Maybe in some states you may find it an advantage.. Most that bait come back empty handed.. 1 because a sow with cubs showed up at the bait site.. 2 Because the bear/s that came in were to small 3 The bears are only coming to the baits at night. 4 The bears changed and went after the nuts and berries that help them put on mass.. 5 Last but not least alot of bears are not seen out past 5o feet because of forest density.. I know some will disagree and that is alright we are all entitled to our opinions.. But, coyotes are baited every winter and a lot of those hunters come back empty handed as well. Bears are predators and have poor eye sight. But, what they lack in eye sight then more than make up for in smell and hearing. Most states that had this way of hunting lost now have bear issues in their towns and cities.. This cost the towns and or the property owners to remove them as well as adding cost to bear proof garbage cans. There is a big cost that gets added to it as well. Also even with baiting the number of bears do not meet what is needed to hold the population of them at bay.. They continue to multiply and with that more complaints each year..
Now an update.. We are still in the battle for the votes even though as of right now we appear to be driving the referendum back down their throats.. This has been a costly campaign so far and will continue to add up. Our governor has given the US warden service permission and our biologists permission to post up some videos and ect.. to help the campaign to drive this thing back down their throats.. With that said there is only so many that will vote for their campaign qand we even have the president and ceo of HSUS here trying to help get them votes.. I do not feel they are doing all that well. But, one thing we know is once the last vote is counted we will be sure of what ever the out come is.. Also keep in mind with the strong hunting heritage Maine has if they win this thing most all state will then be aggressively fought to take more of your rights away as well..