^me too. That's not hunting....bait that is....hunting with dogs is cool.
I used to work at a privately owned donut shop in Maine and the leftover donuts every week (think 50 gal drum or two full) would be given by the owner to a hunter freind of his. He'd bait bears with them. I always kind of hoped a bear would maul him one day when he was laying his bait out.
I respect everyone's right to their opinion but that statement is just filled with stupid. So becaise a fellow hunter (if you are one) uses a different legal tactic to hunt , you want him mauled. Nice, real nice. Makes you sound like a HSUS member.
Baiting a bear in is no different than feeding deer up to the season start, same tactic. Dogs have their place, I dont use them personally but they have their place. Some people only use Bow and think guns are the easy way out, so be it but they should not condem other fellow hunters
If you dont want to bait then dont. If this crap passes you will see bear hunting go away and right after that will be turkey and deer. Then they will move to NH and VT and on and on. If you saw the 10's of thousands of acres being posted that used to be open to hunting maybe youd think twice about jumping on another hunter. HSUS only lost by a few percent last time so instead of bitching maybe lend a hand or make a donation.
Sent from the blind