way I can get it at first. Once it's in then we can lobby to "adjust" the law. This will also help me get our less fortunate hunters some better odds when we take them out.


Ignorant question here so please be gentle....
if it is passed, will this have an effect on the hog populations?

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Stupidest crap I've ever read. So how is a GW supposed to determine the material being fed is 15% protein. Idiots.

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Originally Posted By: jmj120
Stupidest crap I've ever read. So how is a GW supposed to determine the material being fed is 15% protein. Idiots.


You are not getting it, this bill is a bill proposed by a wealthy deer seller who sells deer hunts and who has obviously bribed some representatives to introduce the bill. There is no way that a regular deer hunter or even a middle-tier deer hunt seller can comply with what this bill proposes. Its obviously a blatant attempt by one or two guys to corner the market on Alabama Deer Hunts. I bet with a minimum of basic investigation it will be easy to figure who put this bill in front of these corrupt representatives.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285792
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I don't think it's quite that clear Skinny... the drafting part of this piece of legislation was not done by those in the deer industry. Granted, what you're saying may factor into it, but this bill went through more channels... and many had input into its creation/writing.

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Originally Posted By: Jpipererp
I promise you this. If it passes I will have a feeder on every stinkin point and draw of my land as long as the yardage applies. I can think of two spots that I could film a frickin tv show on if there were feeders. This is a good deal for us clear cut leasees. We don't get to plant fields on most clear cut properties. I will take it any way I can get it at first. Once it's in then we can lobby to "adjust" the law. This will also help me get our less fortunate hunters some better odds when we take them out.


Ignorant question here so please be gentle....
if it is passed, will this have an effect on the hog populations?


The way it's written, you have to place the feeder within 200 yards of a one-acre food plot. Not sure how that's going to help you.

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as for what is 15% , corn aint got it . the bag the feed comes in will have the protein content listed on the tag . i would put one of those tags on the feeder in a bag .

all of it will be in pellet form rain will not be good for it when its on the ground .

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Originally Posted By: trox28
Just another stupid ass reason to ticket hunters.You can bait...you have to be 100 yards away from the bait..the bait can't be in your view...its gotta be 100 yards from a food plot...its gotta be 300 yards from the joining property..And if you get caught you can get a ticket between 3 and 500 bucks if your not obiding by the rules...very confusing...I'll stick to my clearcut.I got a good feeling this is pretty much a done deal though.Might as well get ready for it.


Most clubs in Alabama are going to be affected by this legislation because on at least one of their borders, a landowner/leasee will be feeding. Clubs that say "we don't have to feed" may do well if they have enough bedding areas, if they have enough acorns, or if they have enough area. However, if something changes in regards to these things (i.e. no acorns one fall), it will have an affect upon the club's harvest that year. If this was legal in 2010, we'd likely not have seen many deer whatsoever on our place... we had no white oak acorns and food plots were destroyed by December 1.

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Originally Posted By: BamaRich
I don't think it's quite that clear Skinny... the drafting part of this piece of legislation was not done by those in the deer industry. Granted, what you're saying may factor into it, but this bill went through more channels... and many had input into its creation/writing.


So who had the input? I would like to talk to them.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Jpipererp] #285805
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Originally Posted By: Jpipererp
if it is passed, will this have an effect on the hog populations?


Bunch of Hog Zillas. I bet the hog hunters are behind it, wanting deer hunters to feed out their hogs. laugh



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Originally Posted By: jmj120
Stupidest crap I've ever read. So how is a GW supposed to determine the material being fed is 15% protein. Idiots.


You are not getting it, this bill is a bill proposed by a wealthy deer seller who sells deer hunts and who has obviously bribed some representatives to introduce the bill. There is no way that a regular deer hunter or even a middle-tier deer hunt seller can comply with what this bill proposes. Its obviously a blatant attempt by one or two guys to corner the market on Alabama Deer Hunts. I bet with a minimum of basic investigation it will be easy to figure who put this bill in front of these corrupt representatives.


You are correct, sirs.



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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Skinny] #285850
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Does the bill specify what types of protein feed are allowed? seems to me that you can do this like you do with cows. cornfed with some heavy minerals and protein added. If you have to buy those stinkin bags of "sweet feed" its gonna suck. co-ops are gonna have to hire more employees


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Guys this one is gonna pass. They basically copied Mississippi's 2011 feeder regulations word for word. Precedence is set and in place.

Unfortunately, it is written to pass and will. Here is the excerpt from MS feeder regulations for 2011. They basically copied it word for word. Straight out of MS handbook:

It shall be lawful to feed deer, year round, on private lands subject to the following restrictions:

• Feed may only be provided from above ground covered feeders or stationary spin cast feeders.
• Feed allowed in feeders:
&#9702; Complete Pelletized Ration:
&#9632; October 1 - November 30
&#9632; March 1 - June 30
&#9632; Corn may be used and/or added to the Complete Pelletized Ration:
&#9632; July 1 - September 30
&#9632; December 1 - the last day in February
•Feeders may be placed no closer than 100 yards from any property boundary.
•Feed may not be poured, piled, or placed directly on the ground.
•Salt/mineral stations, blocks, and/or licks may be established.
A Complete Pelletized Ration is defined as a feed mixture in the form of a pellet that is nutritionally adequate for deer and containing at least 16% crude protein with a mixture of crude fat, crude fiber, vitamins, minerals, and does not contain any animal byproducts.



To hunt within the vicinity of a feeder hunters must be both: at least 100 yards away from, and not within the line of sight of feed or a feeder which contains feed. For the purpose of this regulation, not within the line of sight means being hidden from view by natural vegetation or naturally occurring terrain features.

This regulation does not apply to:

1. Food plots, standing crops, grain crops properly shucked on the field where grown, or grains found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting or harvesting.
2.Lands where shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed has been distributed or scattered as the result of bona fide agricultural operations or procedures, or as a result of manipulation of a crop or other feed on the land where grown for wildlife management purposes. Manipulation of crops or other feed for wildlife management purposes does not include the adding, distributing, or scattering of grain or other feed (i.e., sweet potatoes, turnips, etc.) once it has been removed from or stored on the field where grown.
3.Feeders within the curtilage of the home. "Curtilage of the home" means the area encompassing the grounds immediately surrounding any home or group of homes used in the daily activities of domestic life, and may or may not be enclosed by a fence or other barrier.

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Personally, I rather see them adopt Miss's buck harvest regulations rather than their baiting regs but, as usual, the almighty dollar drives the train.

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Anyone find it odd that there has been little/no comment from some of the ones here who have openly supported legalizing baiting?


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Unfortunately, it is written to pass and will. Here is the excerpt from MS feeder regulations for 2011. They basically copied it word for word. Straight out of MS handbook:


I don't agree with your description.

There are similarities.


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Anyone find it odd that there has been little/no comment from some of the ones here who have openly supported legalizing baiting?


I have openly supported either fixing current laws or trashing them.

This bill is trash as well. It don't fix anything. It just makes things worse.

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Anyone find it odd that there has been little/no comment from some of the ones here who have openly supported legalizing baiting?


Not gonna affect most of the ones supporting it. We're in Alabama, chances are large portion of them were already baiting anyway. Now it will just be legal. If anything, I was expecting to start seeing complaints show up cause some of them will now have to go buy a feeder instead of just throwing it on the ground. Not in any way disrespecting the law abiding citizens that wanted the ability to bait with that first sentence. In some situations they probably want the ability to keep their deer from getting baited illegaly off their property which is a valid argument and has been happening for years. Without a complaint, a blind eye has been turned to the hunting over corn issue for years in AL. Too much land, too many hunters, not enough game wardens to keep it in check.

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Anyone find it odd that there has been little/no comment from some of the ones here who have openly supported legalizing baiting?


Not gonna affect most of the ones supporting it. We're in Alabama, chances are large portion of them were already baiting anyway. Now it will just be legal. If anything, I was expecting to start seeing complaints show up cause some of them will now have to go buy a feeder instead of just throwing it on the ground. Not in any way disrespecting the law abiding citizens that wanted the ability to bait with that first sentence. In some situations they probably want the ability to keep their deer from getting baited illegaly off their property which is a valid argument and has been happening for years. Without a complaint, a blind eye has been turned to the hunting over corn issue for years in AL. Too much land, too many hunters, not enough game wardens to keep it in check.


Not going to name names, but there are two or three specific ones that I was thinking of with that statement.


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Anyone notice how the one's that are ALWAYS openly vocal against baiting are complaining the loudest because of this????

