Bait or not bait, that is the question.

[igojuone]

I'm reading this in the regs, #33. to hunt migratory game birds within
400 m of any place where bait has been deposited unless that place has been free of bait for at least 7 days.

There is a corn field close to me that has been harvested, is the remaining corn/niblets considered bait or not?

[Crazy_Farmer]

Nope you're fine, its normal agricultural practices.



BAIT RESTRICTIONS

14. (1) Subject to section 23.3, no person shall hunt for migratory game birds within 400 m of any place where bait has been deposited unless the place has been free of bait for at least seven days.
(2) [Repealed, SOR/93-431, s. 2]
(3) Subject to section 23.3, no person shall deposit bait in any place during the period beginning 14 days before the first day of the open season for that place and ending on the day immediately following the last day of the open season for that place, unless the person, at least 30 days prior to depositing the bait,
(a) obtains the consent in writing of
(i) every landowner and lessee or tenant whose land is located within 400 metres of that place,
(ii) the Regional Director, and
(iii) the chief game officer of a province or any game officer of the province authorized by him to act on his behalf; and
(b) posts in that place signs of a type and wording satisfactory to, and in a location designated by, the Regional Director.
(4) A consent obtained pursuant to paragraph (3)(a) is valid only in respect of the open seasons in respect of which it was obtained.
(5) Subsection (3) does not apply to the holder of a permit referred to in section 19 or 20 who places bait
(a) in a confined area specified in his permit, or
(b) at a distance of not less than 400 metres from an area where the hunting of migratory birds is permitted
for the sole purpose of feeding migratory birds lawfully in his possession.
(6) For the purpose of subsection (1), any area
(a) of standing crops, whether flooded or not,
(b) of harvested crop land that is flooded,
(c) where crops are properly shocked in the field where they grow, or
(d) where grain is scattered solely as a result of normal agricultural or harvesting operations
shall not be regarded as a place where bait has been deposited

[transplantednewf]

BAIT RESTRICTIONS

14. (1) Subject to section 23.3, no

person shall hunt for migratory game birds within 400 m of any place where bait
has been deposited unless the place has been free of bait for at least seven
days.
(2) [Repealed, SOR/93-431, s. 2]
(3) Subject to section 23.3, no
person shall deposit bait in any place during the period beginning 14 days
before the first day of the open season for that place and ending on the day
immediately following the last day of the open season for that place, unless the
person, at least 30 days prior to depositing the bait,
(a) obtains the
consent in writing of
(i) every landowner and lessee or tenant whose land is
located within 400 metres of that place,
(ii) the Regional Director,
and
(iii) the chief game officer of a province or any game officer of the
province authorized by him to act on his behalf; and
(b) posts in that
place signs of a type and wording satisfactory to, and in a location designated
by, the Regional Director.
(4) A consent obtained pursuant to paragraph
(3)(a) is valid only in respect of the open seasons in respect of which
it was obtained.
(5) Subsection (3) does not apply to the holder of a permit
referred to in section 19 or 20 who places bait
(a) in a confined area
specified in his permit, or
(b) at a distance of not less than 400
metres from an area where the hunting of migratory birds is permitted
for the
sole purpose of feeding migratory birds lawfully in his
possession.
(6) For the purpose of subsection (1), any
area
(a) of standing crops, whether flooded or not,
(b) of
harvested crop land that is flooded,
(c) where crops are properly
shocked in the field where they grow, or
(d) where grain is scattered
solely as a result of normal agricultural or harvesting operations
shall not
be regarded as a place where bait has been deposited


no notwithstanding clause?? :mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Crazy_Farmer]

LOL, thats only in the BIG book that we have to live by. Too funny buddy!