I think Fallguy pretty much reiterated my feelings about this. Sure, it’s a common thing to bait bears where it is difficult or, as some put it, impossible to hunt them, but is it hunting? Really hunting? I’m in the Poconos, NE Pennsylvania. We have a lot of bears here and some of the biggest in the world, thanks to ready availability of bird feeders and dumpsters, as well as good natural fool sources. Even with a healthy populations of bears, I very rarely see one in the woods. Bears have keen senses and are a tough animal to find, even if they are the biggest animal in the woods here. The traditional way of hunting bears here is to put on drives in swamps. Guys I know are now watching known trails and water sources. I think there’s a lot too it, but that makes it more of a hunt, not a reason to try to make it easier. If I do get a bear license in the future, I’ll be sure to know the odds are that I’m looking at a lot of good days in the woods, not a lot of filled tags.
I really want to say, “to each his own,” but I have trouble with this one. It just doesn’t seem right. It sure doesn’t seem like hunting. Best, dwc
