The baseplate? No, I kinda think the bear pawprint is cool. I just prefer magazines. To be fair though, Savage magazines are one of the weakest aspects of Savage rifles (X-bolt magazines are much nicer), so replacing the Savage magazine with a baseplate is not as much of a sin as it would be on other rifles.

Also, a gun store near me has two Bear Hunters, and one of them has a broken baseplate latch. Not something I'd want to see fail while hunting bears.