If you are against baiting, you are against ANYTHING that will legalize it.

So, carry on! smile

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Look at it any way you want to I am 100 percent against it !
Nothing good can come out of this , If they would up their fees
for people caught hunting over it there wouldnt be problems now.
many way to improve hunting in Alabama up our license fees both in state and out of state and lets try and figure out ways to make our habitat better and ways to try and keep a balanced herd.
Hunting is supposed to be just that and baiting piles are not HUNTING , educate people on how to hunt ,scouting , fertilizing brows , fertilizing acorn trees , honeysuckle , etc.
We can argue all day I hope it doesnt pass ... but it will.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
Anyone notice how the one's that are ALWAYS openly vocal against baiting are complaining the loudest because of this????

If you are against baiting, you are against ANYTHING that will legalize it.

So, carry on! smile


Not true, I really dont care if baiting is legal or not. I however do care about a law being passed the only allows those with the ways and means to do it legally can do it. How on earth can a guy who leases 100 acres legally pull off baiting the way this bill is written? Or what about those who hunt public land? This seems like a bill that is written for only those people who own enough land to do it. Baiting for the privileged? And just before any of you call me out, I am one of those privileged who own enough land to do this legally under the way the thing is written.

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Would you please take the time to explain to me EXACTLY what these things you describe have to do with HUNTING???

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fertilizing brows , fertilizing acorn trees , honeysuckle , etc


You are describing BAITING to a 'T'. smile

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
Would you please take the time to explain to me EXACTLY what these things you describe have to do with HUNTING???

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fertilizing brows , fertilizing acorn trees , honeysuckle , etc


You are describing BAITING to a 'T'. smile


Like I said hardhead, the problem isnt weather baiting is legal or not. Its about large tract private landowners vs small tract owners/leasers.


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Originally Posted By: Skinny
Originally Posted By: Hogwild
Anyone notice how the one's that are ALWAYS openly vocal against baiting are complaining the loudest because of this????

If you are against baiting, you are against ANYTHING that will legalize it.

So, carry on! smile


Not true, I really dont care if baiting is legal or not. I however do care about a law being passed the only allows those with the ways and means to do it legally can do it. How on earth can a guy who leases 100 acres legally pull off baiting the way this bill is written? Or what about those who hunt public land? This seems like a bill that is written for only those people who own enough land to do it. Baiting for the privileged? And just before any of you call me out, I am one of those privileged who own enough land to do this legally under the way the thing is written.


I understand your line of reasoning, and you are conveying your concerns as such......and they are valid!

But, I think that it is gonna pass sooner or later. And, when it does, there are STILL going to be a lot of people who will find fault with it no matter how it is written.

I am pretty sure that it does NOT say that you have to bait! smile

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Originally Posted By: Skinny
Not true, I really dont care if baiting is legal or not. I however do care about a law being passed the only allows those with the ways and means to do it legally can do it. How on earth can a guy who leases 100 acres legally pull off baiting the way this bill is written? Or what about those who hunt public land? This seems like a bill that is written for only those people who own enough land to do it. Baiting for the privileged?


Agree, Skinny.

I am on the record as being dead set against baiting.

That aside, this bill is written exactly the way Skinny says it is. It is written to cater to people with deep pockets, and was probably bribed into legislation by those same people. The bill reads as some rich folks saying "We want to be able to bait legally, but we don't want anyone else to".


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The more I think about it, I personally dont mind it. I'd rather see a no baiting law fully enforced because I do not see how baiting benefits the wildlife of this state. My PO. I just want to see it either available for all or the current "no baiting" law fully enforced with adequate manpower to do so. I am a law abiding hunter and if it's illegal, it aint happening in the club I run. But hey, I'm a glass is half full kinda guy. I'm seeing positives if it does get approved. A couple of my Marengo neighbors are gonna be happy that I quit calling the GW on them for illegaly baiting deer off me but ticked because now I can pay $50 and strategically place a couple feeders and reduce the deer sightings on their 40 acres down to exactly zero. I'm sure at that point I'll have to deal with them tresspassing but hey, one problem at a time. I've had them busted several times over the years but they and their family members pay the fine and continue to do it. This past year the GW was working with me trying to catch the guy and ended up catching the guy's wife one day and his mother about 2 weeks later. Never could catch him in the act. It takes a lot of man-hours to build a baiting case and they cant stay there all day everyday. I'll gladly pay a couple hundred bucks to not have to worry about them fringe hunting me and killing every 2 yr old that is stupid enough to walk across the line and stick his heads in a corn pile during daylight. People wanting it are gonna be surprised. Not a lot of mature bucks are gonna be shot eating from feeders. Not near a many as people think. They are too smart and will mostly visit a bait station after dark.

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1. yes, fines for illegal baiting should be raised, a lot. If you can afford to hunt you can afford to pay a $250-$500 fine if caught baiting. It's a small gamble for the unethical. Making the fine $5000 would make most baiters reconsider.

2. For those of you for baiting, by these regs. or any others, have you thought about the expense to feed deer out of feeders year around? My family could easily put out 8-10 feeders and be in complete compliance with this law but even if we wanted to bait it's hard for 5 people to justify spending $700+ per year per feeder for the feed only + feeder permit + a feeder + the time and money to travel to fill up the feeders once a month. When it's all said and done I would project $1200 per feeder first year and $850+ per feeder after you have bought the feeders. If you have enough land to comply with this reg. then you would need at least 4-5 feeders to make it worth while. So that's 4k to 5k per year just for feeders. Then you have the cost of the foodplots THAT YOU MUST PLANT to comply. So that is 5 acres minimum of foodplots which is another couple grand when it's all said and done. Hight dollar clubs could probably afford but the average land owner could not.

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Yep, TD if you put out several feeders and follow "the letter of the law" could run into real money. Most of us don't have big bucks to spend on big bucks.



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It is LEGAL to buy a Lamborghini right now.

But, if you can't afford it....

Nevermind, makes WAAYYYY too much sense to fit into all these arguments!

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The way I read this you could do it on 40 acres. The feeder must be within 2oo yds of a 1 acre prepared seedbed. I take that to mean less than 200 yds. and not in your line of sight,100 yds of a property line. You could have the feeder on the edge of a plot and have it covered with natural vegatation. Just my 2 cents...


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the poor man will be dumping more corn on the ground to compete, more arguing and fussing about who owns the deer.



They'll probably be a new reality show in the fall called FEEDER WARS. probably be a pretty good show.


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You could have the feeder on the edge of a plot and have it covered with natural vegatation.


or a sheet of plywood, or some politician signs which I pick up every year for shooting houses.


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Originally Posted By: truedouble
1. yes, fines for illegal baiting should be raised, a lot. If you can afford to hunt you can afford to pay a $250-$500 fine if caught baiting. It's a small gamble for the unethical. Making the fine $5000 would make most baiters reconsider.


Do you really believe the baiting issue is about ethics?

What's the ethical difference in killing game animals with the aid of bait using a depredation permit or using a baiting permit described in this bill?

Then there's the issue about allowing hunting over some food sources designed to attract game while calling the use of others unethical.

If you had a government permit to steal or lie, would that make it ethical?

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Hogwild, so if you had to guess, what percentage of clubs that could comply would be able to afford feeding year around? I'd like to say it would be few but my guess is if it's passed many will start jumping up and down like a bunch of school girls and go by every feeder they can find cause if they don't they want ever see a deer again....I also bet VISA, MC, Amex and others will see a spike in credit card activity if passed...

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
It is LEGAL to buy a Lamborghini right now.

But, if you can't afford it....

Nevermind, makes WAAYYYY too much sense to fit into all these arguments!


What ADVANTAGE would one driving a Lamborghini back and forth to work, schoool, church, etc have over someone not driving a Lamborghini back and forth?

Your arguement doesn't address the concern from some that it gives those with means a decided advantage over those without the means to take on the added expense.


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Do you really believe the baiting issue is about ethics?

If you had a government permit to steal or lie, would that make it ethical?


Oh boy 49er, you just opened a can of worms. Mind you that the same people who want to pass this bill are the same people who are also figuring out how to spend our tax dollars on freeloaders who will vote for them.


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1. yes, fines for illegal baiting should be raised, a lot. If you can afford to hunt you can afford to pay a $250-$500 fine if caught baiting. It's a small gamble for the unethical. Making the fine $5000 would make most baiters reconsider.


Do you really believe the baiting issue is about ethics?

What's the ethical difference in killing game animals with the aid of bait using a depredation permit or using a baiting permit described in this bill?

