Have you seen "Camo Corn"?

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I was at work today, when we received an email notice of a new product to be aware of: Camo Corn - I'm not promoting this product, just sharing information about it...
http://www.reallifeoutdoors.net/camocorn1.html

It is being used by unsavory, "outlaw" hunters to bait game in areas where baiting is not legal, to avoid detection from local law enforcement...

Use your Google Search for "Camo Corn, you'll find more information...
Attached is a pic from a sponsor, showing the difference:


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it's soaked in a waterproof dye, that does not affect taste or palatability, that retains color even after heavy rains...
 
uhhhhh....ok, but that looks just like hybrid seed corn to me. Major companies treat their seed with fungicide/insecticide to promote better germination and early growth. Different colors represent different treatments. Green and deep purple are both quite common, I have used both. Leftover seed is about worthless as the germ drops dramatically after a year. Major companies give leftover seed away by the pallet full. My neighbor burns it to heat his shop.
 
"Major companies give leftover seed away by the pallet full."

And so the famed Yankee Ingenuity for marketing strikes again! :D When the raw material is free, the profit margin can be pretty dog-gone good!
 
If people would apply their ingenuity to lawful activities, the world would be a much more advanced place.
 
Certainly there are places where baiting whitetails is legal (like MD for example where I did so for years). In those instances though, I'm having a hard time seeing the benefit.

Aside from the obvious hope that it won't be seen by the wardens where it would be illegal, is there any lawful purpose for this that I'm just not grokking?
 
I get all of my feed corn for free. The local silos loading train cars spilles tons of the stuff along the tracks. I can haul (6) 55 galon plastic barrels in my truck. A scoop shovel and a little elbow grease and they are full in about a 1/2 hour.

We do not hunt over corn in my family however it is legal to do so in Kansas. When snows get bad I throw a few bales of clover and some corn out every few days for the deer.

I guess I should get some food coloring and make my fortune instead.
 
Sam1911 said:
Certainly there are places where baiting whitetails is legal (like MD for example where I did so for years). In those instances though, I'm having a hard time seeing the benefit.

Aside from the obvious hope that it won't be seen by the wardens where it would be illegal, is there any lawful purpose for this that I'm just not grokking?
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not unless you have pet deer and you really really love them. There are some people in cities that feed deer just like they do wild birds.
 
not unless you have pet deer and you really really love them. There are some people in cities that feed deer just like they do wild birds.
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Right, sure, but who cares if you can see the corn? Hmmm.... I've known some gardeners who would have become irate if their neighbors were baiting deer to hang around the neighborhood, so maybe there is a market afterall.
 
Geez, at $30/100 they must have the "top tier" of hunters in mind!

Don't know about y'all, but it physically hurts to pay more than $12/100 around here. Two years ago, I think, we were paying $15/100, which was insanity.

Can't really see the utility of this stuff at all, aside from it being a gimmick, like many hunting 'aids' are. Unless one is trying his hand a game photography and doesn't want the 'bait' to show up in the pic.
 
We recently had a "scare" with CWD here and they announced to everybody to stop feeding the Deer. we have tons of people (mostly ol-ladies) that think they are so cute !
A couple I know of in my neighborhood alone do it like they are feeding birds, i talked to one of them and he just refused to believe that CWD even existed ! MN is well-known for it's MONSTER buck's .. I personally dont hunt them often (every couple years or so) but i would hate to see them disappear.
I wont comment on the ethic's of baiting prey,cause i am an avid trapper, and some folks would consider that cheating also.
They must put some stink on that corn or something to attract them ?
 
^cattle feed is similar...steam rolled grains that are sprayed with molasses, urea, and whey byproducts. deer being ruminates as are cattle, the same mixture might be optimal for deer weight gain as well.
 
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UpTheIrons said:
Can't really see the utility of this stuff at all, aside from it being a gimmick, like many hunting 'aids' are. Unless one is trying his hand a game photography and doesn't want the 'bait' to show up in the pic.
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Maybe those that hunt over bait piles don't feel as guilty if they can't see the bait themselves.....or it could be for high fence operations so the client doesn't see the bait his animal is coming to. That way they can claim it was "natural' movement that brought the game to within range.That and the client's high degree of skill and woodsmanship.:scrutiny:
 
The use of "bait" for migratory waterfowl is illegal. Game Wardens use light airplanes/copters to search. Yellow corn is very obvious.
Get the picture ???

P.R.
 
Maybe bird hunters don't buy it. I guess it could be used by bird hunters if it were spread in the birds' usual feeding areas, training them to return on a regular basis. But, yeah, not of much use for incoming migratory birds.

Easily smelled by deer and hogs, though.
 
they make camoflauge underwear and toilet paper... why does there have to be a secret underlying meaning for camoflauge corn?
 
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