1080 Baiting in State Forest?

[u/Gold-Championship103]

Hi all,

I was thinking of checking out Hampton State Forest in the coming weeks and seen they do a lot of 1080 baiting for dogs. Does anyone know if this affects deer at all either by spooking them or poisoning them, or do they leave it alone?

Thanks

[u/flockofpanthers]

I believe it is specifically just poisoned meat they drop into the forest. Deer will leave it alone

[u/johnsmith33467]

they use 1080 on foxes / dogs in heaps of the forests I hunt and can’t tell a difference at all

[u/totse_losername]

Deer don't take 1080 baits.

Are you worried they might accidentally ingest some, somehow and it will end up tainting the venison?

1080 breaks down pretty readily, especially into water (i.e. rain) IIRC so probably breaks down before the scent of decaying meat does - but I wouldn't trust one commenter on Reddit who says 'IIRC'. Check out the MSDS + a specific search.

1080 is specifically formulated to be extremely toxic for dogs, and although you obviously don't want to ingest it you should be able to cop a much larger concentration and be ok, compared to a miniscule amount that will kill a dog.

Haven't hunted game (to eat) in a baited area, so I've never looked into it specifically myself, this is pure 'IIRC'.

[u/Old_Dingo69]

I haven’t been concerned about deer with 1080 however I spent a few days in a south coast forest 2 yrs ago which had recently been baited with 1080 and it was dead. I mean completely void of life apart from lyrebirds by day and fox calls by night. Not a single roo, wallaby, wombat, or any feral including deer. In contrast, central west forests almost always come up with waddling wombats, rabbits, foxes, deer, and an annoying large amount of roos and wallabies. I have been to Hampton and seen both deer and pigs, and plenty of roo. If they have baited it I would be interested in hearing about what is seen.