How Much Did You Spend on Bait this Season?

[yoda4x4]

20 - 50lb bags of corn @ $6/bag, and then a truck load of corn about 1000lbs @ $100. So all in all $220.

 

David

 

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[SPEARFISH]

Not enough.  I still haven't shot a buck.

[bushden]

10 hours ago, Nomad said:

I have 6 different spots that I bait.  Usually, at least 1 bag per week at each spot, plus a block every couple of weeks.  I figure I will have spent abut $1200.00 on bait and blocks by the end of January.  Then I'll be buying more to feed the deer all winter behind my house.  Gets pretty expensive.  

OMG thats a lot of money. I have guys hunting one of my properties on the right and left of me who bait and I take the majority of the deer off the property in my stand without bait on a good trail.

 

I do have a property I bait on occasion but it is nothing more than about 5 lbs that I carry in and dump every time I go there, the deer still frequent the spot even without bait.

[3Blade]

Less then $50.00.

[deadonshot2]

$500-600. I run 12-15 cams through bow season so that is where most of the bait expense comes in.  

[ithaca10]

About $60  just recently bought 3 bags of corn from Dicks for $10. Apples i pick off the trees in town.

[Kype]

11 hours ago, Nomad said:

I have 6 different spots that I bait.  Usually, at least 1 bag per week at each spot, plus a block every couple of weeks.  I figure I will have spent abut $1200.00 on bait and blocks by the end of January.  Then I'll be buying more to feed the deer all winter behind my house.  Gets pretty expensive.  

$1200! That's a new bow or firearm. Or all the cost of licenses and permits for the season times alot.  Or a taxidermy bill. List goes on. 

[Slayer1962]

probably $150 to $200 corn , bait blocks and a salt lick form Tractor Supply 

Edited January 3, 2019 by Slayer1962

[BowhunterNJ]

Serious question...for the guys who hardly bait or bait light...what's your general strategy?  How is 100# or even 200# lasting you 5 months?  A small group of deer will annihilate 25#+ overnight.  I would think if you throw out a couple pounds a week, it's probably not doing much to keep deer around, no?

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

$70/ week on truckload of corn on cobb from aug- feb,
then $20/month all spring/summer in minerals.
And maybe $50/month in corn all spring/summer.
Then another $400 all season on blocks and bags for spots I can't drive the truck to.

Way too much. I dont even wanna do the math. I rather not know.

Ps: Dont tell my wife




http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com

[Tarhunt]

$0.00. Because my wife looks at this site. 

[hammer4reel]

I have a generalized cam on each of  5 farms . Each gets approximately a bag a week. 

So approx 30 bucks a week . 

It keeps more does around and def draws  bucks late season. 

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[3Blade]

25 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Serious question...for the guys who hardly bait or bait light...what's your general strategy?  How is 100# or even 200# lasting you 5 months?  A small group of deer will annihilate 25#+ overnight.  I would think if you throw out a couple pounds a week, it's probably not doing much to keep deer around, no?

I hunt the same way I hunted before baiting- learn the property, find the  runs etc...I just use it now to slow them down ,put them where I  want them to stop and keep them a little more interested. 

Edited January 3, 2019 by 3Blade

[archer36]

About $50. I tried this Big and J crap. Supposed to attract deer from long distances. Yeah, attracted a lot of squirrels and racoons. B.S. If I didn't waste money on that then it would be about $15. 

[Devil Horns]

24 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Serious question...for the guys who hardly bait or bait light...what's your general strategy?  How is 100# or even 200# lasting you 5 months?  A small group of deer will annihilate 25#+ overnight.  I would think if you throw out a couple pounds a week, it's probably not doing much to keep deer around, no?

I use it more for camera purposes to see what's around. I will sometimes put 25-50 lbs out a couple of days in advance if I know my kids will be hunting. I like to keep the deer activity up when I know they will be hunting with me. I spread it very thin and throw it all over an area using a cup. I spread it thin over a big area so it is more like yellow acorns  spread through the woods than a corn pile.