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Bait is classified as ANY substance placed to attract bears. Trust me lure falls into this catagory.
Its a lot of waiting unless you just get lucky that day. Or you could be like the family I ran into tonight, pulled into the gas station and there was a nice bear in the back of the truck. I frequent the store so the lady wasn't shy in letting out the trick. I guess its all about feeding them and then stop all of a sudden and a couple days later bring in some smelly goodies early in the morning. God I would love to work undercover for the game dept! Oh and to top it off... they had their young son with them teaching how to ethically hunt !!! A holes
Good thing I stumbled onto this thread, I will admit I was illegal this fall when I was tipped off on a bear location. I put apple scent on a stump to attract the bear, never saw it and thankfully didn't shoot one. It did come in and destroy the stump. I was also trying to get some good pictures of anything on my new homebrew. Never the less, I admit I was in the wrong and will discontinue that. I hope this doesn't piss anyone off. I was following the advice of some old timers in the area, guess I will just follow all you old timers instead.