Feed or not to feed?

[Seth]

28 minutes ago, tjm said:

Seth does it say how far away the feed has to be? What is the "area"? When my neighbor fed his cows and I hunted the deer on their way there was I in violation?

Nope. That is considered a farming practice and is perfectly legal.  Now if you don't have live stock around, then I don't think there is an exact distance that makes it legal. Basically if the deer you are hunting are moving past to reach the baited area then you would not be legal. That is one of those grey areas that is left up to Mr. Green Jean's discretion.

[tjm]

I'll have to ask one of the agents sometime, I doubt it's enforceable unless the area or a distance is defined. All  your neighbors  could set up deer specific feeders and prevent you from legally hunting at all. Things I never thought about. 

[BilletHead]

7 minutes ago, tjm said:

I'll have to ask one of the agents sometime, I doubt it's enforceable unless the area or a distance is defined. All  your neighbors  could set up deer specific feeders and prevent you from legally hunting at all. Things I never thought about. 

        Neighbors can be liable too for messing up others hunting. Pretty much up to the discretion of the agent.

BilletHead 

[Basfis]

28 minutes ago, tjm said:

I'll have to ask one of the agents sometime, I doubt it's enforceable unless the area or a distance is defined. All  your neighbors  could set up deer specific feeders and prevent you from legally hunting at all. Things I never thought about. 

That’s something I’ll look for. I doubt the initiative is there and I’d be the last stop based on bedding areas. 

[Ketchup]

On 12/27/2017 at 8:49 PM, BilletHead said:

        Neighbors can be liable too for messing up others hunting. Pretty much up to the discretion of the agent.

BilletHead 

Exactly.  Seen a newb agent ticket 2 landowners with feeders against a property line just to prevent their neighbor from hunting his own property.  

A guy can never go wrong adding a food plot. Any advantage to draw deer to your area is better than sitting blind. I also plan on putting in atleast 2, 3 acre plots.