Possible Baiting In MI.

[50CalCal]

What do you all think of the legislation to allow baiting back here in MI? I'm in favor of it to get the deer herd numbers under control. I hunt in 452 the TB zone. The DNR has paid for sharpshooters to come in and shoot any deer for $100.00 each. That's truly a waste of our dollars when hunters can control the numbers and pay the DNR for doing so. The baiting might just bring back some of the hunters that have given up hunting deer for whatever reason. Baiting will definitely make it easier for hunters to see and harvest more deer.

 

[King Payne]

I’ve heard both sides of that argument, and it always gets heated. Some hunters say suppressors help with managing herds, while others worry about long-term effects. It probably depends a lot on the specific area.

 

[Eric300]

The idiot bureaucrats in Lansing and DNR will find some way to screw it up and probably charge a fee to purchase a 'Baiting Permit'. After all these years of 'deer management' there's more does running around than ever before. Michigan DNR could quite possibly be the worse in the country.

As far as baiting goes, if that's what you want to do go ahead on if that improves your hunting success and enjoying time in the woods. Me, I'll stick with my grunt/bleat tube/calls and rattling antlers. There's plenty of mast crop, bean & cornfields, swamps, hardwoods, pines and deer browse around. As well as bedding areas, staging areas, rubs/scrapes, transition areas, etc. No need to bait, just learn where and when to hunt different areas during different times of the season.

 

[Alan]

The idiot bureaucrats in Lansing and DNR will find some way to screw it up and probably charge a fee to purchase a 'Baiting Permit'. After all these years of 'deer management' there's more does running around than ever before. Michigan DNR could quite possibly be the worse in the country.

As far as baiting goes, if that's what you want to do go ahead on if that improves your hunting success and enjoying time in the woods. Me, I'll stick with my grunt/bleat tube/calls and rattling antlers. There's plenty of mast crop, bean & cornfields, swamps, hardwoods, pines and deer browse around. As well as bedding areas, staging areas, rubs/scrapes, transition areas, etc. No need to bait, just learn where and when to hunt different areas during different times of the season.

Sounds like you’ve got a solid approach, reading the land and using calls lets you hunt smarter without relying on bait or permits.

 

[Topgun]

Using bait definitely helps manage herds, no question. Michigan’s dealing with TB zones and they need tough measures. Hunters covering their own tags seems way better than taxpayers footing the bill for sharpshooters.

 

[Benelli Slim]

Using bait definitely helps manage herds, no question. Michigan’s dealing with TB zones and they need tough measures. Hunters covering their own tags seems way better than taxpayers footing the bill for sharpshooters.

CWD and TB rates are the same in both the upper peninsula and the rest of the state. For over 20 years there’s been NO change! Bating has NOTHING to do with any spread of either of those diseases. The DNR is run by incompetent bureaucrats

 

[Eric300]

CWD and TB rates are the same in both the upper peninsula and the rest of the state. For over 20 years there’s been NO change! Bating has NOTHING to do with any spread of either of those diseases. The DNR is run by incompetent bureaucrats

Amen, Brother!

 

[C101976MP]

And only good for the UP still as to the recent changes for 2027. Sure is making it complicated like the LP & UP are 2 different states with the new Regs...
(Do not use "bait" since the first ban.)
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