Then there's the issue about allowing hunting over some food sources designed to attract game while calling the use of others unethical.

If you had a government permit to steal or lie, would that make it ethical?



I sure do, among other things. Is that crazy or what!?! shocked

Why? Do you believe hunting over bait in Alabama is ethical? Bait, by the state's definition not 49er's.

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ethics and law are two different things.

When the law changes do your ethics change also??????????


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ethics and law are two different things.

When the law changes do your ethics change also??????????


well actually in some cases laws and ethics match up pretty well. Although I realize that what's ethical to one man might not be ethical to another.

no, and a good example of that is this proposed law...

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just getting ya'll back on topic, 49er can divert even when he doesnt mean too.

This law/program will only allow those with deep enough pockets to participate, thus making everyone else 2nd class deer hunters because they cant afford to bait like the big boys.


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My point HOGWILD was better natural nutrition for deer , tha states point was to allow baiting to give people a better chance
to kill a deer , if you fertilize browse or honeysuckle acorn trees that is alot better than pouring out feed and when you ferilize it will last alot longer and be alot better than going back and forth filling up Feeders.

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Originally Posted By: Skinny


This law/program will only allow those with deep enough pockets to participate, thus making everyone else 2nd class deer hunters because they cant afford to bait like the big boys.


But just think!!! Baiting will be a boon to the entire state's economy. Anytime more money is spent the better it will be for all of us. (Sarcasm dripping)

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Originally Posted By: coldtrail
ethics and law are two different things.

When the law changes do your ethics change also??????????

^^^ winner



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So if you have a 40 acre tract of land (Perfect square for instance) you would only be able to put the feeder on the center 4 acres (300 yards from property line, assuming you also have a 1 acre green field within 200 yards. No thanks.

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Once again, why only in a spinning/drop feeder? This reeks of someone (Moultrie) making some serious dough. Same with the food plot thing. How many will now plant food plots so they will be able to legally bait??

If your gonna make it legal, just make it legal. Screw these SILLY rules.

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Josh, I think it's 100 yds (300ft) from the line. If so, that would give you a whopping 200x200 yd square (9 acres if I'm doing my math right) right in the center of your 40. I hope there isn't a large opening in the center of that 40 preventing you from "hiding" your feeder. This is most definitely not designed for the little guy. Skinny is all over what this proposal is about.

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Originally Posted By: joshm28
So if you have a 40 acre tract of land (Perfect square for instance) you would only be able to put the feeder on the center 4 acres (300 yards from property line, assuming you also have a 1 acre green field within 200 yards. No thanks.


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Josh, I think it's 100 yds (300ft) from the line. If so, that would give you a whopping 200x200 yd square (9 acres if I'm doing my math right) right in the center of your 40. I hope there isn't a large opening in the center of that 40 preventing you from "hiding" your feeder. This is most definitely not designed for the little guy. Skinny is all over what this proposal is about.


It's about 8 1/4 acres...*IF* your property is a perfect square. If it isn't, you're probably SOL in terms of getting 100yds off the property line from every side.


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If this passes it will be a GWs worst enforcement nightmare...


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If this passes it will be a GWs worst enforcement nightmare...

I agree,but pass or not I hope the club I am in chooses not to bait,we have enough land that it should not bother us either way,we are already seeing it on our west border,the Miss. state line,and I can't tell that it made any difference at all.


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I spoke to our state Senator today. He stated that since this was a Democrat sponsored bill, it was likely dead in the water. Don't be buying stock in the feeder companies yet....


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I'm for legalizing bait, but I think this is the stupidest thing ever. Might as well just kept it like it was. Bait doesn't really make hunting any easier...it's not like you just throw out a bag of corn and wait for the booners to come trotting in. I just don't like the government trying to control what we do and getting in the way of things and this is a prime example.

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LMAO

All pretty weak arguments.

And, if you ever get past your emotions, you will see the same!!!

Not to mention, if this is being backed by High Dollar Outfitting Operations.......won't the astronomical financial burden that most are describing put them out of business?? They have about reached their plateau on pricing; so this cuts directly into their profit margin!

I think this is WAY more about the average guy that complains all Season long about the fact that he can't kill a trophy buck because he 'thinks' that all his neighbors are 'baiting' than any of you are willing to acknowledge!

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I'm for legalizing bait, but I think this is the stupidest thing ever. Might as well just kept it like it was. Bait doesn't really make hunting any easier...it's not like you just throw out a bag of corn and wait for the booners to come trotting in. I just don't like the government trying to control what we do and getting in the way of things and this is a prime example.


not to get off the subject but if baiting doesn't make hunting easier then why do so many want it legalized and why are so many willing to spend thousands on putting out feeders and bait? I guarantee with a little restraint and not too much pressure you can pop does and bucks up to 2 1/2 relatively easy over feeders through out the season. Really lay off the trigger and with minimal pressure I think some would be surprised how many mature bucks would be shot at a feeder, especially on private property where there isn't a club.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
LMAO

All pretty weak arguments.

And, if you ever get past your emotions, you will see the same!!!

Not to mention, if this is being backed by High Dollar Outfitting Operations.......won't the astronomical financial burden that most are describing put them out of business?? They have about reached their plateau on pricing; so this cuts directly into their profit margin!

I think this is WAY more about the average guy that complains all Season long about the fact that he can't kill a trophy buck because he 'thinks' that all his neighbors are 'baiting' than any of you are willing to acknowledge!


Just what the hell are you smoking? Usually you seem like a pretty rational guy. What about the law do you agree with?

I don't think the anti folks are as upset as the pro bait folks. It's just a poorly written law.

I just want them to us common sense if they pass a baiting bill. We all know it's coming one day.

Do you agree folks are wrong to complain about the greenfield and 100 yard line of site rule??

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I think that if you get past emotions, and they are very evident in your tone, that you will see that all the little idiosyncrasies within the Bill is built in to address a common argument against baiting.
While they are lame, so are the arguments.

As has been stated numerous times, this thing is built to pass by addressing specific concerns that are commonly used against it.

BTW, I have NOT said that I like it.
I am simply a realist with an analytical mind. I can see WHY it is written the way it is!

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Has anyone looked into the detrimental effects that are being cried about on here??

I mean, all you have to do is call some of our neighbors right next door in MS. I have not heard any of the one's I know saying that the Sky has Fallen over there yet!!!

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
Has anyone looked into the detrimental effects that are being cried about on here??

I mean, all you have to do is call some of our neighbors right next door in MS. I have not heard any of the one's I know saying that the Sky has Fallen over there yet!!!


i don't want it past on account of all the restriction and fees. if it passes the reg's may change but the fee will only go up and you know that .

as for baiting i don't care if people do it , don't care if they are doing it illegally now .

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fees?????? how can you worry about fees? fees are about 1/20th the cost of feeding year around. I think some people are still thinking about pouring a bag of corn out on the ground. Baiting for the purpose of killing a deer is completely different than feeding deer year around. If you think you can afford to feed year around you shouldn't have to worry about the fees.

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^^^ correct, Put out several feeders and run that 15%+ feed through them, it'll run into real $, real quick! Heck, just corn at $7+ a bushel could lighten your wallet.



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NW Florida has had legal feeding/baiting for years and the season runs till the end of Feb. You can carry a dump truck load of apples, corn, and anything else out there and sit on top of the pile if you want to. I've never heard of a real problem. It isn't a magic bean that will bring the big bucks running, the big bucks will check the wind and not come in.. I'm more interested if there is a season date change till the middle of Feb in south Bama, they can take the two weeks off the first of Dec.

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Originally Posted By: truedouble
fees?????? how can you worry about fees? fees are about 1/20th the cost of feeding year around. I think some people are still thinking about pouring a bag of corn out on the ground. Baiting for the purpose of killing a deer is completely different than feeding deer year around. If you think you can afford to feed year around you shouldn't have to worry about the fees.


uhmmmmmmm , i might not want to feed year round i might want to pore out corn for just three months .

see thats what worry some of yall . lol

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fees?????? how can you worry about fees? fees are about 1/20th the cost of feeding year around. I think some people are still thinking about pouring a bag of corn out on the ground. Baiting for the purpose of killing a deer is completely different than feeding deer year around. If you think you can afford to feed year around you shouldn't have to worry about the fees.


uhmmmmmmm , i might not want to feed year round i might want to pore out corn for just three months .

see thats what worry some of yall . lol


Glad to see that I am not the only one to see through all the whining and crying!!!!! LOL

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fees?????? how can you worry about fees? fees are about 1/20th the cost of feeding year around. I think some people are still thinking about pouring a bag of corn out on the ground. Baiting for the purpose of killing a deer is completely different than feeding deer year around. If you think you can afford to feed year around you shouldn't have to worry about the fees.


uhmmmmmmm , i might not want to feed year round i might want to pore out corn for just three months .

see thats what worry some of yall . lol


yep, you and the remaining 95% of pro-baiters who's goal is really just to make killing does and immature bucks easier... wink

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I dont see anything changing at all. The people that already bait are going to continue to bait and the people that dont bait will continue to not bait. Also a little something extra having bait out doesnt help that much i know people that hunt corn piles all year and dont hardly see a deer. All of you that have hunted over corn in alabama before know that corn doesnt equal success

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A spin-cast feeder throwing 2.5 lbs/feeding/twice daily=5 lbs/day.

