I have no issue with baiting for bears, except....

Why the heck do we allow people to feed bears some of the crap used for baiting?

Gummy bears, buckets of transfat....


New studies are showing that black bears can and are developing diabetes from the food supplied by people.

For the health of the animals, Bear bait should be restricted to pure animal parts and grains, no processed foods, no sugars....

You must be kidding I hope you are kidding.

If there actually has been diabetic studies done to bears on bait sites every person involved should be fired and payback there wages in community service…

What site/place would that be?

Oh just some site on the interweb..

Nothing to do with having a set,, just didn't want to go that far down that road again..

Good to see you back justin,, I see you are already back into fine form stirring shit up.. You are one valued member I'll tell yah.

P.S. I was banned because I posted an article from a magazine that featured my son in it and for posting about this place..

Carry on Kids..

Funny thing Walleyes. You seem to be in the middle of it with everyone. Glad your such a good judge of character to call everyone else down. Good luck with your forum here and your rule making. You sir are as big of waste as anyone you comment against. Have fun with your club here. In some ways it's turning worse than other forums.

Back to discussing "bear baiting" and not "people baiting" PLEASE!

I don't chime in any more than yourself bud. So I'm not allowed because you aren't my pal?? Well good luck!! Get over yourself T.J junior!!! Way to run your forum, I mean someone else's forum.

There is a reason I pm'ed you to keep it off this page but no response except your comments here which are no better and no less of a derail than anyone else so Don't try and be the innocent! At least some of us can admit what we do here!

Back to the baiting,,,

Do me a favour,, go back and read through the post's and show me where I attacked you and yer buddy first,, go ahead. You guy's poke and jab and when the bear bites back you yap and scream like little girls. I never responded to your whimper of a PM because I didn't want to carry on or prolong any dispute,, just let it be,, but nope not with you 2,, can't be done. Your little friend,, no sooner he gets back on here pokes the bear,, why I don't know. Can't handle it when someone sets you two goofs straight I guess.

What ever,, got no time for either of you.

Sorry to the rest of the board and mods that you all have to be witness to this mess.

Ok guys, that's enough, consider this a warning.

Please get back to discussing the topic, if you continue with the BS keep it private.

Lets give it a rest already, everyone please.

I will try again



Every spring about this time I think about Bear hunting. I have never bought a tag or gone on a bear hunt but i think it would be fun. I just don't have any desire to kill a bear. Only because I am not sure I want a rug or to eat one. Ask my gal every spring, what about putting a rug on the wall over there? She just says what ever, if you want to go ahead type of reaction. Not a real motivator and I think about how many Bear rugs people put up for sale. Do they get tired of the rug?
They don't seem like they would be very difficult to hunt or success would be a problem because I bump into them often enough. The province does not want us baiting other species and i am not sure what the reason is but like every other armchair quarterback i have my ideas too. Bears are different in that there are too many guys like myself who sit on the fence and don't hunt them. If next year the hunters of this province killed 10x as many they would probably stop the baiting...maybe? As it stands if we get closer to ideal management numbers with baiting, I am all for it. Whether you would want to shoot one or not over a bait is up to the individual. It sure would be exciting to hear something then finally see it. If you think about it it is very similar to  fishing. No baiting is kinda like casting out into a lake and hoping for a bite, you never see it coming and it may be the only one, so you may be more inclined to shoot a smaller one and still keep hunting for a bigger bear  next year.  When you get that you end up putting the smaller one up for sale because your mrs. says- "only one bear Lad" haha
Hunting Bear over bait is like ice fishing....Looking down the hole and then the fish swims up with your heart a pounding and..... you pull the hook away cause you want a bigger one, not the  little one that you just seen. It is very interesting hearing all the different points of view. The old adage about free advice or opinions being worth what you pay for them is so true in this arena. Just think.... You spent time reading my opinion and I warned you way back at the start, never done it before so...really know zip about it so...thanks for your time! lol

Very logical post lad.

In the end I believe that's what most hunters and outdoors people hope for, just the ability to hunt in the fashion we choose and not be judged. Each to their own and for their own reasons. Some hunt only for meat, some for the hide, some for just the enjoyment, each to their own. As long as its legal we should try our best to support each other. There is nothing wrong with other views and suggestions we just have to be careful how we deliver the message.

I am close to sonny in how long it's been since I actually shot a bear myself. Except for the previous 4 years that I lived in the south we ran a couple baits every spring yet I have only taken 2 bears with my bow over bait. I just enjoy being out there sitting over my bait and well,,, just being there. I have been holding out for the perfect colour and it just hasn't happened yet, it may never happen but I will have a heck of a time in the mean time.