Why does Maine allow baiting and hunting bear with dogs, when other states prohibit it?
More than a third of the states that have bear hunting seasons allow baiting (37%), and nearly two-thirds (63%) allow hunters to use dogs while hunting bear. Many of the states that don’t allow bait or dogs do so because they do not have a large enough bear population to support these methods. 7. Myth – Maine is the same as other states that don’t have baiting, so we can use their methods of still hunting and stalking bears. One other myth is that Maine is the same as other states that don’t have baiting, so therefore we can use their methods of still hunting and stalking bears. This is wrong on several fronts. Maine’s dense evergreen forests are far different than the hardwood canopies of Pennsylvania, and the open alpine meadows of Montana. It’s easy to see game in those areas from a distance. In Pennsylvania, you are not allowed to use bait. But during their three day bear season, 100,000 hunters will drive and push bears towards other hunters by organizing groups of up to 25 hunter
