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Post by old3arrows on Sept 3, 2008 15:22:18 GMT -5
Don't know if this post should go here or not, but I didn't realize that the messages on the CO board were locked, and I couldn't reply there. While checking stands on property that I own down by Olean, I walked the neighbors property line to the west of me. I found an apple tree that I didn't even know existed, as I've only had the property since March of 06. It was on my side of the fence by a couple of feet and is almost in the neighbors back yard. The deer had been hitting the apples pretty hard from the amount of tracks and flattened out grass. Right underneath the tree was a small square mineral block that I hadn't put there. I left it for now, but will talk with the gal who lives there about it before season to make sure it gets pulled. I have a ladder stand several hundred yards away from the location, but deer do travel this ridge top pretty regularly. I don't know how a CO would call this situation during hunting season. It doesn't bother me, yet I was unaware of it, and the old adage is ignorance is no excuse for the law!
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Post by beehunter on Sept 3, 2008 16:13:24 GMT -5
I can't anwser that question for you but to me if it was not on property I own or hunt it would not be baiting, that might not be correct right legally thats just my opinion.
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Post by StingyRog on Sept 3, 2008 17:37:15 GMT -5
Indiana Hunting Guide:
Fair Chase
It is illegal to use bait, salt, snares, dogs or
other domesticated animals to take deer. Bait
is considered any product that is transported
into a hunting area and placed there for animal
consumption. Baits can be in the form of salt,
mineral blocks, prepared solid or liquid which
is intended for the animal to eat. An area is
considered to be baited for 10 days after the
removal of the bait and any affected soil.
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Post by WhoDey78 on Sept 4, 2008 19:09:54 GMT -5
I can't anwser that question for you but to me if it was not on property I own or hunt it would not be baiting, that might not be correct right legally thats just my opinion. I would say that it's baiting regardless of who owns the property. If it wasn't, then you could just chuck a salt block over the fence. |
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Post by 2shotjoe on Sept 4, 2008 20:39:14 GMT -5
i own 17 acres and my neighbor has a feeder right on the property line , thats not going to stop me from hunting , i didn't put it there why should i be told where i can hunt on my land , but thats just the way i see it .
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Post by Decatur on Sept 4, 2008 21:10:12 GMT -5
I can't anwser that question for you but to me if it was not on property I own or hunt it would not be baiting, that might not be correct right legally thats just my opinion. . Exactly! |
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Post by catmandan on Sept 5, 2008 11:30:51 GMT -5
If it is not placed on your property then it is not in your "hunting area" IMO.
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Post by hornharvester on Sept 5, 2008 12:45:03 GMT -5
Buster answered the baiting question. h.h.
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Post by Decatur on Sept 5, 2008 17:14:25 GMT -5
If it is not placed on your property then it is not in your "hunting area" IMO. Maybe, but I guarantee you that won't be the laws opinion! |
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Post by daworz on Sept 5, 2008 23:24:00 GMT -5
I dont know why Indiana doesnt allow baiting, with all the scents and other stuff out there, When you build a Mock scrape, Thats a form of baiting? When you hang Tinks cannisters from a tree, is'nt that baiting? Now iam not for dummping a pile of apples on the ground and going out and dropping every deer that feeds there either. So i would have to say that Indiana already allows some baiting Right!
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Post by jackryan on Sept 6, 2008 1:07:40 GMT -5
I dont know why Indiana doesnt allow baiting,..... iam not for dummping a pile of apples on the ground and going out and dropping every deer that feeds there either. So i would have to say that Indiana already allows some baiting Right! I think you just answered your own question. You have to draw the line some where and if you have a hard times seeing the line in the current law, can you imagine what the CO would have to deal with if the law said "only a little baiting..."? In theory you can't hunt over bait but I think in practice you won't see a lot of people prosecuted for hunting near bait placed on property they don't own, don't have permission to hunt on, are not hunting on and do not have any control over. Other wise you would have fighting matches between neighbors screwing up each other's hunting, not to mention animal rights screw balls taking control of acres of public ground and preventing you from making use of it merely by placing bait at the corners and edges of their own ground and calling the DNR day and night to come out and preventing you from hunting public hunting ground. |
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Sept 6, 2008 19:39:32 GMT -5
My buddy and I found where a neighbor put out a bunch of apples on some private land he was ordered not to be on. Half the apples were on his side of the fence other half were on my buddies stepmoms side. SO, to keep everyone honest he mixed up some bleach and water and poured on the apples on his side of the fence,,may be dirty pool but an eye for an eye I always say.
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Post by beehunter on Sept 7, 2008 9:31:38 GMT -5
Actually I didn't realize that the salt lick was on the hunters own property, so I would remove the salt lick and hunt my property.
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Post by jkd on Sept 8, 2008 14:41:25 GMT -5
Daworz - if you look at the definition in the baiting reg StingyRog posted, the bait has to be something placed for animal consumption, e.g. corn or salt or whatever...
Scents are not "consumed" and are therefore not bait under that definition... that's the difference...
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