Baiting Elk With Salt Licks Was Once OK Wyoming, But Is Now Illegal

While hunters on private property in places like Texas have no problem putting piles of corn bait out in front of their deer blinds, in Wyoming and other Western states, that’s frowned upon as unethical, and it’s also illegal.

Western hunters would consider putting out corn for deer or salt licks for elk to essentially be cheating nowadays, although at one time, using salt licks to draw in elk was considered fair play in Wyoming.

Feeding A Controversy

There’s a distinction between feeding animals such as elk or deer, perhaps to help them through a tough winter, and using bait to draw them into shooting range.

It’s not illegal to feed big game animals on private property, but it is generally discouraged.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department admonishes people not to feed hay to deer bec