In british columbia we can`t bait bears deer but not bears. You don`t really want to bait bears here cause you can get grizz coming to your bait station. Do you have to bait here no . And who has more bush and big woods then we do. In the spring i can see a dozen bears a day So i have never baited but spot and stalk a big black with a bow if you ever did it you would never sit over again.