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So using scent is considered baiting? That does not sound right to me. Doesn't bait need to be consumable?
thats nasty...i don't care who you are. i have seen lots of nasty bear poo pics on this site with pistols laying to the side for size comparison....but why on God's green earth would you put your handsome pistol directly into the pile of *censored*. maybe it would be better if you were holding some butt nuggetts in one hand and the pistol in the other...i dunno.that is also the biggest pile of bear poo i think i've ever seen on here.
I looked in the regs and could not find a definition of Bait. Just direction not to use it for some species (wow, THAT is helpful...).Does anyone know what the WDFW uses as a definition for bait?Scent is a tough one. If I use a decenter to remove human smell, is that baiting? If I cover my scent with a pine wafer, am I baiting? How about burning Licorice incense? What if I smelt a jar of honey over Sterno?Now if I toss a goat carcass out... that's pretty clear. But what if I shoot and skin a coyote out and leave the carcass behind and come back and jump a bear feeding on it the next day? Is that baiting (probably)?I would love to find an official definition.
Quote from: Rob on July 10, 2009, 09:31:34 PMI looked in the regs and could not find a definition of Bait. Just direction not to use it for some species (wow, THAT is helpful...).Does anyone know what the WDFW uses as a definition for bait?Scent is a tough one. If I use a decenter to remove human smell, is that baiting? If I cover my scent with a pine wafer, am I baiting? How about burning Licorice incense? What if I smelt a jar of honey over Sterno?Now if I toss a goat carcass out... that's pretty clear. But what if I shoot and skin a coyote out and leave the carcass behind and come back and jump a bear feeding on it the next day? Is that baiting (probably)?I would love to find an official definition.Pine wafer cover scent...I don't see how they could.Elk wafer cover scent...quite possible depending on the game agent.If you place a skinned coyote in the woods it would be considered baiting. If you killed that coyote, skinned it on the spot and left the carcass then that would not be baiting. Same with sitting over a gutpile. As long as it is not moved to a more advantageous spot.(d) As used in this subsection, "bait" means a substance placed, 1 exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered, or otherwise used for the 2 purpose of attracting black bears to an area where one or more persons 3 hunt or intend to hunt them.