C'MERE Deer... What do you think? - Page 2

NE_Sportsman · 11-10-2008, 09:09 PM

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I don't really understand why someone in eastern Nebraska would want or need to bait. There are crops and crop residue all over the place. Actually a guy could argue there is too much bait especially since there is so much corn still in the fields. In areas where the crops are out or not planted in huge quantities, food plots can work. Food plots don't attract deer the same way as bait but can still get deer to visit a location on a regular basis. quote]

I read one of the NRA hunting mags a guy had at work and it had an article in it about baiting. They actually had evidence that in counties, in South Carolina i believe, that baiting actually decreased deer harvest percentages. The reason was that once everyone has bait out and hunt the feeders the deer get lazy and dont have to do far for a meal so they wait until night and walk a couple hundred yards to the closest feeder. I will try and find the article so I can relay more info.

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11-10-2008, 09:09 PM	#21 (permalink)
NE_Sportsman Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dawson, NE Posts: 36 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	[quote=bigquackattack;162694] I don't really understand why someone in eastern Nebraska would want or need to bait. There are crops and crop residue all over the place. Actually a guy could argue there is too much bait especially since there is so much corn still in the fields. In areas where the crops are out or not planted in huge quantities, food plots can work. Food plots don't attract deer the same way as bait but can still get deer to visit a location on a regular basis. quote] I read one of the NRA hunting mags a guy had at work and it had an article in it about baiting. They actually had evidence that in counties, in South Carolina i believe, that baiting actually decreased deer harvest percentages. The reason was that once everyone has bait out and hunt the feeders the deer get lazy and dont have to do far for a meal so they wait until night and walk a couple hundred yards to the closest feeder. I will try and find the article so I can relay more info.