No - I'm not into baiting at all!! I don't mind feeding birdseed and peanuts from time to time to the little songbirds (with my kids), but I'm not into baiting the owls, or the deer with bait or calls. I've seen some people using deer calls lately in some wilderness areas, and it annoys me! Last week at Hall's some guy was there with a dead rodent and he kept tossing it just under where the barred owl was perched, and when the owl didn't bother with it, he'd pick it up and toss it again until finally someone told him that the owl would be highly unlikely to go for a dead rodent! Ughhh!! I enjoy watching him when I see him, but I've learned not to interfere with him, and to keep my distance.... I don't stay all day, and though I'm out and about quite often, I'm happy when I find him, and when I don't. I enjoy all the creatures I come across out there -- this morning I had two deer run out onto the road infront of my truck! Good thing I was only doing about 10kms an hour along that stretch!!
