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Old 12-06-2012, 12:12 PM
sheephunter
 
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Originally Posted by NIKON View Post
Hey sheep
I'm not picking on you, just debating is all...... I am slightly ticked off with the srd and what went on around home.... Can poke holes in their efforts all day long and for me it became a game of politics/assumptions...Have they ruined 236 , lets just say I hunted real hard to try and fill my mule buck tag this year, what used to be a land of plenty of 170-180 mule bucks isn't such the case anymore....Never seen too many mature mule bucks in 2 weeks of hunting..... Just to clear the air, I'm hoping the deer poulation will return around home , I'm not getting any younger ,

One upside of baiting is one is usually hunting from a tree stand or hunting blind..Should have a standing shot and a clean kill..Unlike road hunting.. Also One will sometimes have pictures of a deer they may particularily like or decide to harvest..... So when it actually does make a mistake you will harvest the deer your after with out ground shrinkage , well possibly....lol... But the same can be achieved in Alberta putting a camera over a scrape
It may also help a few deer particularily bucks survive a hard winter or atleast help, after the rut..... I have a bait still going in Sask and have left my cameras out to see if the particular deer i was after will hit the bait again, and hope my efforts will help him recharge a bit after the rut
Of course this is just my humble opinion, For some people it's a ethics thing and I respect that..... then don't do it plain and simple.....I personally enjoy seeing deer up close and personal, and can't wait for my Sask hunt every year.... I love Sask and their deer numbers.... Might come down to management efforts.... Don't know
Nikon
I have no doubt deer numbers are way down where you live...that was kind of the whole point of the cull. You seem determined to debate the merits of the cull with me and I haven't stated an opinion. I understand why they did it but I haven't stated whether I agree or not......since we are talking about assumptions. Let's not hijack this thread anymore and stick to discussing baiting...not whether the CWD cull was merited or not because you have no idea where I stand and haven't done me the courtesy of asking

There in no assumption in the fact that crowding deer in an area where they urinate and deficate on food spreads disease more readily. It's just a simple fact. That's why I don't want to see baiting in Alberta...nothing to do with ethics. Pretty much the same way I look at game/hunt farms.

Last edited by sheephunter; 12-06-2012 at 12:20 PM.
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