A 30 gal feeder will easily hold 150 lbs of feed. At 5 lbs/day this will last 30 days (1 month).

75 lbs corn @ 8% protein + 75 lbs pelleted deer ration @ 21% protein = 150 lbs mix @ 15% protein.

Corn = $10.50 per 50 lbs
21% Deer Pellets = $22.00 per 50 lbs
Total cost of mix = $48.50/month

If you elect to only feed for 4 months of Hunting, you are less than $200 per feeder for feed.

Now, granted there is the initial cost of the feeder. The prices vary widely!!! And, the $25 'fee'.....

But, either way.....it is NOT the thousands of dollars being proposed by some!

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Originally Posted By: jlbuc10
I dont see anything changing at all. The people that already bait are going to continue to bait and the people that dont bait will continue to not bait. Also a little something extra having bait out doesnt help that much i know people that hunt corn piles all year and dont hardly see a deer. All of you that have hunted over corn in alabama before know that corn doesnt equal success


so if someone spends the time and money to bait, plus takes a chance of getting caught and paying a fine, but "dont hardly see a deer" then why do they continue to bait and why are they so intent on making it legal? I hear this argument all the time but it's hard for me to understand. If baiting really doesn't help then there are some real dumb arses out there throwing away their money year after year. I do realize that under most circumstances where hunting pressure is reasonably high, you aren't going to kill any more mature bucks b/c of bait, but I would guess that a lot of baiters aren't opposed to killing multiple immature bucks. All I'm saying is call it like it is.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
A spin-cast feeder throwing 2.5 lbs/feeding/twice daily=5 lbs/day.

A 30 gal feeder will easily hold 150 lbs of feed. At 5 lbs/day this will last 30 days (1 month).

75 lbs corn @ 8% protein + 75 lbs pelleted deer ration @ 21% protein = 150 lbs mix @ 15% protein.

Corn = $10.50 per 50 lbs
21% Deer Pellets = $22.00 per 50 lbs
Total cost of mix = $48.50/month

If you elect to only feed for 4 months of Hunting, you are less than $200 per feeder for feed.

Now, granted there is the initial cost of the feeder. The prices vary widely!!! And, the $25 'fee'.....

But, either way.....it is NOT the thousands of dollars being proposed by some!


I guess I read the bill wrong. I thought it said you would be required to feed 12 months out of the year.

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JUST like the ones that are AGAINST 'baiting', but literally spend 10's of thousands of dollars on clearing land, buying tractors, adding lime, fertilizer, the BEST seeds, shooting houses, etc.....BUT, don't admit that they are 'baiting'.

Supplemental feeding is cheap compared to food plots!!!

That has been the most common argument AGAINST baiting up until now. People missed that while trying to justify their stance. LOL

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Permit is for 1 year.

It does NOT say that you have to feed the entire time.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
A spin-cast feeder throwing 2.5 lbs/feeding/twice daily=5 lbs/day.

A 30 gal feeder will easily hold 150 lbs of feed. At 5 lbs/day this will last 30 days (1 month).

75 lbs corn @ 8% protein + 75 lbs pelleted deer ration @ 21% protein = 150 lbs mix @ 15% protein.

Corn = $10.50 per 50 lbs
21% Deer Pellets = $22.00 per 50 lbs
Total cost of mix = $48.50/month

If you elect to only feed for 4 months of Hunting, you are less than $200 per feeder for feed.

Now, granted there is the initial cost of the feeder. The prices vary widely!!! And, the $25 'fee'.....

But, either way.....it is NOT the thousands of dollars being proposed by some!


5 lbs a day, you're not feeding them,you're teasing them.



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Originally Posted By: jlbuc10
I dont see anything changing at all. The people that already bait are going to continue to bait and the people that dont bait will continue to not bait. Also a little something extra having bait out doesnt help that much i know people that hunt corn piles all year and dont hardly see a deer. All of you that have hunted over corn in alabama before know that corn doesnt equal success


ok , i don't know nothing about hunting over corn , might be great .myself , i put out corn before and after season to see whats there and what was left .been doing it for a few years now and myself have never taken a picture of a mature buck durning day light eating . i know some have but i aint. i've never hunted over bait i can't afford the fines . if they make baiting legal i won't , imo the deer will move less . i'll stick with my good green fields and summer plots .

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supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation.

sitting over a pile of corn ain't deer hunting.....

but I rarely, almost never, sit on a greenfield either.....


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I totally agree with that!!!

But, for people that ARE sitting over greenfields, and most do, it is hypocritical to say that anything is 'changed' by adding supplemental feed to the equation by putting a feeder on the edge of the field!

NOWHERE in this Bill does it say that this is designed to take the place of good stewardship practices. It simply allows the addition of being able to hunt in the AREA that feeding is taking place.

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Quote:

5 lbs a day, you're not feeding them,you're teasing them.


Would you mind going through the proposed Bill and finding me anything that requires you feed a certain amount??

THAT part is totally up to the person feeding!

People are totally blowing this out of proportion!

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
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5 lbs a day, you're not feeding them,you're teasing them.


Would you mind going through the proposed Bill and finding me anything that requires you feed a certain amount??

THAT part is totally up to the person feeding!

People are totally blowing this out of proportion!


Hogwild, what do YOU think most people will do? Put out trough feeders with an unlimited supply of food 24 hours a day or use spin cast feeders that are cheaper to operate and assist in patterning deer to come at dusk and dawn? Your scenario of 5 pounds a day isn't law but that's probably exactly what most people will do. All I'm saying is, if your pro-bating go ahead and admit that you want to hunt over bait only b/c you think it will make killing deer easier, period, end of story. A very, very small percentage want it to be legal so that they can continue to supplemental feed 12 months out of the year without risking a ticket. I agree this bill seems to target that small percentage but I just want the majority to admit that baiting (not feeding) is a cheap way to entice deer to your stand and serves no nutritional benefit to the deer herd.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
I think that if you get past emotions, and they are very evident in your tone, that you will see that all the little idiosyncrasies within the Bill is built in to address a common argument against baiting.
While they are lame, so are the arguments.

As has been stated numerous times, this thing is built to pass by addressing specific concerns that are commonly used against it.

BTW, I have NOT said that I like it.
I am simply a realist with an analytical mind. I can see WHY it is written the way it is!

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Thank you oh enlightened one. I get WHY the language is that way, I just don't agree with.

Just because we can analytically understand something does NOT make it the right choice.

And for the record, I am neutral on the subject. I'm just sick of laws that defy the common sense smell test.

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
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5 lbs a day, you're not feeding them,you're teasing them.


Would you mind going through the proposed Bill and finding me anything that requires you feed a certain amount??

THAT part is totally up to the person feeding!

People are totally blowing this out of proportion!

It's not there. You gonna be feeding coons, turkeys and since your user name is hogwild, I assume pigs, plus other small game. Food fight! Hell,5lbs is not enough to get a baiting ticket now! laughup
I thought people would use it to help grow them and feed them in winter months, not just kill them, silly me! blush



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I know that bill says spincast feeder, but you can't use any feeder that throws feed on the ground with pelleted deer feed. You are just wasting feed, esp it it's wet. It's going to have to be a trough or MUCH better, a container feeder. Which means "free choice" ....whenever they want to eat...which will be at night mostly. A deer will eat 2+ pounds of feed per deer per day, not counting coons, crows, etc.

If you have any decent number of deer using your feeder the bill is going to be way more than most expect. 20 deer will eat near a bag a day.......!!!!
Of course usage will be higher in Dec-March and again in Aug-Sept, even higher in bast mast years or drought summers......

