Season dates, bag limits, and baiting rules are just variables in an equation…..One is not really more right or wrong than the other……It’s the additive impact on the outcome that matters…..One of them needs adjusting…..Its ok if baiting stays as long as we adjust to compensate for it……I don’t think it’s a bad thing if folks prosper $$$ from the resource as long as we have a good overall long term management plan and don’t just milk the resource for everything its worth with no regards to the impact on quality. If everyone wants to bait then some changes need to be made in other areas.
The solution we are trying to solve for is lower deer take and better age structure, correct? Why not keep all methods legal and simply lower the deer take directly with a tag system like nearly every other state. You can hunt 1000 acres with heated blinds, a six month season, clover fields with corn feeders in the middle, thermal drones, night vision during daylight, 100 cell cams, a $15k side by side, $500 in hunting clothes in your ground blind, ozone, and a world class bird dog sitting with you, fully auto 100 round mag, but it doesn’t matter if you have one antler restricted buck tag and 1-2 antlerless tags.
