Feeding in MN

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mn-dnr-lifts-deer-feeding-bans-in-24-counties/

Just seen this article.

I was unaware it was legal to bait anywhere in the state. So what does this mean exactly we can now bait of any kind in the counties announced?

John Rasmussen wrote:

I was unaware it was legal to bait anywhere in the state. So what does this mean exactly we can now bait of any kind in the counties announced?

No baiting, my original heading was wrong. Feeding deer in MN is now legal. Hunting over bait is still illegal.
They should have done this over the tough winter. So the deer could be fed by the local neighbors. Having a feeder in the back yard was illegal here and now in these counties it is now legal.

Im pretty sure its still
Illegal to bait state wide and this is just feeding deer in areas there is not any hunting

Youbetcha wrote:

Im pretty sure its still
Illegal to bait state wide and this is just feeding deer in areas there is not any hunting

Correct

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Carter Johnson wrote:</div>
Im pretty sure its still
Illegal to bait state wide and this is just feeding deer in areas there is not any hunting

Correct

Ok now I’m tracking. Yeah that would have been helpful over this last winter.

My original post said bait, lol that was my bad. About as soon as I exited out of the post I thought I better change the title.

Still illegal in Cass.

The likely reason why they waited until this summer rather than the winter is because deer herd up more in the winter and thus higher chance of disease to be spread when attracted to a feeder. Especially CWD which can be spread with saliva.

blank wrote:

The likely reason why they waited until this summer rather than the winter is because deer herd up more in the winter and thus higher chance of disease to be spread when attracted to a feeder. Especially CWD which can be spread with saliva.

What’s that matter ? It’ll be legal all winter now.

Bearcat89 wrote:

What’s that matter ? It’ll be legal all winter now.

The dnr can start and stop feeding bans at will.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Bearcat89 wrote:</div>
What’s that matter ? It’ll be legal all winter now.

The dnr can start and stop feeding bans at will.

So we are thinking this will be legal for 2 months then banned again?

I’m not sure anyone followed the law prior anyway. I wasn’t feeding deer all last winter, I was feeding squirrels and birds. Those deer just keep eating out of my LARGE squirrel and bird feeder.

fishthumper wrote:

I’m not sure anyone followed the law prior anyway. I wasn’t feeding deer all last winter, I was feeding squirrels and birds. Those deer just keep eating out of my LARGE squirrel and bird feeder.

My neighbors all had the same issues. I don’t have a feeder nor the property to do so. I always find these laws strange when I can now feed in a county but it’s banned in the direct neighboring county

fishthumper wrote:

I’m not sure anyone followed the law prior anyway. I wasn’t feeding deer all last winter, I was feeding squirrels and birds. Those deer just keep eating out of my LARGE squirrel and bird feeder.

no wonder why your complaining about grocery prices… the deer ate all your grocery money

Bearcat89 wrote:

My neighbors all had the same issues. I don’t have a feeder nor the property to do so. I always find these laws strange when I can now feed in a county but it’s banned in the direct neighboring county

its just like the deer hunting zones. the zone i hunt in has never been a high cwd area but right across the highway is

but i get it, they have to draw the boundaries somewhere i guess even though it seems stupid

Feeders have to be 6’ off the ground but the squirrels do knock Alot out of there.

Some “laws”…. hahaha, pfffffT