Simnple yes or no.... New question - Bill introduced to allow baiting for 65+ year olds

[hockeybc69]

Do you support this measure?

What a joke.... oh, my answer is NOOOO!

1.1A bill for an act

1.2relating to game and fish; modifying bait restrictions for firearms deer hunting;

1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, by adding a

1.4subdivision.

1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

1.7 Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. Except as provided in

1.8subdivision 5, a person may not hunt deer:

1.9 (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or

1.10 (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that bait

1.11or feed is present.

1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, is amended by adding a subdivision

1.13to read:

1.14 Subd. 5. Persons age 65 or older; firearms season. Notwithstanding subdivision

1.151, clause (1), a person age 65 years or older may hunt deer during the firearms season with

1.16the aid or use of bait or feed. Bait or feed placed by a person under this subdivision must

1.17be removed no less than three days before the opening of the firearms deer season.

[fr0sty]

no

[B. Amish]

no.

[BLACKJACK]

No. It would be the start of a slippery slope to allow baiting for all.

[Bear55]

no

[eyeguy 54]

lol

[Crow Hunter]

No.

[LightningBG]

No, 65 doesn't mean you're handicapped, does it?

[paceman]

No....Good lord that would be an enforcement nightmare.

[NoWiser]

Heck no...

[alleyes]

NO!!!!!!!!

[Big Dave2]

Why not? I guess you would all hate to see an 85 year old guy get a leg up on you. may as well keep going down that road of making hunting just one more sport intended only for the elite.

[TruthWalleyes]

No. Sit in stand. Wait for deer. 50yrs of experience should play a part in stand placement, no bait necessary.

[candiru]

NO

[Basseyes]

No

[Musky Buck]

These 85 year olds have likely dumped plenty of deer in there careers and if the hunting groups would help put them in thee best spot/chance of success they'll be fine foregoing ones own opportunity, my grandpa's didn't cry about it, RIP. Just being in the field is success so no.

[InTheNorthwoods]

I propose a bill that only allows baiting if your name isn't Dave...

P.S. This is only meant as a fun barb based on the other ongoing "baiting" threads.

P.S.S. This legislation is even more dumb than the "Trophy Buck Season" legislation. Where do we find these "hoseheads" that are in office.

[Big Dave2]

These 85 year olds have likely dumped plenty of deer in there careers and if the hunting groups would help put them in thee best spot/chance of success they'll be fine foregoing ones own opportunity, my grandpa's didn't cry about it, RIP. Just being in the field is success so no.

Lots of assumptions going on here...........

[Musky Buck]

lol, just saying not a lot of 65+ take up the rifle that late in their career. Here's the deal at 65 you're retired so you can hunt 25 or 32 days to get that 1 deer.

[lungdeflator]

Theres a huge difference in 65 and 85 yrs old.....

[ANYFISH2]

no

[Big Dave2]

lol, just saying not a lot of 65+ take up the rifle that late in their career. Here's the deal at 65 you're retired so you can hunt 25 or 32 days to get that 1 deer.

More assumptions.

[alleyes]

It's called deer HUNTING, not shooting. If you need to shoot livestock, shoot your cow...

[randallt]

No

[reinhard1]

i'm 63 and i feel fine and hope to be hunting till someone pushes me on 4 wheels in a blind and then hope to be hunting till i look up at the turf instead of down. never used bait and that's not hunting for me [other than salt blocks]. my butt sits in the stand now most of the time. my way of hunting now. my greatest enjoyment is just being there, with friends, and the outdoors. deer are a bonus. good luck.