Now I've just started hunting the public woods and was just wondering if it is a common occurrence to find corn piles.
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I was hunting area 4 at Amistad last year, had a nice blind set up about 25' off the floor of a draw on a steep ledge rock outcropping giving me lots of places to shoot down into the scrub. I hung some bright orange scent wicks out so folks would realize someone was hunting there. I left about noon to run into Del Rio to grab fuel. Came back out about 2pm to find all the scrub cut down and used to brush in a pop-up. All my scent wicks re-hung in other trees and about 50lbs of corn spread on the ground. I had just talked to the Ranger about where I was hunting. Baiting is forbidden at Amistad, cutting brush is forbidden at Amistad, a pop-up without your permit number written on it is forbidden at Amistad... I called the ranger. Before he arrived I walked up on the idiots a couple valleys over using a chainsaw to buzz off trees for shooting lanes and baiting another spot. Ranger ended up ticketing them and they lost hunting privileges out there. They claimed they didn't know the rules... It happens, but what sucks is these guys had used popcorn instead of the normal field corn. They kernels are smaller and darker and really hard to see. If they hadn't mowed down half an acre of brush and put in a pop-up I doubt I would have even known the area was baited and I would have gotten my butt in a bind.
The fact is guys like those are going to ruin it for those of us trying to do it right. I don't hesitate to turn em in. Better they are reported by a considerate ethical hunter than discovered by the warden or a non-hunter.
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Originally posted by Texas Grown View PostNitro, it depends on the type of public land. I've hunted a lot of different types. Some allow baiting, some don't. It all depends on the hunting program. What type of public land is it? This makes my 27th year of hunting Public.
I did stop by the SO and the dispatcher called the GW and I told him where I found it. Thing is when the FS road ends it kinda turns into a jeep trail and it was just maybe 150yds down the trail.
If I would have had a piece of cardboard and a sharpie I might have made a "free food" sign.
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Amen brother! Follow rules, it's pretty durn simple. Got phone numbers on speed dial.Originally posted by Saintgunner74 View PostI was hunting area 4 at Amistad last year, had a nice blind set up about 25' off the floor of a draw on a steep ledge rock outcropping giving me lots of places to shoot down into the scrub. I hung some bright orange scent wicks out so folks would realize someone was hunting there. I left about noon to run into Del Rio to grab fuel. Came back out about 2pm to find all the scrub cut down and used to brush in a pop-up. All my scent wicks re-hung in other trees and about 50lbs of corn spread on the ground. I had just talked to the Ranger about where I was hunting. Baiting is forbidden at Amistad, cutting brush is forbidden at Amistad, a pop-up without your permit number written on it is forbidden at Amistad... I called the ranger. Before he arrived I walked up on the idiots a couple valleys over using a chainsaw to buzz off trees for shooting lanes and baiting another spot. Ranger ended up ticketing them and they lost hunting privileges out there. They claimed they didn't know the rules... It happens, but what sucks is these guys had used popcorn instead of the normal field corn. They kernels are smaller and darker and really hard to see. If they hadn't mowed down half an acre of brush and put in a pop-up I doubt I would have even known the area was baited and I would have gotten my butt in a bind.
The fact is guys like those are going to ruin it for those of us trying to do it right. I don't hesitate to turn em in. Better they are reported by a considerate ethical hunter than discovered by the warden or a non-hunter.
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I see it alot and the land I hunt is no baiting. I dont think it gives them any edge over me though and I steer clear of it. It's just like people leaving stands out there all season. I carry my climber in and out everytime I hunt but you will see permanent stands all the time. Ive been hunting a certain spot for the last 2 years and somebody has put a hanging stand in there and now I hunt like 30 yards from this guy's stand. I havent seen him yet but I can assure you when he tries to tell me that's his spot I will have some choice words for him.
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OTR question kinda.....
What if you shoot a deer on these public no baiting lands. You drag the deer out and are in the process of cleaning it and the GW stops to check you. Opens the deer mouth and it has corn in the teeth....
Do you think you will have to show the GW where you shot it? Do you think it will bring a lot of questions on you?
What would or do you do?
Manwitaplan
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Originally posted by manwitaplan View PostOTR question kinda.....
What if you shoot a deer on these public no baiting lands. You drag the deer out and are in the process of cleaning it and the GW stops to check you. Opens the deer mouth and it has corn in the teeth....
Do you think you will have to show the GW where you shot it? Do you think it will bring a lot of questions on you?
What would or do you do?
Manwitaplan
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