Deer Baiting???

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I live on Vancouver Island...nanaimo specifically. I'm curious as to whether you can legally bait deer. Any CO's know about this?
Has anybody had any luck with this, what are people using as bait, and in what areas, and how long do you prep the area for this before a hunt???

Happy hunting.
 
G-Force24 said:
I live on Vancouver Island...nanaimo specifically. I'm curious as to whether you can legally bait deer. Any CO's know about this?
Has anybody had any luck with this, what are people using as bait, and in what areas, and how long do you prep the area for this before a hunt???

Happy hunting.
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"Yes your Honour. I checked with the all-knowing internet and 4 out of 5 postings said it was legal."

Find the hunting regulations and read them cover to cover. That is the first step. Then decide what you can and cannot do, and consult with the Conservation Officers to get their opinion. There may be specifcs that you must avoid, but tolerances that will keep you out of their sights.

For example, the father of a friend of mine read the Vancouver Island deer regulations. Apparently deer must be hunted with shotguns loaded with 'multiple metallic projectiles'. So, he cast some Lyman 12ga. slugs and loaded them with the appropriate wads and a 3/4" flat washer. Figures don't lie, but liars can figure.
 
the bc regs are really vage on this. im not sure what the rules are but it clearly states that you canot hunt bears over bait or over a kill.

i would like to know about bating for deer, its a good way to kill a big deer.
 
What is so confusing about BC regs is that it used to be illegal to use bait for deer. Cross my heart, I am double sure of this, but can't find a written piece of paper to prove it.
I recently went through the synopsis of the regulations three times and couldn't find where it was illegal to bait bears, but I knew it was. So I contacted the game branch of Dept. of Envireonment.
They showed me where the bear bit was, but said no regulation against baiting deer.
 
On that topic and inline with an archery treestand spot I have, I questioned an individual in the Victoria office. I wanted to 'move' apples from an existing old apple tree, a little closer to a treestand location on a farm where I have permission to bow hunt. As that constitutes 'baiting', I thought I'd best ask first. Long story short, he got back to me and stated, "In B.C., the only game you can't bait for are migratory birds and Bear". The apples are now closer. This also allows for the 'baiting' for Wolves for pred hunting.
 
its an interesting concept, especially during the rut... My though process is essentially, if there is food, doe/buck will come to eat, if there is buck, most likely competition will follow. I would put a big bag of oats, and some apple about 50-75 yards away from my stand (rifle) along with some scent and maybe a little calling.

I don't know about you guys, but I get tired of driving by 10 deer in the city on my way out to go hunting, then as soon as I get the trigger lock off, there's nothing to be seen...what a kick in the nuts
 
if your baiting just let the bait work. calling buggers #### up, they start to look for a buck or doe making the sound and they will wind you or get real nervous. your useing the hunger to bring them in. the does are hungry the bucks case does/eat and make there rounds through you bait station. later in the season works good for bucks when they need to refuel after the rut.

oat, peas, barley and premixed feed work good and second cut alfalfa is the ticket when the snow starts to fly and it gives them some thing to nibble on when the grain is gone.
 
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