BOTTOM LINE – BAITING IS BAD FOR THE RESOURCE.
It increases the chance for disease transmission and spread among deer and other wildlife – Wildlife research has shown that baiting deer causes them to unnaturally concentrate around baited areas. This increases the likelihood of spreading diseases between animals by direct contact and through eating bait contaminated with disease causing agents shed in feces, saliva or other excretions.
Bad Idea Then – Bad Idea Now (pdf)
2017 Article by Tim L. Gothard, AWF Executive Director
Risk Management (pdf)
2012 Article by Tim L. Gothard, AWF Executive Director
Bad Baiting Bill and Voter Opposition Polling Summary (pdf)
