The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - to bait, or not to bait? Special hunt question

HSMITH · December 21, 2006, 12:42 AM

Bait will stop them. It will allow you a better shot opportunity than if you didn't bait. If bait is allowed that is for a reason, and that is animal populations are too high for the habitat. Do everything you can to bring that population into balance, even if you use bait to do it and others condemn it. WE are the keepers of nature now, and we MUST use the most appropriate tools available to us to maintain a natural balance when nature cannot do this alone. IMO conservation includes some things not consistently viewed as sporting.

You want a naturally occuring sweet something. Apples are never bad, corn is never bad, salt/mineral licks are never bad. Personally I would want something that would be consumed naturally within a day or two or somthing I could remove when done hunting like a salt block. I wouldn't want my presence to last more than a day or two after leaving.

December 21, 2006, 12:42 AM	#7
HSMITH Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2002 Posts: 2,019	Bait will stop them. It will allow you a better shot opportunity than if you didn't bait. If bait is allowed that is for a reason, and that is animal populations are too high for the habitat. Do everything you can to bring that population into balance, even if you use bait to do it and others condemn it. WE are the keepers of nature now, and we MUST use the most appropriate tools available to us to maintain a natural balance when nature cannot do this alone. IMO conservation includes some things not consistently viewed as sporting. You want a naturally occuring sweet something. Apples are never bad, corn is never bad, salt/mineral licks are never bad. Personally I would want something that would be consumed naturally within a day or two or somthing I could remove when done hunting like a salt block. I wouldn't want my presence to last more than a day or two after leaving.