Originally Posted by
johnnyHunts
Briefly, they had set up barrels in the woods that appeared to have food in them, some kind of a attractant (illegal in my state from what I can read, Georgia.) Anyway, they waited for the bears to come eat and then two women shot some bears with a bow and later another guy with a Savage rifle.
My question. How is that hunting? Am I missing something? First, why are they using attractants? And why do they hunt the bears in the first place? Do they eat them? Does it thin the herd so bears don't starve like deer?
I realize this is old. Never heard a hunter call bait, attractant. Regional.
But bears do need to be thinned out tool. Lots of them by me. They do taste good, depending on diet.
In heavily wooded parts of the world you can't stalk bears. It would be fun to go somewhere you could glass for awhile and then go stalk one.
Some hunters are against bait. But they will plant clover and apple trees, or hunt near acorns for deer. What is the difference? I have no acorns on my property or near me.
If you don't bait, you often looking for a food source. In areas with thick deer herds it isn't needed. For bear, while there are many, not enough to just wander around, and track.