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Post by popplecop on Feb 13, 2005 20:12:03 GMT -5
In the last couple of weeks I have received catalogs from Cabelas and Redhead. both proudly featuring automatic feeders. I can't believe any ethical turkey hunter would stoop to this. It's illegal in Wisconsin as well as it should be. Some will say it's only to feed them, I don't buy it. I've hunted different species of game for well over 50 years and never seen the reason to bait any of them. If I can't take them by fair chaseso be it. One exception to it and I don't hunt them that way is bear hunting.
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Post by addiction_to_spurs on Feb 13, 2005 20:36:12 GMT -5
Yeah, the stores advertise them for spring because there are people baiting turkeys. It happens all the time and no state is immune to it. I know guys who do it and kill 3 times their limit and then brag how good of a turkey hunter they are. And I try to get those SOB's busted every year and somehow they get away with it and have 10 beards to show for it at the end of the season. I would rather keep company with liars, cheaters, and thieves than someone baiting turkeys. To me, thats like the child molester of poachers.
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Post by Morgan on Feb 14, 2005 9:26:36 GMT -5
Tell em about it ATS....  |
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Post by Biggunwill on Feb 14, 2005 9:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by Morgan on Feb 14, 2005 11:12:20 GMT -5
It is cheating Biggun...they are cheating themselves....other hunters and the birds....
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Post by addiction_to_spurs on Feb 14, 2005 12:41:02 GMT -5
Whats bad is, one of the guys that I've tried to get busted for years has several spots he baits in. I call the GW and let him know about one that I find or find out about and he goes out and marks off the area as being baited and ribbons it off and you're not supposed to hunt there for two weeks. WTF is that? He'll just go hunt over another pile of corn somewhere else. CATCH HIM IN THE ACT OF HUNTING OVER BAIT and then PROSECUTE. He doesn't own any of the land he baits on, and the land owners, who know its him and let him do it, cover for him saying that the adjoining hunting club must be trespassing and putting it out.  |
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Post by Morgan on Feb 14, 2005 15:12:38 GMT -5
Now that would make me hot....they need to catch him...then flag it off...Those kind of folks just want to brag and show off their kills....could care less about turkey HUNTING and about turkeys...folks tell me that they have killed 5 or 6...."I ain't impressed" wouldn't let any of them carry my call pouch....
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Post by ChasinTom on Feb 27, 2005 18:50:49 GMT -5
Hey addiction, what state is this happening in? I got a Federal friend who might know someone there. Let me know and I will call my buddy.
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Post by addiction_to_spurs on Feb 28, 2005 8:46:18 GMT -5
Hey addiction, what state is this happening in? I got a Federal friend who might know someone there. Let me know and I will call my buddy. Louisiana, St. Helena parish, near Darlington close to where hwy 1042 meets hwy 448. I can give the landowners name as well as the name of the baiter privately. Heck I could probably take a marker and pinpoint the spot (s) on a topo map. |
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Post by JW on Feb 28, 2005 12:54:00 GMT -5
If you are calling local authorities go over that guys head!
Baiting is not hunting and it hurts all of us!
JW
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Post by addiction_to_spurs on Feb 28, 2005 13:55:46 GMT -5
JW, I don't live or hunt there anymore so I am not as concerned as I was just last year and more so the years prior to that. I am not pursuing it anymore, but if ChasinTom's friend felt like stirring it up, I'd be more than happy to tip him off.
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Post by ChasinTom on Mar 4, 2005 22:48:43 GMT -5
Sorry it took me a few days to find where I posted this. Well I have a friend that is a Fed Game Officer in Wa. He has worked in a lot of states and I will ask him if he knows anyone there that is a fed. agent. I hate poachers and I will turn them in without thinking about it. SO I will call him sat and see what he says.
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Post by addiction_to_spurs on Mar 5, 2005 20:22:52 GMT -5
ChasinTom, you have a PM with my home number if he wants to get some info from me.
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Post by ChasinTom on Mar 6, 2005 23:47:48 GMT -5
Thanks got it and sent you back. He is out at the moment will find out later.
For some of you that dont know it... Your state game office and the NWTF pay a reward for convicted poachers. I'm not above earning a few bucks if I can.
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