Sounds like a croc to me. My tags are always with me and always will be. I'll take my chances. Im not going to bend down and kiss the depts ass every time they squat to take a leek. I will hunt legally. Next someone will say your shooting a 30 cal rifle so you must be bear hunting. Or you have boots on so you must be bear hunting. Sheesh, whats next?
Well I kinda agree.
That's why I said wdfw should clear it up some.
I've never left a tag in the truck,or at home.
I'm not an archery hunter, Haven't hunted over bait,(for deer or elk) in a long time. I've hunted near the salt blocks for deer or elk,I place for deer and elk. (Not over them).
Never shot a bear near my trail cam spots that have salt.
Never seen a bear eat a salt block,always come in a sniff the area around it. Then try to eat my cams.
And I have picture proof of that.
Heck even the cubs climb the tree and attempt to eat the camera over the salt.
I guess if I could ask a warden is.
See a bear while checking my cams that have a block of salt with nothing eles,can I hunt it.
I know a lot of guys will say salt is an attractant.
I don't believe it is for bears in block form.They won't eat it. They will flip it over,then move on to trying to eat the cam.
Like said I have picture proof of that.
Most bears I get on cam,is like one or two times a year.(if it was an attractant they would be there daily,weekly,even monthly)
I believe they are just sniffing the site,due to ungulates in the area.
Just like cougar or any other predator. I suppose cougars are eating my salt blocks too. Bobcats too.
Rabbits do eat on the block at nite.
But at the end of the day,my interpretation of attractant,and a warden vision of what an attractant is may be totally different.
That's probably my biggest gripe.
That's why I use salt in block form,cause other methods was costly due to bears eating the bait,I was placing for deer and elk.
Thank God I've only seen one bear ,while checking a cam,and didn't have a rifle or weapon anyway.
