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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Prohunter270 on September 16, 2015, 12:18:14 PM

Title: Deer/elk bait vs bear bait
Post by: Prohunter270 on September 16, 2015, 12:18:14 PM: Why is it legal to hunt deer/ elk over bait , licks but not for bear?
Title: Re: Deer/elk bait vs bear bait
Post by: Bob33 on September 16, 2015, 12:21:01 PM: Quote from: Prohunter270 on September 16, 2015, 12:18:14 PM
Why is it legal to hunt deer/ elk over bait , licks but not for bear?
Bear baiting was made illegal by initiative.

http://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Bear-Baiting_Act,_Initiative_655_(1996)
Title: Re: Deer/elk bait vs bear bait
Post by: cougarbart on September 16, 2015, 12:27:16 PM: In Washington it was voted by the people that gay marriage, is ok! Marijuana is alright, and abortion is fine! BUT hunting bears and cougars with hounds or bait is morally wrong! go figure! lol
Title: Re: Deer/elk bait vs bear bait
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 16, 2015, 12:28:40 PM: Quote from: cougarbart on September 16, 2015, 12:27:16 PM
In Washington it was voted by the people that gay marriage, is ok! Marijuana is alright, and abortion is fine! BUT hunting bears and cougars with hounds or bait is morally wrong! go figure! lol

The stuff that makes you go Hmm........ :chuckle:
Title: Re: Deer/elk bait vs bear bait
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on September 16, 2015, 01:43:32 PM: Democracy can suck pretty hard when your state has a liberal, urban majority.