Comments on: Baiting Ban Due to Michigan CWD!

By: corey

corey — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:48:33 +0000

I agree with all the good points for baiting and for not baiting. I would love to hear an explanation as to why the lower penninsula cannot bait and the upper penninsula can. We have all heard the report of the deer that tested positive for CWD on that private farm in Kent County. I guess I believe that to be true, what I am getting at is banning baiting in the upper penninsula makes more sense. Why you might ask? The state of Wisconsin has had confirmed cases of CWD and wouldnt one think that a deer possibly infected with CWD might just wander over for a little snack! I think the real reason for the baiting ban is more about the state not getting taxes from the bait sold. If this is the case why not just have hunters or folks that like to view wildlife, just pay for a permit to allow them to bait. The folks that bait would pay say a fifty dollar fee per year for private land baiting and folks that hunt state land pay a sevety-five to one hundred dollar fee. I could be wrong about this, but I dont think so, we shall see…..

By: corey

corey — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:48:30 +0000

By: zip of the up

zip of the up — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:50 +0000

zip

I see nothing wrong with baiting. some people work and do not have time to be out as much as they would like. so baiting helps. If you ban baiting then we should ban food plots, farmers should fence in there fields or hunters can not be within 300 hundred yards of them when hunting. If you all want to see a better deer herd maybe it is time to rethink hunting in general such as banning youth hunts and special hunts for anyone before nov. 15. Let the more dominent bucks breed to pass on there genes thats what all these good deer farms do. Lets have an even playing field for all. Instead of going out in November and seeing little to nothing maybe you can anticipate seeing the nicer bucks during the rut. I grew up that way and we saw more and nicer bucks during the season. we did some small baiting and helped because more dominent doe,s came in and along with them came the bucks. It is real obvious that the $ signs are in the DNR,s eyes when they have these special hunts but all they do is hurt hunting. I say let baiting continue and stop all special hunts.

Zip from the up

By: Blake Bettendorf

Blake Bettendorf — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:26:33 +0000

I really think that the Ban on Baiting for deer and elk i the lower penisula is really an unesasary thing to do. The reason why is beacuse for one thing it happend in a confined area were the deer ar close together and have a really higher chance to get the disease beacuse in the wild there has never been a case found in michigan and people have been baiting for years. Truly i think that the ban was a mistake and that there will be more poaching of deer and that people will just shoot deer to kill even yearlings more i think the death rate will be higher.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:20:48 +0000

I hunted last year with out bait for the first time. Let me tell you, I had more shooting opportunities and saw more bucks then I have ever seen during a hunting season. The deer come around at better shooting light, they are not spookey and are on natural browsing patters i.e( acorns, apple trees, farm fields, berries…) My advice, just try without baiting for a month, year, or a few weekends, see what happens, you just might be impressed!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:06:53 +0000

After all of the research and killing of deer, the DNR has found exactly ZERO cases of CWD other than the penned deer. I know of a guy that has a huge deer pen and he says that this is all a setup by the DNR. They’ve been trying to eliminate baiting for years and now this ONE deer is found locked up in a pen with CWD. Since it’s such a contagious disease, wouldn’t more deer have been found with it? It all seems a little odd to me now that he mentioned that conspiracy theory to me.

BTW, I DON’T bait.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:14:39 +0000

What I don’t understand is that just one deer that had the CWD and they got to ban all baiting I don’t get it less people hunt now, because you can’t bait, I think this is one of the most stupid laws ever!

By: Cowboy

Cowboy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:30:04 +0000

CWD is a challenging issue. How the DNR and State Government reacted is more important. They used the CWD discovery to inact a law they have been pushing for years. They did this without concern for how the public felt, or how it would effect the revenues obtained from baiting and game ranches; but then what’s new in a socialist state. Other states have been dealing with CWD for many years and most of the experts in those states will tell you it is difficult to control, and almost impossible to elliminate. What do we tell the farmers, shop keepers and others that make part or all of their living selling bait? I know, the same thing we tell business owners and tax payers; “We’re the government, we know better and we’re smarter than you”. Once again Michigan officials have impossed another rule that has a negative impact on the people; and without a majority rule. I encourage all hunters to investigate CWD, it’s facts and affects. Start asking our state government questions:
Will Food plots prevent the spread of CWD?
Where did the lone deer in Kent county come from?
If we hunt near an apple tree will we be hunting over bait?
If we plant corn plots is that legal?
What is the DNR’s plan to control or illiminate CWD?
If I sell bait to a hunter am I also in violation of the ban?
How are the 504 deer farms/game ranches going to be managed?
Will fine revenues be allocated strickly for CWD R&D?

This new law isn’t about baiting or not baiting, its about how we allow the DNR and State Government to rule our pastime and our lives. It is another example of how big government has gotten out of hand and is know longer concerned with the well being of its people. II IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY ARE DRIVEN TO TAKE OR ELLIMINATE OUR MONEY AND CONTROL OUR ACTIONS.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:40:50 +0000

Botton line is we are back to basics with hunting. If you need bait to kill a deer, shame on you. I loved the artical in todays Free Press by Eric Sharp He related it to moving the tee boxes closer because you don’t have time to practice or having to go to a trout pond to land a prize fish. Many hunters don’t spend the time needed scouting and patterning the deer. Can’t rely on putting out huge illegal piles of grub to get close to the deer. Baiting just gives the anti-hunting groups to complain about. DNR finally got one right.

By: BBD

BBD — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:05:38 +0000

THIS BAITTING THING IS VERY OVER REACTED. BAITING OR NO BAITING DEER WILL ALWAYS BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER DEER IN THE WILD. CORN FEILDS, HAY FEILDS, CLOVER, APPLE TREES…THE DNR HAS MISMANAGED (OUR) DEER HERD. THERE ARE TO MANY DEER IN SOME AREAS AND FEW IN OTHERS. DEER WILL GO WHERE THE FOOD IS! IF DEER #1 COMES TO THE APPLE TREE AND EATS HALF AND APPLE AND DEER #2 COMES BY 1HOUR OR 1 DAY LATER AND EATS THE REST OF THE APPLE WHAT IS THE DNR GOING TO DO TO STOP THAT CUT DOWN THE APPLE TREE? SAME THING IN THE CORN FEILD THE CLOVER, FOOD PLOTS ETC. UNTIL THEY FINED CWD IN WILD DEER IN THAT AREA THEY HAD BETTER RETHINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I UNDERSTANED THE DNR’S POINT, I JUST DON’T THINK THAT THE DEER IN THE PEN THREW A SPIT BALL AT HIS BUDDY ON THE OUTSIDE. ONE THING IN CLOSING ITS MY LAND DON’T TELL ME HOW TO MANAGE IT UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OVER THE FARM!!!