Bear hunters...Whats your preference?
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Bear hunters...Whats your preference?
I'm starting to plan my first black bear hunt and I'm having a hard time deciding on which method to use, spot-and-stalk or bait? Which method do you use and why?
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With bait hunting you can pick and choose the bear you want to harvest as multible bears will visit a bait. While stalk hunting you usually don't have time or a clear enough view to decide weather it is the bear you want to take home with you. Out west (usa) stalk hunting may work but for most hunting areas you cant see the "forest for the trees" and bait hunting is the only way to hunt. 
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Bear Hunting is a passion of mine, will never give it up.
Spot and stalk in the dense northern ontario forests is "not" something easily achieved. The physical demands of trodding through thick bush and not being able to see exactly what size or if it has cubs tagging along or maybe not the one you really want it is very hard to tell other than drawing them out with baiting. If you wish to make it, (baiting) more challenging, then only clear one lane , set up at your maximum shot distance, and try to get them to pass your lane only for the shot. but always, always get the shot in the boiler room or don't shoot. Baiting in this manner is very challenging, and patience is a must.

Spot and stalk in the dense northern ontario forests is "not" something easily achieved. The physical demands of trodding through thick bush and not being able to see exactly what size or if it has cubs tagging along or maybe not the one you really want it is very hard to tell other than drawing them out with baiting. If you wish to make it, (baiting) more challenging, then only clear one lane , set up at your maximum shot distance, and try to get them to pass your lane only for the shot. but always, always get the shot in the boiler room or don't shoot. Baiting in this manner is very challenging, and patience is a must.

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I also hunt over bait. In a wheelchair so can't get through heavy brush. Last year I shot 285# sow and she only made it ten yards into brush but I could "NOT" spot her from 10 yards away.... When baiting goes away, bear will thrive and become problems to many innocent people. The anti's just don't have the depth of understanding to realize it (yet).
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