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<blockquote data-quote="fishfurlife" data-source="post: 1693224" data-attributes="member: 15170"><p>I support the rule change and voiced my opinion. I personally know the Biologist that suggested this rule change. It came from in house, not out of house.</p><p></p><p>I hunt public ground 99% of the time and the number of feeders/bait piles/feed stations that I encounter over the last few years has sky rocketed. So has the number of hunters out there that get the sense of "mine" when they throw bait on the ground. I have also witnessed plenty of confrontations between hunters for various reasons concerning a bait pile. I visited a WMA this past season that I have not visited in nearly 4 years. I literally could not walk more than 1/4 mile without seeing a feeder or stumbling across a bait pile. It pissed me off. </p><p></p><p>Yes baiting/food plots/food sources are essentially the same, but throwing bait on the ground raises the risk of disease substantially. Just imagine the area that is covered by one bait pile and then imagine all the critters that eat/crap/roll around in that pile (usually less than a 15 square foot area) Compare that area to the area of only 1/4 acre food plot(10890 square feet) and it is obvious that disease/sickness will be spread at a very escalated rate on the bait piles. No we have not had a huge outbreak of sickness in our deer heard but if it happened, I can guarantee you that baited lands will crash faster than any other.</p><p></p><p>Bait piles bring in unwanted plants. Every bag of bait you buy is only guaranteed to be so pure. After that, there can be a wide variety of different plants mixed in. We don't want Bermuda, Johnson grass, old world blue stem, etc etc on our public lands. The ODWC is already fighting tooth and nail to chase these plants off. </p><p></p><p>Again, I stand for the rule change and feel that there is solid science in it's initial proposal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishfurlife, post: 1693224, member: 15170"] I support the rule change and voiced my opinion. I personally know the Biologist that suggested this rule change. It came from in house, not out of house. I hunt public ground 99% of the time and the number of feeders/bait piles/feed stations that I encounter over the last few years has sky rocketed. So has the number of hunters out there that get the sense of "mine" when they throw bait on the ground. I have also witnessed plenty of confrontations between hunters for various reasons concerning a bait pile. I visited a WMA this past season that I have not visited in nearly 4 years. I literally could not walk more than 1/4 mile without seeing a feeder or stumbling across a bait pile. It pissed me off. Yes baiting/food plots/food sources are essentially the same, but throwing bait on the ground raises the risk of disease substantially. Just imagine the area that is covered by one bait pile and then imagine all the critters that eat/crap/roll around in that pile (usually less than a 15 square foot area) Compare that area to the area of only 1/4 acre food plot(10890 square feet) and it is obvious that disease/sickness will be spread at a very escalated rate on the bait piles. No we have not had a huge outbreak of sickness in our deer heard but if it happened, I can guarantee you that baited lands will crash faster than any other. Bait piles bring in unwanted plants. Every bag of bait you buy is only guaranteed to be so pure. After that, there can be a wide variety of different plants mixed in. We don't want Bermuda, Johnson grass, old world blue stem, etc etc on our public lands. The ODWC is already fighting tooth and nail to chase these plants off. Again, I stand for the rule change and feel that there is solid science in it's initial proposal. [/QUOTE]
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