Possible clarification of baited fields law by the Feds

[h2ofwlr]

S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... 5D%7D&r=52

Basically it defines burned, rolled, etc fields for crop insurance purposes as "normal ag practices". USFWS currently has defined these areas as baited as it's not "normal"

I saw major conflict in ND 10-25 yrs ago. 1st was when the wheat got scab ('94?) because it was so wet. They burned it and the hulls were all over the ground. Hell 2/3 of ND was a baited area under the current definitions (remember it is not just THAT field that is considered baited - but the area is. Meaning any geese going from the roost to what they deemed a "baited" field, the route the waterfowl were taking is considered a baited "area" and is off limits for legal hunting). 2nd time was when they had a late spring and an early frost, the corn was stunted, so the framers were told to roll or disk the fields so they could not normally harvest the crop. 4 of 5 corn fields where I was at were rolled/disced and guess where all the spring time Snow geese were headed too? I hunted harvested corn fields only as I had heard the week before that the Fed COs were writing tickets. I had them glass me for 10 minutes 1 day and they moved on.
To be clear I was running traffic, as I had rolled corn field 1 mile away and another a 1.5 miles away and I was between the roost and those other rolled fields that they were using. I think I shot like 5-6 geese that morning. If I was on the X I could have literally filled up the pick box with Snow geese if I was in rolled corn.
So there is reason why the Feds declared rolled/disced corn as a baited area.

Anyway, I wonder if the USFWS will fight this tooth and nail?
Or if this will pass?

[cstemig]

USFWS laws = mass confusion for the masses. Maybe someday they will learn to speak "normal" language to the rest of us.

I hope that this will pass and become an acceptable and easily understood law for all of us.

[Lars30]

Isn't it legal to bait or hunt baited fields in the spring for snows???

[h2ofwlr]

no, unless they just changed something that I did not hear about...

[gimpfinger]

Shit they should let you use bait, explosives and mini guns. Unless they really don't want the pop to come down.

sent while wearing women's underwear

[Lars30]

I've never done it, but for some reason I thought it was legal to bait. They absolutely should with all of the other loose regulations out there

[h2ofwlr]

Ummm.... like the other "loose" regs like no baiting for deer in Mn? Or the no baiting allowed for the last 100yrs for waterfowl in NA?

[Lars30]

Well we were on the subject of snow geese at the time, so I was expressing those loose regs, you know, unplugged shotguns, ecallers, shooting hours, etc, etc.....