baiting

[IDRBS]

Was in Bass Pro last nite and was quite surprised to see bags of food and mineral rocks.  How would this not be baiting?

[WNYBuckHunter]

If you are using it, its baiting all right. Not sure why they are allowed to sell it in this state. Maybe shoot a letter to the DEC expressing your confusion and concern about this.

[growalot]

it is and gander MNT and I think Dicks  sell it as well....A lot of ag stores sell it also....illegal to use not to sell in NY

[Doewhacker]

I think they should tax that stuff worse than they do cigarettes, and I dont smoke. Then eventually no one would sell it or buy it. 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

They sell lots of stuff here that you can't use legally. Rage 3....these baits....buck shot. It isn't fair that some could get "lured" in to buying and usig this stuff but it is up to us to know the difference. When in doubt....let you buddy try it first

[Doc]

I saw a product for sale in either the Cabelas or the Bass-Pro shop catalog that looked like a large stone. And in fact that's exactly what it is .... a chunk of mineral rock from some place out west that has all the ingredients of a typical salt/mineral block that you might find in a farm supply store. I don't know if anyone is really fooled by this product, but it's obvious purpose is to sneak around the baiting prohibitions in those states where the practice is illegal. To the person walking by it, it would simply look like a stone. To the hunter that placed it there it would be warden-proof bait ..... lol. So, I wouldn't look for the stores to be responsible in what they sell or where they sell it. This product shows me that if a buck can be made on it, they'll sell it ..... even when the product will be likely used for illegal purposes.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have seen those very stones in Local Agway stores.

[Doc]

If you are using it, its baiting all right. Not sure why they are allowed to sell it in this state. Maybe shoot a letter to the DEC expressing your confusion and concern about this.

The story I have heard is that those products are on sale in NY stores for those hunters who are going to use them on an out-of-state hunting trip where they are legal. ..............right!

[burmjohn]

I googled it, its called a trophy rock

[Stretchhunts]

it's illegal to use but NYS WILL FOR SURE TAKE THE TAX MONEY. That is why the stores can sell it. Plus then they will take the Fine money if you get caught wit it.

[rob1114]

When in doubt....let you buddy try it first

That's some good advice