I think I'm going to buy some feed mill stock to go with that feeder manuf stock.... laugh

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Originally Posted By: truedouble
1. yes, fines for illegal baiting should be raised, a lot. If you can afford to hunt you can afford to pay a $250-$500 fine if caught baiting. It's a small gamble for the unethical. Making the fine $5000 would make most baiters reconsider.


Are you a dyed-in-the wool bleeding heart liberal or just ignorant of our constitutional form of government?

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Excessive fines; cruel or unusual punishment.

That excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.


I expect people like Nancy Pelosi to come up with crap like you come up with, but I declare... right here in Alabama on a forum for hunters?

Your idea of the purpose of government sure doesn't fit the conservative mold. You sound more like the nuts who wrote the bill we're talking about.

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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation.

sitting over a pile of corn ain't deer hunting.....

but I rarely, almost never, sit on a greenfield either.....

Nailed it,Bfred. ^^^^ thumbup



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You could use a spincast with a mix of corn and soybeans that would meet the 15% part.

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1. yes, fines for illegal baiting should be raised, a lot. If you can afford to hunt you can afford to pay a $250-$500 fine if caught baiting. It's a small gamble for the unethical. Making the fine $5000 would make most baiters reconsider.


Are you a dyed-in-the wool bleeding heart liberal or just ignorant of our constitutional form of government?

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Excessive fines; cruel or unusual punishment.

That excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.


I expect people like Nancy Pelosi to come up with crap like you come up with, but I declare... right here in Alabama on a forum for hunters?

Your idea of the purpose of government sure doesn't fit the conservative mold. You sound more like the nuts who wrote the bill we're talking about.



If In your mind I'm a nut or dem. cause I believe a fine should be stiff enough to make the average guy think twice before breaking the law then I think I can live with that. I never did worry too much about your opinion anyway.

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So if a guy baits a deer which may endanger a deer, he should pay a fine of $5000. That is right at 20% of the percapita income in Alabama. If you look at the rural counties where most of the deer hunting takes place, it is no doubt well more than 20% of the per capita income.

I wonder what you think is an appropriate fine for speeding or running a stop sign since that endangers other humans?

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Originally Posted By: jlccoffee
You could use a spincast with a mix of corn and soybeans that would meet the 15% part.


If yer spincast is throwing it on the ground yer wasting yer time, the pelleted deer feed won't last, gets soggy, and molds. No eatee.....


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Whole soybeans will mold and stink like a landfield if they get wet on the ground. We tried off season feeding with spin cast feeders with corn and soybeans and didn't have a lot of good luck.

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We've never had a whole lot of luck getting deer to eat soybeans. Started them off with corn, ate it all. Started mixing in soybeans with the corn, at the corn, left most of the soybeans. Went to all soybeans...abandoned it. Process was done over the course of several months, to give them plenty of time to adapt. NADA.


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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation


Technically supplemental feeding does not replace a failed acorn crop since supp feed mostly is used in the growing season. Agree with primary plan except fertilizing native browse aint going to do much, nor are 2 season foodplots with the percentage of land they make up in most of Alabama. Managing native HABITAT is primary. Thinning, burning, pines... Imagine that this habitat is capable of producing trophy bucks. Lots of people knew it before Dave Morris proved it. shocked wink


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Don't worry guys......

What the deer don't eat, the hogs will!!!

I would be willing to bet that EVERY one of the people that are now posting AGAINST this Bill will be among the FIRST to put out feed/feeders AND hunt over them if it passes!!!!

Of all the things I may be.......a hypocrite is not one of them! smile

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Originally Posted By: gobbler
Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation


Technically supplemental feeding does not replace a failed acorn crop since supp feed mostly is used in the growing season. Agree with primary plan except fertilizing native browse aint going to do much, nor are 2 season foodplots with the percentage of land they make up in most of Alabama. Managing native HABITAT is primary. Thinning, burning, pines... Imagine that this habitat is capable of producing trophy bucks. Lots of people knew it before Dave Morris proved it. shocked wink



TRUE!!!

And anything else artificially manipulated is BAIT!

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Hogwild, I usually respect your opinion on things, but you've about gone off the deep end over this thing.

You might convince people of your side easier if you start using rational reasoning and quit calling the people who don't agree with you hypocrites.


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I don't have a side!!!

It is not up to me to decide what is legal and what isn't. But, this supposed 'Ethics' stance that many are taking IS hypocritical if they call hunting going and climbing into a shooting house over a planted field of winter forage!!!!

My goodness, how can anyone argue that????

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Oh no, Gobbler has drawn the pines on us!



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Oh no, Gobbler has drawn the pines on us!


grin

It's a sign that the argument presented here is circular - time to hijack wink


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Originally Posted By: gobbler
the argument presented here is circular


I haven't been here a year yet, and I think that is the case with most all arguments on here.


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Originally Posted By: jlccoffee
So if a guy baits a deer which may endanger a deer, he should pay a fine of $5000. That is right at 20% of the percapita income in Alabama. If you look at the rural counties where most of the deer hunting takes place, it is no doubt well more than 20% of the per capita income.



I guess if you can't afford to pay the fine then you shouldn't break the law...kind of my point.

I'll concede that 5k is steep (if I ever mentioned 5k in the first place) for baiting, first offense, BUT when was the last time the fine went up? Paying $250-$500 in 2012 for something perceived as magical to the lazy hunter as baiting isn't going to make many of them stop doing it. Also, should go without saying that just because the hunting is done in rural areas doesn't mean that most hunters live in those rural areas and/ or are barely making ends meet. If someone does hunt and doesn't make enough money to pay the fine then my advice would be not to bait... that self responsibility thing is a crazy concept crazy


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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation


Technically supplemental feeding does not replace a failed acorn crop since supp feed mostly is used in the growing season. Agree with primary plan except fertilizing native browse aint going to do much, nor are 2 season foodplots with the percentage of land they make up in most of Alabama. Managing native HABITAT is primary. Thinning, burning, pines... Imagine that this habitat is capable of producing trophy bucks. Lots of people knew it before Dave Morris proved it. shocked wink




very true

I remember QDMA really getting jacked up managing habitat at with fire

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild

TRUE!!!

And anything else artificially manipulated is BAIT!



maybe but a food plot can be used 24/7 a spin cast feeder can be set to condition the animals to when feed time is


I remember turkey hunting Texas, couldn't bring myself to hunt by those feeders, the irony was the bowhunters that hunted the first 2 weeks considered themselves better hunters since they used bow and arrow but hunted over feeders.


The number 1 thing that stuck with me that whole trip, pigs would come running from all directions at the sound of the feeders going off when I tripped them. Scart the chit out of me the first time I set them off, those mesquites are not very tall.

I've seen turkeys and deer become really conditioned to an almost immediate response at the sound or timing. First come first serve, they rush in to feed before it's gone. Remember those chickens and pigeons that peck certain buttons for food. What do those cows do when they see the farmers truck in the winter time.

There is no way fields versus feeders are the same, and where does it stop, no tree stands, no scent shield, no firearms, only spears. At what point does the hypocrisy go away?


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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
Originally Posted By: gobbler
Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation


Technically supplemental feeding does not replace a failed acorn crop since supp feed mostly is used in the growing season. Agree with primary plan except fertilizing native browse aint going to do much, nor are 2 season foodplots with the percentage of land they make up in most of Alabama. Managing native HABITAT is primary. Thinning, burning, pines... Imagine that this habitat is capable of producing trophy bucks. Lots of people knew it before Dave Morris proved it. shocked wink



TRUE!!!

And anything else artificially manipulated is BAIT!


But managing native habitat for wildlife is artificially manipulating the land, isn't it? So is hunting a burned pine stand the same as hunting over a corn pile? I guess to some it is.

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Originally Posted By: gobbler
Originally Posted By: BhamFred
supplemental feeding should be your backup plan, in case of acorn crop failure, drought, etc. NOT your primary source of high protein food. Primary should be two season planting plots and fertilization of natural browse. David Morris proved this in Ga many years ago at Burnt Pine Plantation


Technically supplemental feeding does not replace a failed acorn crop since supp feed mostly is used in the growing season. Agree with primary plan except fertilizing native browse aint going to do much, nor are 2 season foodplots with the percentage of land they make up in most of Alabama. Managing native HABITAT is primary. Thinning, burning, pines... Imagine that this habitat is capable of producing trophy bucks. Lots of people knew it before Dave Morris proved it. shocked wink



TRUE!!!

And anything else artificially manipulated is BAIT!


