Looks like he is in Alabama, hopefully that's where he is talking about. I reckon I have grown up with the thoughts that baiting was a cheap way to draw animals in, I can see it a bunch of different ways especially from small property owners like me, I only own 1.5ac and kill a deer every 3-5 years on it, that's probably because it's rare I hunt it. I was also taught where to shoot deer with a arrow and pretty much use a gun the same way, not sure we all were taught the same or others were taught to use whatever was needed to get the big bucks, I have never killed a big buck and that's ok, I never hit the lottery either but I don't dwell on the what if's or the maybe's, I tried to be a trophy hunter for 5 years, didn't shoot anything waiting on the big 1. Seen a lot of deer just not what all the tv shows and magazines were showing. Got frustrated and decided to shoot what was offered and have been happy ever since. I have never ran trail cams though it has crossed my mind then decided I like Christmas better not knowing what I might get. The loudest voice or the most $ thrown at something normally wins and the arguments always are so and so state allows it and they still have deer so it must be better right?. Trophy hunting has completely changed the sport from what it was when I got my first bow in the mid 70's. I know times change and we have to change with them but that still doesn't make everything new proper or ethical. Baiting is probably as old as the first man that decided he wanted to eat meat lol. Hard to find a cliff to drive the herd over when your hungry these days. Until a better way to fill the TWRA Commision is found besides politically picked there will be a lot of shat thrown at the wall to see what sticks, most of the time it will be for a small segment with the ear of a commissioner and it's not always in the best interest of hunters or the wildlife. most of us only see a very small segment of the whole state and we have let the TWRA biologists to guide us, I feel they have done a great job, there have been a lot of stuff that didn't make sense to some but did somewhere, it's when the politicians start trying to change stuff looking for a way to put $ into their pockets that the hunters and wildlife suffers.
