Originally Posted by jaydub in wi
Originally Posted by safariman
Originally Posted by jaydub in wi
Mark,
When you say you are thrilled with your fair chase, no bait or hounds bear, what exactly do you mean? Do you look down on the use of bait or hounds? In many places spot and stalk hunting is pretty much impossible.


NOT IN THE LEAST! I have hunted and shot bears using both methods, and even owned a pack of Walker hounds for a couple of years. Both are honorable and sporting pursuits in my view. I was only mentioning that taking a bear of this size without the use of those helps added, to me, a bit of the sense of accomplishment. But, if I had shot this bear with the use of hounds (a can no longer keep up with hounds or follow them at all these days) I would still be very proud of him.

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to pick a fight. Just saying that without bait or hounds it would be very tough to take a bear here.


That is very true in many areas. In reality, being able to use bait and or hounds in my opinion allows hunters to be more selctive in which animals they harvest. When I and my hounds have treed a bear in the past, it was easy to tell its size, sometimes its sex, and certainly if there were any cubs around. To a lesser extent by a little bit this is also true of baiting bears. The do gooders who outlaw such things do not take into account that thier actions often cause the demise of smaller bears, female bears etc. simplly due to an excited hunters inability to make a quick distinction on the fly. So far, I have only killed mature male bears, and I hope sincerely to keep this trend going. Good chance of that as this bear may be my last one ever.

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