There is only one county in upstate New York where affected residents can feed white-tailed deer in the winter to help them survive harsh conditions. 5. They develop salt for deer or feed them before the season to attract them to an area when the hunting season begins. I would say yes, legally, because there would be no way for a deer to eat smoke unless it was from the end of a gun barrel. Sprays can be applied to the leaves and give the deer something to eat. But the only way to be absolutely sure would be to send an email to an ECO and get it in writing when they say try it. This is the guy who brings back the deer harvest from the CED every year. It`s funny because it`s like they`re teasing you to do something wrong. My boyfriend works at Bass Pro and he said B Pro argued that it`s illegal to use it but not sell it, so they found a way to put it on themselves, I think. Is making money more important than the law? There are also a lot of people who work at B Pro who aren`t even hunters, and if you asked them about bait, they wouldn`t even know it`s illegal. Even if you`ve talked to someone who knows it`s illegal, I doubt they`ll tell you because they want you to buy it. It`s the job of selling things you know, you`re just doing business.
I watched people who worked there sit there and tell a consumer what`s best and how to use LOL!!! As already mentioned, here it is legal to buy bait or attractants for deer – even to spread in summer and early autumn. In fact, if you have the food or licking for the deer, make sure that not only is it well gone before the deer season, but that all traces are gone. No, you can`t use a lot of deer or deer cane or any other product that fits in the same direction. It`s illegal, no matter if it`s a little or a lot. Other smells and baits are fine, so I can see where you went wrong. Basically, if it`s not clear to you, then don`t do it. Just hunt, do not waste money to buy such things. 15.
You shoot/arrow a deer and injure it – and follow it excitedly onto the displayed property. It`s pretty funny, almost like provoking someone to use something illegal or just another way to make money. I`m guilty of using it for a cover perfume. I sprayed it on my boots and body. I carried a small 2-ounce sprayer in my bag and sprayed it in the air when I stood guard. If it is used in this situation, I do not see how it is illegal. They do not bait or feed deer. It`s the same as using an apple spray or other attractions. If you spray concentrated amounts on the ground, violate the rules about feeding or baiting deer. I`m pretty sure it`s illegal. It is considered bait, whether it is food or attractant.
13. You don`t fill out a carcass tag of a deer you`ve shot or the tag you filled out falls while transporting the deer carcass You know what`s funny, I`ve always wondered why tails, sports authorities and other vendors carry deer and acorn rabies and so on when it`s illegal in NYS? I just don`t understand why NYS sellers send products that are used illegally in NYS? So if you use perfumes, food plots, or calls, should you stay home erussell? Sorry, but these are all kinds of attractants. I just did a bit of research. That seems illegal to me. Cmere Deer should really rethink how they call the use of these products legal when the baits are illegal. IMPRESSIVE! Someone who doesn`t do research could be in big trouble. They do the same with wide extendable heads. The Rage 3 and Tekan II Expandables are illegal in New York, but stores can still sell them. “You can do more harm than good if you stop eating too early. Unfortunately, deer depend on your feeding site and may not look for food elsewhere,” he said. A DEC statement on proposed rules for feeding deer was recently released in NYup.com.
It states: “CED regularly updates and improves its rules and regulations regarding wildlife management and other key environmental programs to keep up with current standards and new scientific information. The draft wildlife feeding regulations are being finalized and will soon be released for public comment. Keep in mind that if someone illegally hunting bait in New York or Pennsylvania kills a deer in that area, he or she will be charged not only with bait hunting, but also with illegally capturing the deer. In Pennsylvania, this can be punishable by a fine of up to $800 and one month in jail. There would also be a replacement cost of at least $800 to $5,000 for the deer, depending on its “trophy value.” The CED regulation banning the feeding of deer was first adopted in 2003. It is illegal to hunt deer as bait in New York. It is also illegal to feed them in low season and within 300 feet of public roads. The DEC`s reasoning is that feeding deer increases the risk of spreading diseases transmissible from wildlife to deer (particularly the chronic wasting disease that can decimate a local deer population) by discouraging them from congregating at a feeding site.
Of course, situations can be a bit murky. For example, using apples or corn to draw game on wildlife cameras in summer and autumn is legal. The deer will eat all the apples/corn and there will probably be no residue until the season opens. But use salt or a flavored attractant that can seep into the soil when it rains, and you may need to dig the soil to remove any traces before hunting. Between 2012 and 2016, CED issued a total of 122 tickets nationwide for “feeding deer.” Figures for 2017 are not yet available. The tickets covered two different offences: one for feeding deer or moose at any time in New York State (27 tickets); the other, to place, give, display, deposit or disperse substances with the intent to attract or induce deer to feed within 300 feet of a public road (95 tickets). “We have lost our forests to agriculture and development. If we want to have deer here, we have to feed them during the critical months (winter) to avoid starvation,” he said, adding that he currently feeds more than a dozen deer in his garden with “sweet food,” which is a combination of corn, minerals, vitamins, pellets and molasses.