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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TFX 186" data-source="post: 321562" data-attributes="member: 2289">I can't speak to other peoples hunting and harvest data, but I can share mine and my family's. We have all hunted both non bait and bait. We have killed fewer deer over bait than we did without bait. When hunting over bait, we had cameras out and targeted the mature bucks. When hunting without bait, we shot more deer but the deer we shot were younger and not near as mature. It seamed we weren't as fussy because we had less pictures and less opportunity to look them over?  When it comes to younger hunters and getting them out in the field, I found that the more deer we could get in front of them, the more hooked on hunting they would get. Nothing like watching young hunters or hunters without much experience, have success on their first deer or just see their amazement when watching deer and their behavior.I would think the G&F would have all kinds of data on harvest before and after baiting. I also think the G&F regulates the harvest according to surveys and numbers every year. Dirty, I agree completely with your first paragraph. Why not just leave it at that?  "I could care less if a guy wants to bait or not. There are a lot of hunting practices that one guy will do and the next won’t. Baiting...not for me, but we all measure a “successful” hunt differently than the next guy I guess".Mask, no mask? Vaccine, no vaccine? Fish, no fish tourney's? Crank baits, crank baits suck-ban them? live bait, no live bait? Bow hunt, Rifle hunt? Bait, no bait?  Fish On!</blockquote>

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