I've had a deer feeder filled with corn over the winter and into the summer in my hunting area. Archery deer season opens October 1st in Indiana. Realizing my feeder must be taken down/removed 30 days in advance I pulled it from the woods today. The raccoons will undoubtedly remove the kernels of corn in short order.
The question becomes: Where can I relocate the feeder to that will be sufficient distance a game warden can't site me for "baiting ?" How far away from my stand(s) ? My historic interaction with the DNR hasn't been very amiable. I've never been cited for any offenses nor do I wish to be. However, my experience is that game wardens employ a LOT of their own set of rules to interpret proximity or travel pattern(s) which might or might not be illegal. My concern is that an overzealous game warden may decide, in his judgement, that my feeder is too close - regardless of the distance.
And to really start an argument - why is it permissible to plant any number of food plots and hunt directly over it - but any feeder/mineral or other attractant not allowed ? How is it different ?
The question becomes: Where can I relocate the feeder to that will be sufficient distance a game warden can't site me for "baiting ?" How far away from my stand(s) ? My historic interaction with the DNR hasn't been very amiable. I've never been cited for any offenses nor do I wish to be. However, my experience is that game wardens employ a LOT of their own set of rules to interpret proximity or travel pattern(s) which might or might not be illegal. My concern is that an overzealous game warden may decide, in his judgement, that my feeder is too close - regardless of the distance.
And to really start an argument - why is it permissible to plant any number of food plots and hunt directly over it - but any feeder/mineral or other attractant not allowed ? How is it different ?