Neck....bear is right, they are not as tough as many would lead you to believe. As an alternative, you may want to look into Maine. Alot more bear and alot less driving. 2.5 hours northwest and you are in some pretty good bear country. You could realisticaly run a few baits with not much trouble at all, and you are almost a shoe in for at least a sighting. The license is under a hundred bucks as well. As far as old orchards in the woods in western mass go, its hit or miss. you gotta burn some shoe leather to find the good ones. Peru is a good town to start. But nonetheless, in mass your chances are slim....trust me.