I condone baiting.

The location ofthe bait site, and keeping it up is a large part of the sport of bear hunting in my opinion. I grew up in Minnesota and that's how bears are hunted in Minnesota. You line up along-term source of stale donuts, get them every couple of days, set up your various bait sites and keep doing that until you start getting bear sign at one of your sites. Some sites are dry holes. It's a lot of work but the preplanning and strategyas well as the thrill when you have "activity" is fun.

When I moved to Pennsylvania, Iwas surprised that PA hunters didn't bait. I thought it unusual that a big gang of guys would drive the bush and force the bear into view.

Note the difference in philosopy: PA hunters have a tradition that treats bear hunting as a large party, short term, social event. MN hunters treatbear hunting as a solitary, long term strategy event. I don't feel either has anything wrong with it. It's just excercising a tradition.

But, baiting is half the fun in my humble opinion! It's certainlynot as much of a sure thing asdriving with a large group of hunters.