But managing native habitat for wildlife is artificially manipulating the land, isn't it? So is hunting a burned pine stand the same as hunting over a corn pile? I guess to some it is. No body can claim to be a purist anymore but it is and always will be a weak argument that feeders and foodplots are the same thing. Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait. Feeders are also much more effective when it comes to killing deer.

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Originally Posted By: truedouble

But managing native habitat for wildlife is artificially manipulating the land, isn't it? So is hunting a burned pine stand the same as hunting over a corn pile? I guess to some it is. No body can claim to be a purist anymore but it is and always will be a weak argument that feeders and foodplots are the same thing. Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait. Feeders are also much more effective when it comes to killing deer.


It is not, imo, "artificially" manipulating the land but mimicking how the land was when human influence was limited and God burned the southeast each year.

I would believe that feeders are NOT more effective for killing, however a food plot is not too far from a corn pile when it comes to hunting.


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Originally Posted By: truedouble
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So if a guy baits a deer which may endanger a deer, he should pay a fine of $5000. That is right at 20% of the percapita income in Alabama. If you look at the rural counties where most of the deer hunting takes place, it is no doubt well more than 20% of the per capita income.



I guess if you can't afford to pay the fine then you shouldn't break the law...kind of my point.

I'll concede that 5k is steep (if I ever mentioned 5k in the first place) for baiting, first offense, BUT when was the last time the fine went up? Paying $250-$500 in 2012 for something perceived as magical to the lazy hunter as baiting isn't going to make many of them stop doing it. Also, should go without saying that just because the hunting is done in rural areas doesn't mean that most hunters live in those rural areas and/ or are barely making ends meet. If someone does hunt and doesn't make enough money to pay the fine then my advice would be not to bait... that self responsibility thing is a crazy concept crazy



I didn't say the 5K number you through out would not be a deterrent. I'm just wondering where you go from there. If 5K for endangering a deer, what is the fine for endangering a human (like speeding)?

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Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait.


LOL! Have mercy.

Why don't you folks spouting stuff like this just speak the truth for once. Here, let me help you.

Repeat these following statements.

"I think corn feeders are wrong simply because I've always been told they are wrong and I've never had the intellectual gumption to ask WHY?"

AND

"I think green patches are OK because I myself have hunted over them and therefore I will NEVER NEVER NEVER admit that there is actually no ethical different between them and a feeder because then I would be exposing myself as the massive hypocrite I actually am."

Some of you folks are in such a deep state of denial psychiatrists should be filming you as you discuss this topic for use as a future training guide in how to deal with people suffering from severe self delusion.

Still haven't heard one example of how it's more difficult; requires more skill; or adheres to a higher standard of ethics to hunt over a patch vs a feeder.

You hear a lot of diversion about nutrition and other nonsense but never an explanation of what makes one ethical vs the other.

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Aawwwww.......Come on, Todd!

You know that you have to have a $50,000 4x4 truck, a $10,000 atv, at least $1000 worth of camo, the BEST scent-killer, an ozone machine AND a therma-cell, a $1000 gun with a $3000 scope on it, a member of a $2000/yr Club and be a regular Davy Crockett type outdoorsman to be able to walk 200 yds to a food plot and climb into the shooting house and shoot a doe!!!

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hunting over corn piles is unethical because Charles Kelly said it was and he carries way more weight than you do Todd.....

next question....


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He also didn't want people hunting the Peak of the Rut OR the peak of the breeding season for turkeys.....

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Aawwwww.......Come on, Todd!

You know that you have to have a $50,000 4x4 truck, a $10,000 atv, at least $1000 worth of camo, the BEST scent-killer, an ozone machine AND a therma-cell, a $1000 gun with a $3000 scope on it, a member of a $2000/yr Club and be a regular Davy Crockett type outdoorsman to be able to walk 200 yds to a food plot and climb into the shooting house and shoot a doe!!!


I guess you are right. Why hell it takes a pretty experienced woodsman to work the latch on a shooting house door. And don't even get me started on the learning curve for dealing with those plexiglass windows. That s### can take years to master. LOL!


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Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait.


LOL! Have mercy.

Why don't you folks spouting stuff like this just speak the truth for once. Here, let me help you.

Repeat these following statements.

"I think corn feeders are wrong simply because I've always been told they are wrong and I've never had the intellectual gumption to ask WHY?"

AND

"I think green patches are OK because I myself have hunted over them and therefore I will NEVER NEVER NEVER admit that there is actually no ethical different between them and a feeder because then I would be exposing myself as the massive hypocrite I actually am."

Some of you folks are in such a deep state of denial psychiatrists should be filming you as you discuss this topic for use as a future training guide in how to deal with people suffering from severe self delusion.

Still haven't heard one example of how it's more difficult; requires more skill; or adheres to a higher standard of ethics to hunt over a patch vs a feeder.

You hear a lot of diversion about nutrition and other nonsense but never an explanation of what makes one ethical vs the other.


smile ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal? I agree you can kill does all day long on a foodplot (another great reason to have foodplots) but I don't think that's really what baiters are after. Putting a timed spin cast feeder in the middle of a buck's core area in the middle of a thicket or hardwood stand, etc. and hunting over it is more advantageous than hunting a wide open foodplot. By the way why does B&C not recognize bucks killed over bait, but they do recognize bucks killed on a foodplot? Separate discussion but just saying you might want to tell the B&C guys that they need to see a shrink as well...

As for mature bucks coming to bait during the day time, I've had a lot of 3 year olds and in the past few years two mature bucks a mid 140 and a 160 that habitually came to corn all summer and early fall during the day, 3-5 days per week morning and afternoon. They continued to come to the corn up until the first of Oct. cause I quit putting it out. There is not doubt in my mind that had I continued to put out corn I could have killed both of these bucks during the 1st few days of bow season, assuming the wind was right. This might not have happened on a piece of land with a lot of pressure where a lot of young bucks are killed but this scenario is not uncommon on private land with low hunting pressure.


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hunting over corn piles is unethical because Charles Kelly said it was and he carries way more weight than you do Todd.....


That's why it's illegal. Still not in any way an explanation of how it's ethically any different that sitting over a patch. I'm a strong advocate of obeying the law. But that in no way means that we don't have stupid and inconsistent ones.


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Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait.


LOL! Have mercy.

Why don't you folks spouting stuff like this just speak the truth for once. Here, let me help you.

Repeat these following statements.

"I think corn feeders are wrong simply because I've always been told they are wrong and I've never had the intellectual gumption to ask WHY?"

AND

"I think green patches are OK because I myself have hunted over them and therefore I will NEVER NEVER NEVER admit that there is actually no ethical different between them and a feeder because then I would be exposing myself as the massive hypocrite I actually am."

Some of you folks are in such a deep state of denial psychiatrists should be filming you as you discuss this topic for use as a future training guide in how to deal with people suffering from severe self delusion.

Still haven't heard one example of how it's more difficult; requires more skill; or adheres to a higher standard of ethics to hunt over a patch vs a feeder.

You hear a lot of diversion about nutrition and other nonsense but never an explanation of what makes one ethical vs the other.


smile ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal? I agree you can kill does all day long on a foodplot (another great reason to have foodplots) but I don't think that's really what baiters are after. Putting a timed spin cast feeder in the middle of a buck's core area in the middle of a thicket or hardwood stand, etc. and hunting over it is more advantageous than hunting a wide open foodplot. By the way why does B&C not recognize bucks killed over bait, but they do recognize bucks killed on a foodplot? Separate discussion but just saying you might want to tell the B&C guys that they need to see a shrink as well...

As for mature bucks coming to bait during the day time, I've had a lot of 3 year olds and in the past few years two mature bucks a mid 140 and a 160 that habitually came to corn all summer and early fall during the day, 3-5 days per week morning and afternoon. They continued to come to the corn up until the first of Oct. cause I quit putting it out. There is not doubt in my mind that had I continued to put out corn I could have killed both of these bucks during the 1st few days of bow season, assuming the wind was right. This might not have happened on a piece of land with a lot of pressure where a lot of young bucks are killed but this scenario is not uncommon on private land with low hunting pressure.




Please check up on your facts before spouting off.
It will prevent Athlete's Foot of the Mouth!!!! smile

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Trophies taken with the aid of bait are eligible for entry in the Club’s Awards Programs and listing in the records books so long as the practice is legal in the state or province where the trophy was taken.

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hunting over corn piles is unethical because Charles Kelly said it was and he carries way more weight than you do Todd.....


