North Dakota governor signs bill preventing Game and Fish from instituting baiting bans

Governor signs bill on hunting deer with bait in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed a bill that forbids state wildlife managers from restricting the use of bait for hunting deer on private property. Senate Bill 2137 prevents the North Dakota Game and Fish Department from banning deer hunting over bait. The agency has imposed baiting bans in some areas of the state as it tries to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, which can be fatal …

North Dakota governor signs bill preventing Game and Fish from instituting baiting bans

BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed a bill on Thursday that removes the Department of Game and Fish’s ability to institute baiting bans in the state. Baiting in the context of hunting is laying out feed with the intent to draw in game to kill. Senate Bill 2137 has driven extensive discussion around the rights of property owners and the danger posed by Chronic Wasting Disease. It had a consistent strong group of grassroots support…