I've never hunted a bear, but I've sure baited them. Not exactly intentially, as my "suppers"are meant for the deer ! I know a lot about black bears, as they roammy property. learning more about them every day, and just might have to hunt one. Why not? No bull,had a youngster cut across the front of the truck earlier today. I never understand these type of threads. If baiting bear is legal in your state, what's wrong with it? Here in Virginia, the only reason baiting isn't allowed, is because the population in the east has only recently started to recover. East of the Blue Ridge, only in the last couple years havemany counties opened up a bear season at all. Neighbors dropped a couple last year, only because between them and us, we were leaving deer gut piles everywhere. They were baited in my opinion. So really, here it's not a double standard to allow deer feeding (baiting), but not bear baiting (feeding). That's why I love the Griz hunters. THEY ARE THE BAIT! Balls! To answer somebody's question earlier, no dogs allowed for bears here.


I disagree. Got one bedded on my property. Don't know for how long, as my sheperd has run it up twice in the last month. Seen the same four over and over (minus two now) within a 3 mile stretch of road. Had one visit my yard at the other house every Mid April to late May (full foliage end of May, didn't need the trash and bird feeders anymore), like clockwork.