EDIT - I should also add that I feel if you're going to legalize one form of baiting, you should legalize it all. Here in Washington it's legal to bait deer and elk, but illegal to bait bears. I find this to be a rather stupid restriction, but I can see where the game department is coming from. Deer and Elk won't generally attack you if you come across a bait pile where as a bear might. Either legalize it all or none.


Washington Hunter... It's kind of ironic how things differ from state to state. In Maine, it is legal to bait bear but not deer or turkeys. (The HSUS is trying to prohibit bear baiting by citizen's referendum this year as well).