I am leaving town at noon so pardon the short reply. Here is a short list. Will be happy to go into much more detail later.
Released January 2018 by QDMA in opposition to a baiting bill. • Baiting has the potential to accelerate transmission of diseases such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine tuberculosis (TB) should they ever be discovered in Alabama. • Numerous national surveys confirm that the vast majority of the hunting and non-hunting public objects to hunting over bait. • Legalization of baiting has been shown to create both “offensive” and “defensive” baiting situations among neighboring hunters, thus increasing conflicts. • Baiting can alter deer behavior patterns, increasing movement and feeding activity at night rather than during the day. Research has clearly shown that deer harvest does not increase with legalized baiting. • Experience in other states suggests a 4- to 8-fold increase in the amount of artificial food on the landscape following legalization of baiting. • Evidence confirms that predators key in on feed sites to ambush deer – thus increasing deer mortality rates. • Baiting has been shown to increase reproduction/spread of nuisance animals such as feral hogs and raccoons.
I may be neutral on the subject but ain't no way Alabama would increase 4- 8 fold over what is already being used if we are talking just corn. It would take all the corn in the world for that big of increase.
