Pigs aren't game animals.Only answer is to outlaw baiting and feeding during turkey season for any wildlife
Pigs aren't game animals.
I dumped some corn for the pigs but let the turkey hunters who hunt on my place for free know where i
The corn was. They can avoid it or hunt someplace else.
See how that works.
Florida solved the hog bait vs turkey issue by allowing turkey hunting 100 yards and out from a baited feeder.
It won't make the turkey hunting "purists" happy (and would never go anywhere in a state like Georgia) if other states copied it but it allows baiting of hogs and turkey hunting on the same properties.
The same issue that was brought up in Georgia baiting discussions
How do you legalize the baiting of invasive hogs/pigs while not negatively impacting hunters of other species in which baiting is illegal?
In GA the DNR now uses the 200 yd rule for turkeys. (was initially only for deer.)
Florida solved the hog bait vs turkey issue by allowing turkey hunting 100 yards and out from a baited feeder.
It won't make the turkey hunting "purists" happy (and would never go anywhere in a state like Georgia) if other states copied it but it allows baiting of hogs and turkey hunting on the same properties.
The same issue that was brought up in Georgia baiting discussions
How do you legalize the baiting of invasive hogs/pigs while not negatively impacting hunters of other species in which baiting is illegal?
Please provide the link for this regulation.
That works good except you can not get a straight answer from DNR on what the rules or regs are . One says no bait at all, another warden says as long as out of sight, another says as long as 200 yards away. Call hdqtrs and they say it is up to the discretion of the individual warden.Pigs aren't game animals.
I dumped some corn for the pigs but let the turkey hunters who hunt on my place for free know where the corn was. They can avoid it or hunt someplace else.
See how that works.
Does poaching and night depend on who and where tooI have reported in the past.
Depends on who and where more than anything.
Be fine by me to have a short season for about 2 years or not a season at all for that same period.
I recon DNR Wildlife Biologists would be the ones to petition for that. IDK.
And... It's no secret, I'm not wild about "feeding" pet deer and shooting them (not hunting) in a corn pile.
Food plots and agricultural incidentals where the "bait" is grown there is a different story.
Any idiot that can aim a rifle can do that.
Recon that's another thread. ?
My 2 cents.
Well Alabama says if there is bait on the property you are getting charged while Georgia says as long as you ain’t within 200 yards of bait all is well. This could be a contributing factor
Yep, and that's why it's just easier to hunt without bait and then you don't have to worry about it. I've never understood baiting for turkeys anyway. The whole point of the fun of hunting turkeys is calling them up and getting them into range.That is not the case. One warden I asked says long as out of sight, another says as long as 200 yds away and a 3rd said if one piece corn found on property no matter how big, whole property is considered baited. To try and clear things up, called hdqtrs, answer I was given is it is up to the individual wardens discretion.
No and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to place bait in such a way that would prevent neighboring owner from hunting. Unless i can see it in plain sight I ain’t worried about what’s on the neighbors property though. I can’t see that charge stickingCan you hunt next to a feeder in Georgia on an adjacent property?
They posted to Facebook or replied to posts a couple times saying it’s 200 yards. I have it via text from local gw, because a property I had last year has someone baiting hogs and I wanted to be sure if I walk a road 300 yards from bait if I was legal.That works good except you can not get a straight answer from DNR on what the rules or regs are . One says no bait at all, another warden says as long as out of sight, another says as long as 200 yards away. Call hdqtrs and they say it is up to the discretion of the individual warden.