That's why it's illegal. Still not in any way an explanation of how it's ethically any different that sitting over a patch. I'm a strong advocate of obeying the law. But that in no way means that we don't have stupid and inconsistent ones.


Dead on. A lot of things are legal, that doesn't make them ethical. and I tend to think a lot of things are illegal but that doesn't always make them unethical. a lot of people really don't now where there beliefs come from.


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: Todd1700] #287419
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ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal?


Because it would be nice not to have to stop feeding the deer on our land for 2 1/2 to 3 months during each winter when the deer need it the most. Why do we have to stop? Couldn't we just leave them going and not hunt close enough to them to get a ticket? Ahhh, there's the rub isn't it? Nobody, not even the governor of this ####ing state knows what "IN THE AREA" means. So navigating around them becomes a mine field during hunting season if they are left loaded and running. And that's if you are dealing with an honest game warden. All it takes is their word that you were near a feeder and your feeder with corn in it to show the judge and a resurrected F Lee Bailey couldn't get your ass out of the ticket here in Wilcox County. I don't like putting myself in a position where all it takes is someones word to ***k me over. And I know there are good game wardens out there that wouldn't deal dirty like that but there are also some that will "embellish the story a bit" to close the deal on your ass. You can doubt that fact if you want but you do it at your own risk.


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Please check up on your facts before spouting off.
It will prevent Athlete's Foot of the Mouth!!!!


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Trophies taken with the aid of bait are eligible for entry in the Club’s Awards Programs and listing in the records books so long as the practice is legal in the state or province where the trophy was taken.


Cut him some slack Hogwild. He was just basing that statement on the same amount of facts they base their other assertions on. None at all! LOL!


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Re: Baiting Bill in Legislature [Re: truedouble] #287422
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... ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal?


How about it would eliminate the "traps" created by the vagueness of the statute?

How about elimination of the "trap" that a lot have been caught in when they are in an area where somebody else has put bait out and they didn't know it?

How about not having to disturb the area you intend to hunt with a required inspection first in order to be protected against getting caught in the "didn't know it was there trap".

How about freeing up game wardens to get out and catch serious violators that are actually harming our wildlife resources?

How about it would eliminate a lot of hypocrisy in the DCNR relating to the baiting issue and help start improving it's image?

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... ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal?


How about elimination of the "trap" that a lot have been caught in when they are in an area where somebody else has put bait out and they didn't know it?

How about not having to disturb the area you intend to hunt with a required inspection first in order to be protected against getting caught in the "didn't know it was there trap".

How about freeing up game wardens to get out and catch serious violators that are actually harming our wildlife resources?


All good points. Here's another. How about just because it would be amending a totally inconsistent and stupid law. Bait is bait. It should either all be legal or none of it.


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Sure they could both be considered as bait, but a feeder used during deer season is only bait, nothing else. A foodplot is much more than just bait.


LOL! Have mercy.

Why don't you folks spouting stuff like this just speak the truth for once. Here, let me help you.

Repeat these following statements.

"I think corn feeders are wrong simply because I've always been told they are wrong and I've never had the intellectual gumption to ask WHY?"

AND

"I think green patches are OK because I myself have hunted over them and therefore I will NEVER NEVER NEVER admit that there is actually no ethical different between them and a feeder because then I would be exposing myself as the massive hypocrite I actually am."

Some of you folks are in such a deep state of denial psychiatrists should be filming you as you discuss this topic for use as a future training guide in how to deal with people suffering from severe self delusion.

Still haven't heard one example of how it's more difficult; requires more skill; or adheres to a higher standard of ethics to hunt over a patch vs a feeder.

You hear a lot of diversion about nutrition and other nonsense but never an explanation of what makes one ethical vs the other.


smile ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal? I agree you can kill does all day long on a foodplot (another great reason to have foodplots) but I don't think that's really what baiters are after. Putting a timed spin cast feeder in the middle of a buck's core area in the middle of a thicket or hardwood stand, etc. and hunting over it is more advantageous than hunting a wide open foodplot. By the way why does B&C not recognize bucks killed over bait, but they do recognize bucks killed on a foodplot? Separate discussion but just saying you might want to tell the B&C guys that they need to see a shrink as well...

As for mature bucks coming to bait during the day time, I've had a lot of 3 year olds and in the past few years two mature bucks a mid 140 and a 160 that habitually came to corn all summer and early fall during the day, 3-5 days per week morning and afternoon. They continued to come to the corn up until the first of Oct. cause I quit putting it out. There is not doubt in my mind that had I continued to put out corn I could have killed both of these bucks during the 1st few days of bow season, assuming the wind was right. This might not have happened on a piece of land with a lot of pressure where a lot of young bucks are killed but this scenario is not uncommon on private land with low hunting pressure.




Please check up on your facts before spouting off.
It will prevent Athlete's Foot of the Mouth!!!! smile

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Trophies taken with the aid of bait are eligible for entry in the Club’s Awards Programs and listing in the records books so long as the practice is legal in the state or province where the trophy was taken.


That hurt...I'm not used to being wrong blush So no notations or asterisks if killed over a bait pile or feeder? It's a good thing I prefaced by saying it's a separate discussion. grin

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ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal?


Because it would be nice not to have to stop feeding the deer on our land for 2 1/2 to 3 months during each winter when the deer need it the most. Why do we have to stop? Couldn't we just leave them going and not hunt close enough to them to get a ticket? Ahhh, there's the rub isn't it? Nobody, not even the governor of this ####ing state knows what "IN THE AREA" means. So navigating around them becomes a mine field during hunting season if they are left loaded and running. And that's if you are dealing with an honest game warden. All it takes is their word that you were near a feeder and your feeder with corn in it to show the judge and a resurrected F Lee Bailey couldn't get your ass out of the ticket here in Wilcox County. I don't like putting myself in a position where all it takes is someones word to ***k me over. And I know there are good game wardens out there that wouldn't deal dirty like that but there are also some that will "embellish the story a bit" to close the deal on your ass. You can doubt that fact if you want but you do it at your own risk.


I've said before that I have no issue with finding a way to make it legal to continue feeding deer though out the year. This is in no way the same discussion as those that want "bait" legalized for attracting and killing deer only.

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Originally Posted By: Todd1700
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Please check up on your facts before spouting off.
It will prevent Athlete's Foot of the Mouth!!!!


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BAITING
Trophies taken with the aid of bait are eligible for entry in the Club’s Awards Programs and listing in the records books so long as the practice is legal in the state or province where the trophy was taken.


Cut him some slack Hogwild. He was just basing that statement on the same amount of facts they base their other assertions on. None at all! LOL!


your opinion and assertions that foodplots and feeders are the same is not factual either... I need to find something more productive to do until turkey season starts. frown

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ok Genius, if their is no advantage to hunting over bait then why do so many of you want to make it legal?


Because it would be nice not to have to stop feeding the deer on our land for 2 1/2 to 3 months during each winter when the deer need it the most. Why do we have to stop? Couldn't we just leave them going and not hunt close enough to them to get a ticket? Ahhh, there's the rub isn't it? Nobody, not even the governor of this ####ing state knows what "IN THE AREA" means. So navigating around them becomes a mine field during hunting season if they are left loaded and running. And that's if you are dealing with an honest game warden. All it takes is their word that you were near a feeder and your feeder with corn in it to show the judge and a resurrected F Lee Bailey couldn't get your ass out of the ticket here in Wilcox County. I don't like putting myself in a position where all it takes is someones word to ***k me over. And I know there are good game wardens out there that wouldn't deal dirty like that but there are also some that will "embellish the story a bit" to close the deal on your ass. You can doubt that fact if you want but you do it at your own risk.


Plus.........there are numerous incidences of land being shut down because of corn. I know of one area in North Alabama where some guys got caught with 2 weeks to go in the season and the GW shut their place down. That would tick me off if a member caused my lease to get shut down.
To me, it's not an ethical issue. I see no difference in a cornpile, greenfield or the only white oak in the area dropping. To me, all of it is bait.
I would be against it for my/our lease even if the law passed. I just see it causing more problems and expense than it would be worth. That being said, on my private places, I would probably keep a feeder going. This law wouldn't really help bowhunting at all if you have to be 100 yards from the feeder. Just a poorly written piece of legislation.

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you cannot legally shut a place down because of bait for two weeks. IF the bait is removed you can legally start hunting after 10 days....

Even so the place would have to be small, like 20-80 acres then. If it was a large enough place you could get away from the bait and hunt legally. Unless the whole place was baited....


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I agree with troy.

