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Offline Norseman112

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Baiting Deer
« on: January 18, 2007, 10:10:20 AM »
I heard last night it will be illegal to feed and or bait deer in Wisconsin. Anyone else here the same? I never baited deer myself so it doesn't affect me , but it sounds like its going to make some people very unhappy.

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Re: Baiting Deer
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2007, 03:11:42 PM »
Have heard rumors here as well, though nothing concrete. If it happens, it won't be a surprise - the anti baiting ethics police, coupled with the CWD saliva swapping study, will probaby be the demise of deer baiting in this state. Good/bad/indifferent
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Re: Baiting Deer
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2007, 03:43:14 PM »
Its already illegal to feed deer here in Illinois, and has been illegal to bait them for hunting for as long as I can remember.  DNR is concerned about CWD being spread around feeders where hundreds of deer congregate in the winter.
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Re: Baiting Deer
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2007, 01:18:48 PM »
   some have been talking  about introducing legislation banning feeding and baiting.  I don't care either way. I end up getting dear weather I bait or not. I see more deer baiting but I don't have a problem getting a deer with a gun. Bow would be a little different though.  I just wish the fighting would just go away.  I kind of wish they would ban it because so many hunters over bait. Reducing it to a gallon and putting a thousand dollar fine and advertising it on the front page of the rules book would help a lot.  I think that's the only thing that's going to stop the illeagal baiting.
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Re: Baiting Deer
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2007, 07:18:50 AM »
The DNR can't enforce the rules as they are. How would changing the baiting laws do any good? Future budget cuts will only make enforcement tougher.

Sounds like a feel good law at best.



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