baiting question

[saltysenior]

 when a person releases crickets in an area, would that be considered baiting

[TauntoHawk]

That's certainly a new one

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[Happy]

In my opinion if food is placed in an area with the intent of attracting animals then it is baiting. But that's just my opinion. Only your local regs can give you the straight answer.

[Rzrbac]

I think you would be safe on that one

[greencop01]

As a retired warden I can answer this way. Anything you put out such as seed, grain, corn, is baiting.  Technically, releasing crickets would be baiting, but the evidence disappears shortly after you release them. This would be a 'baited question.' According to the law baiting would give an unfair advantage to the hunter. Also with baited turkeys you can set your watch to when they come to a bait site. As wary as they are, they are extremely susceptible to bait. In the old days (black powder) they would dig a shallow trench 30 feet or longer, fill it with corn or grain, and sit at one end. When enough turkeys started feeding one man could kill 20 or more birds with one shot when they had their heads down in the trench. Even Tom Kelly turns up his nose at hunting turkeys in chufa patches, even though it is legal. As I'm retired I only inform the local warden when I find a bait pile during turkey season, the rest is up to him. As responsible hunters we should report baiting to the local warden. This cheating is of the highest order when it comes to turkey hunting.

[redjones]

My Uncle who was a WW2 vet,he past away a few years ago used to pop big bags of popcorn and leave trails of popcorn around the area he hunted.
This was back in the 70's in SW Virginia,I was still a pretty young man back then and never thought much of it but the Turkeys loved it,he would also throw out apples in the same area for Deer.
He never killed more than one Turkey or one Deer in the fall just for winter meat,but wasn't to worried about baiting,doubt if would have even understood what it was if you told him he couldn't do that.
I bet Popcorn would be a whole lot cheaper than Crickets,just saying

   Greg

[fallhnt]

Crotch crickets or crickets of the Gryllidae family?

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[dirt road ninja]

I chum live bait for fish and it works great, but I don't think it would be the way to go on turkeys.

[saltysenior]

I chum live bait for fish and it works great, but I don't think it would be the way to go on turkeys.

believe me, it is used ......some folks have done this for  years, but I don't how successful it is to hunting, but they continue to do it..

[Ozarks Hillbilly]

"planting a food plot is simply baiting six months in advance" Tom Kelly

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[maddog3355]

I was watching a hunting show the other day and they took a brush hog to a standing corn field, said they were getting ready for turkey season. I would say that would have a bigger draw than 10 million crickets!!

[mtns2hunt]

Wonder how many crickets are needed for one turkey?

[dutch@fx4]

Snails would make a better bait they don't get away as fast and turkeys love them.lol

[BB30]

In ms you have to make an attempt to harvest can't just clip it. That is certainly one way to keep them around ha.


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[guesswho]

That's certainly a new one

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Used to be a guy on these forums several years ago who claimed to be quite the turkey slayer.  He also claimed he would get crickets and tear their legs off and put in food plots.   I figure the ants ate pretty good.   Another funny thing about his yearly pictures was the fact you could see him age about 15 years from some picture to others