MDWFP About To Allow Deer Hunting Over Feeders

[Deltamud77]

The Commission passed a proposal that is now in public comment period which will allow hunters to hunt deer over feeders as long as the feeder is at least 100 yards from the hunter. Seems like a bad idea for a number of reasons, not the least of which would be disease spreading in the turkey populations.

[gps4]

[Greenhead22]

Insurance companies have been pushing this for years ............ kill kill kill.

It's not hunting anymore, boys. They want every deer walking shot.

[420 racin]

Yeah, but just cause something is legal doens't mean you should do it..... and just cause something is illegal doesn't mean you shouldn't do it..

[Deltamud77]

[missed mallards]

Who ever setup the corn dispensers will be the man who has helped pad the pockets.

Just politics.

I'm just glad I can legally do it now! Been a fun experience watching all the deer funnel to my neighbors property.

Sadly, it's "shooting" now. Things have changed. Wish I could afford to hunt like those making the rules. Corn market should shoot up around these parts.


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[BIG TIMBER]

Absolutely against this, this is going to be the downfall of deer hunting in the state. Why in the world would you need to bait deer in Mississippi to kill one?? They are everywhere! The commission ought to be drug out in the street and beaten with a rubber hose!! The days of actually going out and hunting for a deer are over with, the kids coming up will never know the true meaning of hunting because of this law. All they will ever know is sitting over a feeder and wait. The MDWFP has lost all my respect, what little they had anyway!

[DuckBoat]

They called me a couple of months ago with a survey and all the questions were geared toward this topic. I remember them asking me a question about how close you should be from a feeder and I said something like "oh about three miles".

[deltadukman]

[Wildfowler]

[mshunter77]

Pretty sure about 75% of hunters were already doing it. Working for a sporting goods retailer I will tell you that we can usually not keep corn and feeders in stock. Yeah a lot of areas in Mississippi are over populated but I think there has to be a better way of handling that issue than this.

[msbigdawg1234]

All they did was make it legal.. folks been doing it for yrs.. do I condone it hell naw.. you think ya deer are nocturnal now start putting out feeders specially ones ya don't program and see what happens..

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[msudawg8087]

I agree with what most have said. So stupid. The sport has been changing for years with the ever evolving TV shows that push bigger and better products. It's not hunting anymore. The baiting issue has not and will not change the rules at our camp as we lease land from a timber company who won't let you put anything out but I'm afraid this will only help our rich neighbor and surrounding camps who do it illegally pull most of the deer off our lease. Just the way it goes I guess. I still enjoy the sport of it by having to getting them close. I've taken my gun only 2-3 times the past few years. Just enjoy trying to get them close. Makes it more rewarding to me.