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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: DoubleJ on July 29, 2011, 12:01:09 PM

Title: Legal or not?
Post by: DoubleJ on July 29, 2011, 12:01:09 PM: Still fuzzy on the baiting issue. Is using this legal?

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Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: Woodchuck on July 29, 2011, 12:02:37 PM: not legal :sry:
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: DoubleJ on July 29, 2011, 12:03:00 PM: thanks
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: Woodchuck on July 29, 2011, 12:04:32 PM: "..."bait" means a substance placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, scattered, or otherwise used for the purpose of attracting black bears to an area where one or more persons hunt or intend to hunt them."

you bet
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: bobcat on July 29, 2011, 12:29:34 PM: Just bring a camp stove out to your spot, and fry up some bacon, sausage, and eggs for breakfast, while you're waiting for a bear to show up. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: h20hunter on July 29, 2011, 01:17:00 PM: That or just put out a trail cam and sit over it. I swear they attract bears better than food.

Pretty much anything and everything that isn't naturally growing would be considered baiting.
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: blindpig on July 30, 2011, 05:56:04 AM: Quote from: bobcat on July 29, 2011, 12:29:34 PM
Just bring a camp stove out to your spot, and fry up some bacon, sausage, and eggs for breakfast, while you're waiting for a bear to show up. :chuckle:
:yeah: man that sounds good, I may show up :chuckle:
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 30, 2011, 06:27:19 AM: Quote from: bobcat on July 29, 2011, 12:29:34 PM
Just bring a camp stove out to your spot, and fry up some bacon, sausage, and eggs for breakfast, while you're waiting for a bear to show up. :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Legal or not?
Post by: cryfowl on July 30, 2011, 10:33:56 PM: Some bears eat people, so just walking out in the woods you could get pinched for baiting. :chuckle: