Originally Posted By: Der Ami
RWTF,
In Alabama( part of the deep south) if it is part of normal farming operations, it is not baiting.
Mike


That's the way it is in TN also, but running a wheat drill over a field without the coverers engaging the ground is "NOT" normal agricultural practice, which a Hoard of TN dove shooters from a few years back can attest to. The Farmers scattered the wheat, with a drill, in a wheat field. He then charged for shooting over the field, but the shooters paid the fines, the "Baiter" got off free because he wasn't shooting, just collecting the money.

They were sowing the field per Normal Agricultural practice once for the crop, then making sure there was plenty of exposed wheat on top of the ground for the Shooter Crop. That second sowing was not Normal Agricultural practice.

Miller/TN
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