Are mobile bait stations allowed?
Depending on the regulations at the site of your hunting grounds, there might be regulations on the use of feeding machines and bait stations. The mobile bait station was developped to suit the different regulations by beeing able to bait in a differentiated manner. Nevertheless please study your local hunting regulations and only use our devices in accordance with them.
As it would go beyond the scope of this page, to depict the legal situation in all european countries, we have hereafter only summarized the situation for the federal states of Germany (Bundesländer):
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Baden-Wurttemberg
1 bait station/50 ha; max. 1 liter per bait station at a time.
Bavaria
"Minimum possible amount" = 1 bait station/100 ha; max. approx. 1 kg per bait station at the same time
Berlin
Brandenburg
Mobile bait station allowedMobile phone baiting permitted
Only a "small amount" (not defined in more detail, probably 1 litre) per bait station at the same time
Bremen
From 01.05.-15.10. only occasional baiting allowed; otherwise no regulations
Hamburg
Hesse
Mobile bait station allowedMobile phone baiting permitted
1 litre/day; bait must not be accessible to other game than wild boar ( bait funnel ).
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
"Occasional baiting" allowed; max. 3 kg per bait at a time
Lower Saxony
Mobile bait station not allowed
Use of feeding equipment and containers for baiting prohibited
North Rhine-Westphalia
Mobile bait station not allowed , but the violation is less serious than with conventional baiting devices and feeding machines
Any baiting devices and feeding machines are not permitted; mobile bait station (if used appropriately) complies with quantity specifications in contrast to pendulum, sow drums and conventional feeders.
Rhineland-Palatinate
Mobile bait station not allowed
Baiting generally requires a permit; only baiting by hand is permitted. Individual permission possible.
Saarland
Feeding machines allowed for up to 700g/day
Saxony
Max. 5 kg per bait station at the same time
Saxony-Anhalt
Mobile bait station rather inadmissable (however, a reduction in capacity is conceivable, and then permitted)
"Simple mechanical devices" ( LJV Sachsen-Anhalt refers to automatic feeders) may have a maximum capacity of 5 kg. However, this may refer to bait barrels, pendulums and similar forms of presentation, i.e. 5 kg as a limit on the amount of bait that can be taken in at one time.
Schleswig-Holstein
"Occasional baiting" is permitted; bait must not be accessible to other game ( bait funnel )
Thuringia
Bait material may only be provided again, if the previously presented bait material has been completely consumed by the game; a maximum of 1 kg of grain may be presented at a time; technical equipment is permitted if it is suitable for limiting the amount of bait accordingly.
Feeding game is different from baiting. The mobile bait station can also be used as an automatic feeder. In most federal states, feeding is only permitted in times of emergency and under special conditions. The use of the mobile bait station for feeding is therefore subject to strict regulations, which should be checked in the respective federal state. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions about the legal situation in your federal state!