Summary
Maine's 2006 bear hunt is in full swing. During the next few weeks, approximately 10,000 licensed bear hunters will be in their tree stands. Most of these hunters will be in these elevated stands by mid-afternoon and stay until legal shooting time ends at dusk.
Contrary to the misguided public perception that hunting bears over bait sites is a slam dunk for the hunter, not every hunter will bring home a bear. In fact, depending upon weather, winds and natural forage conditions, only about 30 percent of bear hunters in Maine will tag a bruin. This contrasts sharply with Maine's moose hunt in which 85 percent of hunters fill their tags.See the full content of this document
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Bear Facts
This means that more than half of these hunters will go home empty-handed, but not without some wonderful memories. With or without bear activity, a late September afternoon spent in the solitude of...
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