Kansas next state to ban game cameras on Public Land

[Spence1875]

Luckily I hunt private land in Kansas, but this looks like a year round ban on all public land/ public access land for game cameras. Knowing Kansas Game Wardens I am sure it will be strictly enforced as well.

I think we will start to see more of this especially in the west.

Kansas Fish and Game Commission Bans Trail Cameras on Public Land

The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks voted unanimously to implement a year-round, public-land ban on trail camera use.

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[CorbLand]

Arizona and Nevada opened the door. More states are jumping onboard like they should.

 

[Dos Perros]

We need to ban feeders.

 

[Gobbler36]

Arizona and Nevada opened the door. More states are jumping onboard like they should.

Agreed
hoping it comes here to ID as well

 

[CorbLand]

Agreed
hoping it comes here to ID as well

Start pushing IDFG and your commission. It wasn’t something that happened overnight in Utah.

 

[Rich M]

Arizona and Nevada opened the door. More states are jumping onboard like they should.

What's the big deal with a game camera?

 

[cmahoney]

What's the big deal with a game camera?

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[RyanT26]

We need to ban feeders.

Why? Feeders can only be used on private anyway.

People were over loading ground with cameras. Between stomping out there to check them and complaining to wardens when the got stolen this was overdue.

 

[Dos Perros]

Why?

I have some personal reasons why (basically, shooting a deer with it's head buried in a corn pile isn't hunting), but from a management perspective they tend to provide easy vectors for spreading disease among deer herds.

 

[RyanT26]

I have some personal reasons why (basically, shooting a deer with it's head buried in a corn pile isn't hunting), but from a management perspective they tend to provide easy vectors for spreading disease among deer herds.

I see. I could be wrong, but I don’t see baiting being revoked.
I think the disease spread is highly blown out of proportion. If guys have the resources, if they can’t bait they just put in food plots which is doing the same thing concentrating deer in a certain area to eat. Whether it’s standing Milo or pile of corn same damn thing.

 

[Dos Perros]

I see. I could be wrong, but I don’t see baiting being revoked.
I think the disease spread is highly blown out of proportion. If guys have the resources, if they can’t bait they just put in food plots which is doing the same thing concentrating deer in a certain area to eat. Whether it’s standing Milo or pile of corn same damn thing.

Deer touching noses eating on a corn pile is different than a 10 acre food plot.

 

[KurtR]

Deer touching noses eating on a corn pile is different than a 10 acre food plot.

Baiting has been illegal in South Dakota for ever and we still have disease. Its the red herring the do gooders like to attach them selves to.

 

[WCB]

I have some personal reasons why (basically, shooting a deer with it's head buried in a corn pile isn't hunting), but from a management perspective they tend to provide easy vectors for spreading disease among deer herds.

How about a cattle tank...or a food plot. Also, watch animals in the wild. Corn pile or licking branch, community scrape, mineral site (natural or not), or large wintering grounds. Those animals are trading saliva and everythings else naturally anyways.

 

[Dos Perros]

Taking a picture bad.

Feeding deer good.

LOL.

 

[RyanT26]

Deer touching noses eating on a corn pile is different than a 10 acre food plot.

I hate to tell you this, but they do a hell of a lot more then touch noses. They have this thing they call the “rut” it’s worth looking into what happens during that time. And leading up with all the scrapes, rubs, licking branches. Between the deer saliva, urine, and other things, alot of fluids exchanged. It’s pretty wild really.
I guess that’s why Wyoming and Colorado don’t have any diseases such as CWD or blue tongue or anything like that going on ever.

 

[Bearded Bowhunter]

Deer touching noses eating on a corn pile is different than a 10 acre food plot.

Also requires a much larger effort - meaning to hold the deer on their property takes more effort than riding out on a SxS and dumping a bed of corn

Since I moved to KS a few years ago, legal baiting has always been a head scratcher for me

 

[RyanT26]

Taking a picture bad.

Feeding deer good.

LOL.

What do you think blows out public ground more 15 guys stomping out to check their camera every week or a person feeding deer on private property.

 

[Rich M]

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Wow - around here those would be stolen.

It doesn't hurt anything. You can either have the cameras out there or the guys will be out there more scouting.

I use 2 trail cams to check areas for deer activity. Granted the areas I hunt have 40 or 50 yd visibility max.

 

[Bearded Bowhunter]

What do you think blows out public ground more 15 guys stomping out to check their camera every week or a person feeding deer on private property.

Strawman

 

[Lytro]

I see. I could be wrong, but I don’t see baiting being revoked.
I think the disease spread is highly blown out of proportion. If guys have the resources, if they can’t bait they just put in food plots which is doing the same thing concentrating deer in a certain area to eat. Whether it’s standing Milo or pile of corn same damn thing.

Step outside Kansas and there have been many states that revoked the use of baiting over the past 20 years. The reasoning of disease gets thrown around a lot, but I think fair chase is the real reason it gets advocated. A deer in a food plot typically doesn't guarantee a shot, but a bait pile or feeder under your stand is a different story. Baiting would be a huge advantage in western states where there isn't an abundance of ag fields.