Michigan Deer Hunting

[Pri...@email.com]

OK, The Michigan firearms deer season is just around the corner.
Michigan hunters have to deal with a new twist this year. Since the
discovery of a deer with Chronic Wasting Disease in Kent County
earlier this year, the DNR has banned baiting throughout the Lower
Peninsula.....Hunters will no longer be allowed to haul sugar beets,
apples, corn, carrots etc etc to their hunting spots.

Q: Should the DNR also ban the other commercially available products
such as "C'Mere Deer", "RealDEER", "BuckGrub" and countless others?
Afterall, isn't the purpose of these commercial products the exact
same as the agricultural products?

Thoughts??

[Walt]

Those products are already banned. From the regulations:

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• "Baiting" is defined as putting out food materials for deer to
attract, lure, or entice them as an aid in hunting.

• "Feeding” is defined as placing food materials out that attract deer
or elk for any other reason except hunting.

In the Lower Peninsula: All baiting and feeding of deer and elk is
prohibited.
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In other words, if it's food and it it attracts deer, you can't put it
out. Note that the regulations don't prohibit the sale of those
products any more than they make it illegal to buy carrots or apples.
But if you spread it around to attract deer, it's illegal.

//Walt