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Quote from: buckfvr on August 14, 2023, 10:35:56 AMI know a guy who lost his license for 5 years for " intent to hunt bear over bait", and was told also that if you are even hunting deer/elk over bait and have a bear tag in your pocket, you are guilty of intent. Make no mistake, if you get the ticket, you wont get out of it even with a lawyer.This is a fact, it happened to a guy I know, its not some random thought I had.
I know a guy who lost his license for 5 years for " intent to hunt bear over bait", and was told also that if you are even hunting deer/elk over bait and have a bear tag in your pocket, you are guilty of intent. Make no mistake, if you get the ticket, you wont get out of it even with a lawyer.
Quote from: buckfvr on August 14, 2023, 10:35:56 AMI know a guy who lost his license for 5 years for " intent to hunt bear over bait", and was told also that if you are even hunting deer/elk over bait and have a bear tag in your pocket, you are guilty of intent. Make no mistake, if you get the ticket, you wont get out of it even with a lawyer.I feel like there has to be a lot more to this story/case. Not doubting the outcome or what you posted, but it seems like a whole lot of additional contexts and facts would be necessary to have this as an outcome.
So if I'm sitting watching a salt block and a bear comes in and Mr. warden sees me watching the bear without a hint of harassing it, I can get cited? Ill take my chances.
I have 6 different bears using mine. Sows, boars, cubs, 5 or6 bucks, moose, 2 coyotes, turkeys, rabbits, several does and fawns. I haven't had any elk for 2 months, but they do show up occasionally. I think getting a ticket for having a tag in your pocket would be like getting a DWI for having a 6 pack in your front seat unopened. It aint happening!
Sitting in a tree stand with alfalfa out during archery deer/elk and a bear comes in. Are we all saying I could not shoot said bear because of my alfalfa out that the bear has zero intent on consuming and was not the reason it passed through?