Access is the issue. Y'all are talking out your butt holes.

You're way out the loop if you don't think tick tock is ruining the young American mind

Crossbows are huge in Ohio. Harvest would be reduced dramatically if they were illegal. If I sent you a picture of my 2 neighbors that shot nice bucks with crossbows last year you would see that those guys are not picking up a compound bow to shoot a deer. It's probably not even possible for them. It would flat elimnate a bunch of hunters in Ohio who would more than likely just go back to gun hunting. (which crossbow hunting is pretty close to gun hunting

I like how they said they will make up whatever they can to get what they want. Unbelievable we need hunters to come together and fight guys like this to keep baiting legal

Regarding deer corn sold in PA. I have rentals on a wooded property and out of 8 houses probably 4 people who don't hunt buy deer corn because they like to see deer and squirrels. That's who is buying deer corn in Pa

From South Dakota. Hunting would suck if bait8ng was legal because guys like the doctor who neighbor my land would be able to afford however much corn they could dream of but i cant afford any corn. So his 160 acres would be loaded with deer taken off of my land because i cant afford what that guy can.

And to the one of you that doesn’t like SD cams…not sure of your experience on them vs cell but my experience is many deer and especially mature bucks pick up on something from cell cams on video mode…year after year my SD cams have significantly more traffic and repeat bucks. This is across many different brands. My reveals seem to be the worst as far as alerting deer.

Yall have really began to question cell cams. I’m on the same page. Used the shit out of them but I’ve run so many that I’m wondering how much they help me…from a mostly public land hunter. Starting to be way too many of them littered around the woods.

HUNTR=hypocrites

Speaking of welfare, Jeremy, has that CRP check arrived yet?

The problem is too much government, it’s like playing a game with your friends but they change the rules on you just so they can win.

The reason I don't is because I have nowhere to hunt at

Should just start trying to form co-ops with your nieghbors a folks in the area where y’all agree to either not bait or atleast manage for a certain age class of bucks. If all these people want bigger bucks an no baiting, it should be easy to get all these like minded hunters in your area onboard

Love the podcast thanks for the content!!! These conversations are very important! Jeremy! I know I commented on the Miguel‘s Nalgene awhile ago I thought I got out of climbing awhile ago due to getting older and work but I built a boulder wall in my backyard and it brings me back!! Hunting took over my life now but it’s nice to get on a wall once in awhile. Love what you guys are doing !!

"I think", "I feel", "I don't know". But you're all sure that "the corn piles need to go" cuz their the devil.

so do corn fields that have corn laying around after harvest produce this toxin or only bagged corn? what about an over abundance of oak trees and acorns are left lying around? the truth is deer populations and turkey populations cannot be determined by reported harvest numbers. state and federal agencies will skew these numbers to be able to get funding so that they can increase their budgets through more studies. i think it is a bunch of baloney with very little real info behind it. But it would be a great way to keep regular folk from being able to potentially pull a big buck off off of a neighboring farm. Now if you want to end all hunting over food including food plots and ag fields i am on board but to just try and squeeze out the little guy is wrong.

Why the heck do so many idiots that are drivers of the problem feel the need to post how they disagree with this podcast but they're listening to it? Most Ohioans are missing how good things actually are, as well as, how shitty they are as hunters (and that they keep the state down from its potential). The closer you get to the an ocean the lazier hunting practices get.

Lmao , xbow pride month 😂😂😂😂😂

I Missouri it specifically says you do not have to know an area is baited to be guilty of baiting.

Where are we supposed to hunt? Public land? No thanks. Last time I tried to hunt public land tha game warden wouldn't leave us alone and kept scaring away game and then I left with birdshot in my back. Now it was was from a pretty good distance away and I had a heavy coat on so the like 6 pellets that made it under my skin were easily removed by my buddies wife at the kitchen table but I'm good on going back.

Yeah everyone wants to say let's promote hunting and I agree we should but when states have been making it harder and harder to go hunt whitetail and land prices and leases go up. Where is the opportunity for middle class working people who deer hunt? I don't make crazy money and rely on OTC public land. Now my state raised the licenses to $700 per season, and they are talking about going draw for non residents. How is that beneficial for the hunting community outside of residents? My home state of Texas is majority private land and the public land you do get is wayyy over pressured. The sport is becoming a rich man's game and it sucks for people who wanna try and shoot a big buck without buying land or a lease. love the podcast! Y'all put out great content.

Access is the number one problem

You gotta buy land to hunt? Huh? My homies from bootcamp told me how they’d just go out into the woods. One of them had a literal shack and he was living in the woods with his fam💀 just huntin n shit. Mfs made it seem so casual.

They still sell the deer corn and minerals here in Tennessee and we can’t use it in the cwd zone.

Problem is access to affordable land most, especially as a older hunter, that you don't have to walk too extremely far when you have health issues. Used to love to cover long distances to get away from other hunters. When I was a young man, but now that I have heart issues, that's not a luxury. And I can't afford to pay fifteen hundred 23 thousand dollars for a lease

Great podcast topics that need to be discussed! Need more mullets in ohio💪

The problem is decreasing hunting opportunities. A freakin lease costs thousands and most people, like me, hunt really small properties. I hunt a skinny but long 20 acres. This means hunting deer is very difficult, especially since being within 20 0 yards or corn is illegal. I understand that people consider this cheating but I’m married with three kids and a full time job. I don’t get a lot of days to hunt and a lot of those days are me trying to get my kids a deer. The ability to bring in more deer would be noce

I went bow fishing for Asian carp with a couple of buddies with Chris Brackett on the Illinois river near Peoria about 12 - 15-ish years ago in the summer. It was about 100 degrees out that day but we had a blast ! Taking a shower afterwards at Chris' house covered in sweat and fish smell was one of the best showers I ever had.

