deer salt licks ok or not

browning 12 bore

hello there all can some one tell me if salt licks are ok to use to draw deer out into the open or is it illegal but yet i hear they are for sale in a gunsmith in camolin can someone shed some light on this for me and if so when would you put the salt lick out for them

DR6.5

Have a few out, i would not shoot deer over them not very sporting, in america they shoot deer under feeders.

With the last couple of hard winters theres no harm in putting a few of them out.

dr6.5

Grizzly 45

By rights you should have them out all the time,and no it is not illegal to set them out.They are of great benefit to the beasts .
Sporting or not,well, thats a debateable point.Same as saying if you had a wild apple tree in your shoot that with a bit of pruning produces a crop that the deer eat[and they go absolutly nuts for apples BTW;)] and you stand that tree..Is it "sporting"
BTW Stateside...In some states thats a big no no shooting over feeders or baited areas.

fallowbuck

Would do the deer the world a good but like previously said i would'nt shoot them while taking the salt . Just my opinion? (eveyone's different)

wirehairmax

yes they are on sale in John Lamberts but as John will tell you himself they should be used as a supplement and not as an attractant. The idea behind them is deer management and not deer slaughter. They are legal and ethical if used correctly.

meathstevie

You can obviously take two angles; no it's not sporting or why not ? Personally I would not be too bothered using a salt lick to first of all keep deer in an area and second shoot the odd one over it.

You would shoot deer in other places where they tend to feed or rest up for the day wouldn't you ? Another advantage is that you can create the safest location possible on your land in relation to shot direction and backstops.

Of course as with all other things in life, a little bit of cop on goes a long way.

FISMA

DR6.5 wrote: »

Have a few out, i would not shoot deer over them not very sporting, in america they shoot deer under feeders.

In many states, the deer season is a week or two for rifles, some states do not allow big bores at all.

In many states, you are allowed two deer a year.

In many states, you have to win a lottery to hunt.

In most states, if that deer isn't tagged as soon as it hits the ground and reported a short time later, you are in serious trouble. Quite unlike the honor system for deer hunting in Eire.

Having hunted both sides of the Atlantic I am far more concerned for the deer population in Eire than any state in the US.

Again, I have seen areas fished out in Ireland that despite my best efforts over the past decade have not come back.

If Ireland doesn't learn game management soon, a similar problem is likely with deer.

meathstevie

FISMA wrote: »

In many states, the deer season is a week or two for rifles, some states do not allow big bores at all.

In many states, you are allowed two deer a year.

In many states, you have to win a lottery to hunt.

In most states, if that deer isn't tagged as soon as it hits the ground and reported a short time later, you are in serious trouble. Quite unlike the honor system for deer hunting in Eire.

Having hunted both sides of the Atlantic I am far more concerned for the deer population in Eire than any state in the US.

Again, I have seen areas fished out in Ireland that despite my best efforts over the past decade have not come back.

If Ireland doesn't learn game management soon, a similar problem is likely with deer.

Head and brick wall. I'll leave it up to you to decide what the interaction between the two items will be. I'm all for keeping access to hunting and other country pursuits free and open but still find it very regretable that there's virtually no legal obligation on licenced hunters to invest some time and effort to at least familiarise themselves with proper game management practices and to implement a minimum standard.

Granted, a lot of individuals and clubs try their best to come up with some level of management but often and to their frustration their good work is being undone by a handfull of rogues that get away with impunity.