Memo to Ted Nugent: Not all hunters hate Michigan's deer bait ban

[TexasTowelie]

LANSING — A great debate is roiling Michigan deer hunters as they gear up for another season: Will a ban on baiting help preserve the state’s herd or hasten a long decline in hunting?

In an effort to halt the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, the National Resources Commission last year voted to ban baiting and feeding deer across the entire Lower Peninsula and parts of the Upper Peninsula.

The regulations took effect in January, making this deer hunting season Michigan’s first with such a widespread ban against baiting, which involves placing large piles of grain, minerals or other produce to lure deer or elk within hunters’ sights.

Michigan’s early antlerless firearm weekend was last Saturday and Sunday, but deer season kicks off in earnest Oct. 1, with the start of bow hunting, which concludes Nov. 14 before resuming from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1. Regular firearm season is Nov. 15-30.

Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/memo-ted-nugent-not-all-hunters-hate-michigans-deer-bait-ban

[dchill]

1. Memo to Ted Nugent: You shouldn't be the arbiter of anything.

[marble falls]

2. Feeders turn hunters into snipers. Hunting deer is a big joke here in Texas.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Go back under your rock with Mike Huck, pedophile Ted Nugent.

Go back under your rock with Mike Huck, pedophile Ted Nugent.

[llmart]

4. With each successive generation, deer hunting in Michigan is a dying "sport".

It can't happen soon enough for me.