Michigan DNR has slowly ruined hunting. Take all our money and run hunting season, fushing season, and ORVs like a tyrannical dictators.

They make stupid changes every year to write bs tickets

If you failed at deer hunting for 10-15 years wtf we’re talking doing

Imo its bc of covid. The pandemic gave people tons of free time, which increased the number of people that could hunt/get into hunting. We are just seeing these "new hunters" giving up on it and going back to pre pandemic standards.

Maybe if tags weren’t so expensive, land nearly impossible to access, and the point system being a racket…then yeah maybe numbers will go up.

I think cell cams are worse than bait. Guys can sit on their couch in Indiana and monitor deer in PA in real time. Pretty soon they'll have Harry Potter invisibility cloaks and be drone lifted to their trees.

I'm 30 mins south of Atlanta been Urban hunting since 2005. Not gonna lie I was not a happy camper when the cat was out of the bag. City deer are smarter than people give them credit. Some of the areas these deer live are places the can't build on. So it's super thick. Trying to hunt the edges of the thick stuff can be tricky to access.

Failure creates success! It also makes you want it more! When the challenge is gone the hunt will be gone really that simple!

There's nothing more unnatural than paying for the "privilege" to hunt SIX days a year... just my opinion though.

Even if its made illegal whether its baiting, cell cams, or even simply not buying a license/tag nothing will be enforced unless it has 200" of bone on top of its head. The ODNR or DOW wont care enough about how many doe's or younger bucks are taken illegally to even worry about enforcing it. CJ Alexander proved that this past season. You think he is the only person who killed a deer on property he didnt have permission to be on that was reported?????

Get rid of non resident deer outfitters.

Anyone that wants to cry CWD so they can get baiting banned, doesn’t need to be advocating for hunters in Ohio

Ban baiting. Food plots. Trail cams. Crossbows. Get back 2 what hunting is about.

Are you guys old enough to have hunted when baiting was illegal? Here’s a hint - your neighbor is going to bait whether you like it or not. So you’re going to go from complaining about legal baiting to complaining about illegal baiting.

Just lazy people and Gays.

Take away cell phones, and video games from kids and the license sales would skyrocket

Hate to break it to you guys but even if baiting is banned it's still going to happen. Baiting has been banned for years since CWD and yet when season starts every single gas station has piles of bait. We own several properties and ALL of our neighbors still bait. And 1 CO per 3 counties, they can enforce it. A ban on baiting only hurts the select few that actually follow the law. And benefits those still bait even more..

Hate to break it to you guys but even if baiting is banned it's still going to happen. Baiting has been banned for years since CWD and yet when season starts every single gas station has piles of bait. We own several properties and ALL of our neighbors still bait. And 1 CO per 3 counties, they can enforce it. A ban on baiting only hurts the select few that actually follow the law. And benefits those still bait even more..

The problem with corn piles everybody is shooting younger. Nice bucks and it is hurting the older class deer because they can never make it that far being able to Walk to any corn pile at a younger age ..3 to 5 years won't be no big bucks around like used to be Just stop in season baiting

Debating corn piles…. The main response is to bring up food plots?!?! Really?? Ok- go plant a food plot if it’s the same thing. Exact same thing with crossbows used during archery season by able bodied folks … DEFLECT!!! “Well a compound is more advanced than a stick bow”. How about u specifically argue the merits or downsides of bait. Don’t deflect!! 👍

Now there are talks about the Michigan DNR bringing back baiting to part of the state.

I hunt IA & KS…. IA: illegal. KS: corn piles everywhere.. We need to think past: ME ME ME .. what’s best for RESOURCE/DEER & future of hunting? There’s NO MERITS to baiting except “I want to kill deer easier”. Past that- none. NEGATIVES: bacteria diseases. Aflatoxins that kill wildlife like turkeys. Promotes massive Racoon populations. Bait pulled after season when deer in critical need. Massive congregation of deer leading to: predation, destruction of natural browse, starvation when food is pulled, etc etc. Not to mention the lack of challenge & woodsmanship it teaches new hunters. I’ll argue hunter retention will go down over the long run. Plots don’t need to be part of debate BUT:. Are used for easier kill BUT..Often utilized almost all year done right (clovers for example). Diverse & nutritious & is gone or grows back when consumed. Benefits to birds. If u measure the size of an acre, a 1 acre plot vs a 10 sq ft corn pile is 4200x larger. Improve soil health. Requires effort/work. If I got into the habitat improvements folks do between IA & KS… it’s not even close. KS has turned into a bait pile Mecca in 25 years. 25 years ago I rarely saw it. Now it’s littered on most fence lines I see. Creates huge conflicts. Turkey pop is devastated in KS. We don’t have bait in Iowa & most hunters don’t even do plots - it’s woodsmanship, hunting skills or crop fields. Experience is amazing. Hunter retainment is high. We don’t have the VAST negatives that come with corn piles. Just ask this simple question: what’s the benefits of bait? What’s the negatives? Is this only about YOU or should this discussion be about the resource, future & other hunters? HUNTING in general has trended in the wrong direction (easy button being huge component) & until we change our mindset past our own selfish goals - trend will be same way. Time for a change. Well done guys. Great job & thanks for ACTION over just talk!!! It’s clear u aren’t in this for yourselves but rather- the resource, other hunters & future. You are doing the right thing!!! Huge props!!!! 👍💪🔥🥳