Rules you don't know about!! (bear)

[Waftrudnir]

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Of course as usual - all this would fall under the discretion of the officer!

always seems to come back to the old "discretion BS" ..

If they just knew how to write a law then we'd all know where we stand.

I start to believe they do that on intention. As long as they are able to write tickets (because it's cheaper to pay than to fight in court), the stats will show that we hunters "cannot be trusted"
a simplification of our regs (like done in some states) is way overdue (not going to happen in the current political environment)

[toddy]

I have bear hunted with 3 different outfitters over the years, I can assure you they tend to the baits at least 2-3 times a week and are not putting out more then 10 kg of bait at a time. They dump a miniscule amount of bread, popcorn and other smelly stuff in the barrels. There may be other outfitters that do things differently but I doubt it.

As for the hanging bait, I still want to know what this entails. Is a 45 gallon drum bolted to a tree good enough?

[Dude Bro]

Let's slow down here...nothing has been decided yet (at least not officially). The spring bear hunt hasn't even been approved, and some people are talking like the bait restrictions are written in stone.

[trimmer21]

Let's slow down here...nothing has been decided yet (at least not officially). The spring bear hunt hasn't even been approved, and some people are talking like the bait restrictions are written in stone.

I was told by an "insider" (?) that the bunny huggers are going completely ape shyte. I won't be surprised if the Lib's cave on this one.

[chris lavoie]

If they do they do, if not oh well!!!

[trimmer21]

If they do they do, if not oh well!!!

My sentiments,exactly. I,for one,will not be losing any sleep over it. It won't be like they cancelled the entire Black Bear hunt,although,messing with baiting or banning it altogether like other jurisdictions will put a whole new wrinkle on things,won't it?

[TheProvider00]

I'll be cutting tags either way.

[Bearhunter]

Your information regarding outfitters putting out small amounts of bait is 100% WRONG. As an outfitter we put out hundreds of pounds of bait on every bait for weeks BEFORE the hunters show up to hunt. When the hunters arrive we cut the amount of bait back so the bear start coming out during daylight. There is less bait out so the earliest bear gets to eat. This brings them out so you can fill your tag.
Get your facts right.

[chris lavoie]

I have a full camp for Fall 2016 bear hunt right now. I am having a hard time trying to talk them into changing to a spring hunt.

[chris lavoie]

Your information regarding outfitters putting out small amounts of bait is 100% WRONG. As an outfitter we put out hundreds of pounds of bait on every bait for weeks BEFORE the hunters show up to hunt. When the hunters arrive we cut the amount of bait back so the bear start coming out during daylight. There is less bait out so the earliest bear gets to eat. This brings them out so you can fill your tag.
Get your facts right.

I bait pretty well every day. I use about 10 kg's at a time and have used hanging baits for a couple of decades, we have no problem keeping the bears in competition for the bait. BUT.... I would prefer the omnr to not touch the baiting.