There are three ways to kill a bear from my point of view. I have killed two with a bow over bait. You can run them down with a good drive and healthy runners (and snow). You can go to were they eat and wait for them (bait, dump, farm crops, water, etc...) Or just be lucky. I had to hunt over bait because after 30+ years in the woods for deer, gun and archery I never saw a bear on stand in WI. or Pa. Plenty showed up at the dumps though.