I'll be up in the morning . Been loading the truck all day . (And watching college football) can't wait .

Some beautiful bears have been taken from the camp I'm going to. One had a nice white horseshoe on its chest.

That's the biggest problem with bears. A sow with cubs. You were lucky.
If i'm not hunting I try to make a lot of noise so they know i'm coming.

When i'm hunting i'm a still hunter, so i'm moving slow and quiet. exactly what we're not suppose to do in bear country. I've been lucky to not surprise any bears.

hunters unite
 

A vote against hounds & baiting is a vote against all hunting there agenda is to divide hunters against each other like they did in colo in which they almost closed all bear hunting !!! they don't care about the well fare of animals look at what they did for the horse industry they closed all packing plant in the US!!! Now the horses endure long truck rides to Mexico & horrible deaths even PETA was even against this !!! look at how corrupt this origination is read this https://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012...ow-about-hsus/ Don't get fooled if you haven't walk a mile in another hunters shoes don't tell them they're wrong !!! Most hunters couldn't walk a mile in any hounds men shoe!!!

Good Luck bikerman, I hope you have a safe an enjoyable trip up here.. I also hope you have a great success story to tell us all about. There has been quite a few decent bears getting shot with the white patch on their chest this year so far.. I like the patch on them..

Yes Muley I felt some lucky and even had to check my pants for that brown mess no one wants to have in them.. I was very greatful she did not come at me and just held her ground so that I could get away from them..

Yes kslivstkbroker, we all have to stick together on this issue up here.. I am still confident that we will win this even though it most likely will be close.. They have stated in that debate how bears will starve to death and that will cause them to balance out an already large population of them.. They say this while saying it is unethical to shoot them. They also say it is ok for our wildlife officials to bait, trap, or hound them if they are being problem bears but it is not ok for hunters to use these methods..

PETA up here is currently trying to go after lobster fishermen/ women as well because they use traps to catch them along with everyone that likes to boil them because it hurts them?? But, that will be another battle sometime after this one ends..

If we do pass this we will be pushing hard for legislation to keep these antis out of here. We will be requesting them to let our biologists decide what is good or bad for our way of life up here. Some states have recently already have this legislation passed now and hopefully others will follow before they have the issues like this hitting them once again..

Not sure where you got that idea? In Colorado the anti hunting yuppies voted out baiting and hounds. They took the spring hunt away too. Hunters didn't vote it in.

I don't agree with baiting, but i'd never vote against it. It's just my personal feelings.

The biggest reason Maine allows baiting as an ethical way to hunt is because we over 73% forested. Those forests are very thick and make stocking a bear nearly impossible. Also there would be now way to tell if it is a sow or a sow that has cubs. Hunting over bait offers a selection and even then bait does not work the way one thinks. At times bears will only hit at night past legal hunting hours or change and go after nuts, berries and the like. These guys spend hours upon hours trying to bait and get ready for a bear and nothing happens to a large portion of them..

I still say you can call them in. It normally just brings in the boars.

I pretty much just hunt thick blow down dark timber. Don't feel the west in nothing but open country. The animals don't hang out in the open during the day. TV shows make it seem that way, but that's because they're mostly on private ranches, and it's easy to film.

I was born and brought up in New England. I'm aware of the terrain.

If I ever decide to hunt them some one would have to teach me how to call one of them out for a shot.. I have no idea on that one.. Do you use predator calls when calling them?

Yes, a predator, fawn, call, but you call much longer, and much harder like a rabbit is being strangled. When you stop calling the bear stops coming.

I am not sure but, I may get the urge to try that.. I just do not like eating them but my mom says she does.. Thanks for filing me in as I have never heard tell of calling a bear in..