A couple of years ago I was making my reasonable effort to inspect for baiting during bow season on our lease. I found where a kid whose dad didn't renew his membership had left a feeder with a dead battery and a little corn still in it.

We have our lease divided into 40 acre squares and a member can sign out no more than two squares at a time. I cleaned the corn up myself and then I closed off two squares (80 acres) for 10 days by covering them on our sign out map with a note. The rest of our 6200 acres was left open for hunting. I saw no need to involve the DCNR.

I told our members that if any of them got a ticket for hunting over that bait anywhere other than those 80 acres, I would go to court with them and help fight it all the way up if we needed to.

Until an "area" has been clearly defined, it's my position that the officers of our club are reasonable men who are able to define the affected area ourselves as well an anyone else. I believe I could convince a judge that either I'm right or the law is too vague to be constitutional.

troy's defintion fits what we came up with under the given circumstances. thumbup

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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
you cannot legally shut a place down because of bait for two weeks. IF the bait is removed you can legally start hunting after 10 days....

Even so the place would have to be small, like 20-80 acres then. If it was a large enough place you could get away from the bait and hunt legally. Unless the whole place was baited....

The way the story was told to me is the club bought a transfer truck load of bulk corn and dumped it in the middle of the lease. I don't know if it's bs or not, but that's what the guy said. There was a 300 acre lease near here shut down 2 years ago during turkey season for corn. Whether that's legal or not, I don't know, but I do know it was done.

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Who cares anyway? Every state near us are doing it legally or not legally. If you are in a club make it a yes or no rule if the law passes. I have a-holes putting foodplots next to the property line on my lease with fruit trees and all to lure the deer onto his property but I have a fifty yard rule so I cannot intercept if I wanted to. Big deal. If you get your panties in a twist about it then buy your own land. If everyone is so ethical go out and spear one, according to the rules that is is still legal. Things change just deal with it. Just enjoy hunting. Stop being a whiner.


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Hey Todd, where do you hunt?

Only in the woods away from mast-producing trees? Over non-forage sage fields? Pine thickets?

Or do you hunt in the woods around mast-producing trees and also near or on planted green patches?


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Hey Todd, where do you hunt?

Only in the woods away from mast-producing trees? Over non-forage sage fields? Pine thickets?

Or do you hunt in the woods around mast-producing trees and also near or on planted green patches?


I mostly hunt from a climbing stand between bedding and feeding areas. But what's your point? I'm the one advocating that you should be able to hunt over whatever you want.


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At what point does the "light bulb click on" that baiting (i.e. hunting over corn) and feeding year round on "private" land IS legal in Alabama???????

For those that say everything is a form of baiting (dropping acorns from oak trees, food plots, a doe in heat, a bedding area a creek crossing, a honeysuckle patch, etc), why the big giant outcry for dumping feed/bait on the ground only during the hunting season (or in this case out of a "legal" feeder)?

All a person has to do is plant corn, millet, soybeans, etc, etc, etc, leave it standing or bush hog it and you have your "bait". Why is that not good enough??? Is it because you BELIEVE what your third cousins girlfriends brother said that he heard that somebody three counties away kills 43 bucks a year over "piles of corn" therefore, everybody is be doing it so they should just let everybody do it to help the GW's out? Or, most likely the point is that it is the easy lazy way to kill a deer, without having to put in the effort to learn agricultural practices or how to hunt?

Also, the proponents of baiting please answer this, should "baiting" (i.e. hunting over "bait" from a "legal" feeder) be "legal" on public land? If so, how should it be controlled? By free for all, through "drawing" (thereby making "public" land no longer "public"), auction (again making "public" land no longer "public")? Or, not allowing "baiting (feeding from a "legal" feeder) on public lands and therefore not allowing the same opportunities and freedoms to the "public" land hunter that the "private" land hunter would enjoy? Or, is that part of the the goal to draw game from the "public" lands to the "private" lands?

Again "baiting" and year round "feeding" IS legal in Alabama now on "private" land!! What more do you think the State of Alabama should do for you????


I anticipate these actual thought provoking questions will not get me banned again, but we shall see. grin


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So, just how much luck have YOU had growing corn and soybeans in 1/1-3/4 acre plots that are common most all of the Timber Co. leases?

Or, do you only propose that landowners themselves should have that right?

I do have a large field here at the house that I plant soybeans in. And they LOVE them! But, I haven't shot a deer here in years!

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Originally Posted By: Hogwild
So, just how much luck have YOU had growing corn and soybeans in 1/1-3/4 acre plots that are common most all of the Timber Co. leases?

Or, do you only propose that landowners themselves should have that right?

I do have a large field here at the house that I plant soybeans in. And they LOVE them! But, I haven't shot a deer here in years!



Reasearch, research, research and find ag products that will grow in what area that a person has rights and access to. A few minutes away from www.aldeer.com and searching the world wide web or local coop will provide many answers.

If you have rights from the landowner then by all means utilize it to it's fullest potential, if not deal with it by understanding the limitations or move on to some property that will allow it. I personally do not have the luxury of owning my own hunting land nor do I have the luxury of planting foodplots on the private land that I am fortunate enough to hunt. As a side bar, I also hunt public land on occassion and occassionally like this year was fortunate enough to kill deer on both private and public land.

I commend your efforts on planting the fields around your house and hope you will continue to do so.


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If I plant a persimmon tree in a strategic location and while I'm at it attach a ladder stand, then check back occasionally for the tree to bear fruit (this could take several years), what have I done?

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Something stupid. grin

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Let the tree grow into a stand you're not using? grin



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Originally Posted By: tiderbd
If I plant a persimmon tree in a strategic location and while I'm at it attach a ladder stand, then check back occasionally for the tree to bear fruit (this could take several years), what have I done?


Let me clarify. Take the stand part out of it. Just plant the tree and wait for it to produce. Is this baiting?


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Let the tree grow into a stand you're not using? grin


Bwahahahahahhhahahaha! That wuz funny.


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Originally Posted By: tiderbd
Originally Posted By: tiderbd
If I plant a persimmon tree in a strategic location and while I'm at it attach a ladder stand, then check back occasionally for the tree to bear fruit (this could take several years), what have I done?


Let me clarify. Take the stand part out of it. Just plant the tree and wait for it to produce. Is this baiting?

Same as planting a corn field and waiting for it to produce, then hunting it. Not baiting. Crazy, yes, but lawful. Now, take a bucket of those ears of corn you just planted, and place them on another property you own, now you are baiting. Funny ain't it

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Originally Posted By: jmj120

Same as planting a corn field and waiting for it to produce, then hunting it. Not baiting. Crazy, yes, but lawful. Now, take a bucket of those ears of corn you just planted, and place them on another property you own, now you are baiting. Funny ain't it


Take a bucket of those ears and move them to another field a hundred yards away and it IS baiting confused Go figure.

Heres one for Troy. If I take a bunch of acorns or persimmons, throw them in a bucket and move them to another spot, is that baiting and/or legal?


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Quote:
Take the stand part out of it. Just plant the tree and wait for it to produce. Is this baiting?


Depends on which person on this board answers your question.


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Originally Posted By: gobbler
Originally Posted By: jmj120

Same as planting a corn field and waiting for it to produce, then hunting it. Not baiting. Crazy, yes, but lawful. Now, take a bucket of those ears of corn you just planted, and place them on another property you own, now you are baiting. Funny ain't it


Take a bucket of those ears and move them to another field a hundred yards away and it IS baiting confused Go figure.

Heres one for Troy. If I take a bunch of acorns or persimmons, throw them in a bucket and move them to another spot, is that baiting and/or legal?


As I recall that has been answered and yes, it is considered baiting.


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Wrong! It will not be passed to help revenue for dcnr. Its not up to them.

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Wrong again. If you plant it, then its not baiting. Pland 10 acers of corn and hunt over it. Nothing wrong with that.

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Originally Posted By: wgnrubua
Wrong! It will not be passed to help revenue for dcnr. Its not up to them.


You must be reading the wrong bill.

I would say welcome, but we've already got plenty here who just say things because it sounds good.

Not good for a first time poster. Now you're starting off by being 100 percent wrong.

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Section 6. All revenue received from fees except the
8 issuance fees under this act shall be forwarded by the issuing
9 official to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
10 Resources on the first day of each month and shall be
11 deposited into the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of
12 Conservation and Natural Resources. All revenue received from
13 fines and penalties for violations of this act shall be
14 forwarded to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
15 Resources by the trial court on the first day of each month to
16 be deposited into the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of
17 Conservation and Natural Resources.

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