baiting illegal for hog hunting in CA?

[Squid]

I've heard its is illegal to "bait" for hunting deer, it that you can't bring in outside food to draw deer then shoot them.

Does that apply for "problem" species like hogs?

What about water sources?

What about turkeys that, IIRC, aren't considered native to CA?

[taperxz]

Baiting big game is illegal.

Water sources are OK to hunt, either natural or livestock ponds

Turkey are native but have been re introduced

and i am the greatest hunter of all time!

[rooster85]

Unfortunately yes.

[lewdogg21]

In the desert they have man made guzzlers that you aren't supposed to hunt. I'm on my ipad so I can't see your location to know if that's relevant. Otherwise yes everything above is correct.

[taperxz]

Wow LEW i am glad you agree that i am the greatest hunter of all time when you stated

Otherwise yes everything above is correct.

LMAO

[Squid]

But it still is totally legal to PLANT food crops to draw game, correct?

I'm thinking apple trees and hogs/deer. (I assume deer eat apples)

Since apples tend to ripen in short time(and trees in my yard really crank out nice apple smell) so it should draw game from far and wide but only at certain times, so you know when to post up.

I'm thinking one of several different trees, so they ripen at slightly different times.

[lewdogg21]

yes squid that would be legal.

[DirtyDave]

Yes, Deer, Bears, and Pigs will all eat your apples. As long as you dont tell people that you planted the trees to attract them. You are planting them cuz you like apples....

[wilit]

Yes, Deer, Bears, and Pigs will all eat your apples. As long as you dont tell people that you planted the trees to attract them. You are planting them cuz you like apples....

Who doesn't love apples?

[NytWolf]

See the code.

Prohibition Against Taking Resident Game Birds and Mammals by the Aid of Bait.

Except as otherwise provided in these regulations or in the Fish and Game Code, resident game birds and mammals may not be taken within 400 yards of any baited area.

(a) Definition of Baited Area. As used in this regulation, "baited area" shall mean any area where shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grains, salt, or other feed whatsoever capable of luring, attracting, or enticing such birds or mammals is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, and such area shall remain a baited area for ten days following complete removal
(b) Exceptions:
(1) The taking of domestically reared and released game birds on licensed pheasant clubs and other licensed game bird clubs;
(2) The taking of resident game birds and mammals on or over standing crops, flooded standing crops (including aquatics), flooded harvested croplands, grain crops properly shocked on the field where grown, or grains found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting or harvesting;
(3) The taking of resident game birds and mammals on or over any lands where shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed have been distributed or scattered as the result of bona fide agricultural operations or procedures, or as a result of manipulation of a crop or other feed on the land where grown for wildlife management purposes: provided that manipulation for wildlife management purposes does not include the distributing or scattering of grain or other feed once it has been removed from or stored on the field where grown.

For purposes of this Section, camping/occupying is defined as establishing or inhabiting a camp; resting; picnicking; sleeping; parking or inhabiting any motor vehicle or trailer; hunting; or engaging in any other recreational activity for a period of more than thirty (30) minutes at a given location.
(b) Wildlife Watering Places Defined. For purposes of this Section, wildlife watering places are defined as waterholes, springs, seeps and man-made watering devices for wildlife

[huntandski]

I have bacon flavored deoderant. I'm not sure if it's illegal, but it attracts the pigs every time. And the ladies

[TrailerparkTrash]

One can hunt near a guzzler, as long as one doesn't park next to it or stays by it more than 30 minutes.

[Purple K]

Baiting big game is illegal.

Water sources are OK to hunt, either natural or livestock ponds

Turkey are native but have been re introduced

and i am the greatest hunter of all time!

Turkeys were never native to California.

[spectr17]

Turkeys were never native to California.

There's turkey bones in the La Brea Tar Pits here in SoCal. The turkeys we have around here now are a different strain but the NWTF is trying, or was trying, to prove a link between the two birds to shut up the antihunters who claim turkeys were never indigenous to CA. That was a few years back, not sure if they ever did find the link or not. There is no dispute that there were turkeys in CA many many centuries ago.

http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/16/local/me-turkey16

[Purple K]

There were many animal species here hundreds of years ago that are not here now. "Native species" means in modern history. The turkeys that are here now were imported from the southeastern US. The first attempts to introduce them was in 1877. Cal DFG started the first successful program to introduce them in 1960.