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<blockquote data-quote="Sticky Stokes" data-source="post: 1692970" data-attributes="member: 24533"><p>This..........I have to be honest I did not realize you could bait on public land and I have hunted several of the WMA's out west over the years. It just concerns me that like AllOut said, first it's public, then next time it may be private.</p><p>Here is what the ODWC had to say about the issue in last Sunday's Daily Oklahoman. I don't know if I buy this rationale, I will post my comments today. Deadline to do so is January 13.</p><p></p><p><strong>No more baiting on WMAs?</strong></p><p></p><p>State wildlife officials also want to eliminate baiting of all wildlife on the state-owned public hunting areas.</p><p></p><p>Alan Peoples, head of the wildlife division for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, cites several examples as reasons for the proposal.</p><p></p><p>It's illegal to hunt turkeys over bait but on wildlife management areas in western Oklahoma - where calling the birds can get difficult - some hunters are baiting areas to lure turkeys and then ambushing the gobblers between their roosts and the baited areas, Peoples said. Technically, those hunters are not violating the law but are circumventing it, he said.</p><p></p><p>Also, hunters who bait deer on wildlife management areas have complained of other hunters setting up deer stands over or near their baited areas, Peoples said.</p><p></p><p>Eliminating baiting entirely on the state's wildlife management areas would prevent that kind of hunter conflict, he said.</p><p></p><p>Other situations occur where a hunter lawfully baits a public area for wildlife but then another hunter could come along and unknowingly and illegally shoots dove or waterfowl over the baited area, which is illegal.</p><p></p><p>“It (baiting) just creates all kind of issues,” Peoples said.</p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-department-of-wildlife-proposing-changes-in-hunting-and-fishing-regulations-for-2012/article/3638508#ixzz1jALPkPEj" target="_blank">http://newsok.com/oklahoma-department-of-wildlife-proposing-changes-in-hunting-and-fishing-regulations-for-2012/article/3638508#ixzz1jALPkPEj</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sticky Stokes, post: 1692970, member: 24533"] This..........I have to be honest I did not realize you could bait on public land and I have hunted several of the WMA's out west over the years. It just concerns me that like AllOut said, first it's public, then next time it may be private. Here is what the ODWC had to say about the issue in last Sunday's Daily Oklahoman. I don't know if I buy this rationale, I will post my comments today. Deadline to do so is January 13. [U][/U][B]No more baiting on WMAs?[/B] State wildlife officials also want to eliminate baiting of all wildlife on the state-owned public hunting areas. Alan Peoples, head of the wildlife division for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, cites several examples as reasons for the proposal. It's illegal to hunt turkeys over bait but on wildlife management areas in western Oklahoma - where calling the birds can get difficult - some hunters are baiting areas to lure turkeys and then ambushing the gobblers between their roosts and the baited areas, Peoples said. Technically, those hunters are not violating the law but are circumventing it, he said. Also, hunters who bait deer on wildlife management areas have complained of other hunters setting up deer stands over or near their baited areas, Peoples said. Eliminating baiting entirely on the state's wildlife management areas would prevent that kind of hunter conflict, he said. Other situations occur where a hunter lawfully baits a public area for wildlife but then another hunter could come along and unknowingly and illegally shoots dove or waterfowl over the baited area, which is illegal. “It (baiting) just creates all kind of issues,” Peoples said. Read more: [url]http://newsok.com/oklahoma-department-of-wildlife-proposing-changes-in-hunting-and-fishing-regulations-for-2012/article/3638508#ixzz1jALPkPEj[/url] [/QUOTE]
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