AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine hunting guides are telling state game officials that 2012 will go down in the record books as one of the best years ever to hunt bears in the state.
Guides are seeing record bear numbers as well as record-sized bear, including the new state record of 699 pounds this season. Many others are in the 600 and 500 pound weight classes.
State officials say Maine hasn’t had a bear hunting season like this since 1993, when the previous record 680-pound bear was taken.
This season’s record 699 pounder was claimed by Matt Knox of Waynesboro, Pa., who says he was stunned by the bear’s size.
Bears can be hunted with dogs until Oct. 26, and can be trapped until Oct. 31.
Congrats to the guys and gals that got their bear. Good luck to the rest of us still going after them.
Primitive ‘sport’ for primitive folks. I sure wish the bear would win one from time to time – might make this activity somewhat less ridiculous.
Another intelligent comment from Bumgorian.
A green, renewable resource.
Okay sports, now ya got that 500 lbs of grease, what ya gonna do with it??
Answer: Throw it away in the woods to rot like I and other “sports” have always done. Bear “hunting” (if hunting is defined as shooting a 30-day Pavlov conditioned bear over a bait pile) is only done for “brag” and dollar bills.
You are right Bill. This is slob hunting at it’s worst. Why not go all the way and shoot an African big game animal in a pasture. There’s nothing wrong with hunting per se, but don’t kill what you won’t eat.
i do not personally hunt bear but most other things are “fair game” for me.I believe the success of this years hunt will lead to another good one next year as word spreads through the hunting community.by then bill will need another computer because he ruined the keyboard.the side benefits of the hunt will help our economy in many more ways than whining libs spewing derogatory comments about law abiding,productive members of society enjoying a legal state regulated activity.The success of the hunt also points to the sound management practices of the DIF&W.
If a fairly easy wintah, equates to giving the DIF&W good reviews for sound management practices, well, imagination is a wonderful thing.
Imagine a bear hibernates. He don’t give a crap about a easy wintah. What you say about that?
Well I’d say, it is about time for you to meet up with the rest of the bears and get ya cave ready, see ya in the spring.
No Bill, you were never a sport.
You’ve never had canned bear meat? Too bad, as it is wonderful. You should do a little research on canning prior to your next hunt, it’s a shame to waste that much meat.
Make some of the best soap in the world out of it is what should be done! It great for cooking too when rendered down. Don’t waste it!!!!
Take it to the local butcher to provide meat to my family and income to his family and then to the local taxidermist for a bear skin rug. There are two sides to every story folks.
I have been talking with a bunch of my hunting buddies, and it appears there are TUNS of bear all over Maine. Far more than we imagined. I think everyone I know (but My self, because i don’t hunt bear yet) has tagged a bear
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To me it’s lazy hunting. You go sit in a stand waiting for a hungry bear to eat your bait. How is that being a sportsman?
Go to China.
I already live there.
Subject: [bdn] Re: Season called one of best for bear hunting in Maine
‘Season called one of best for bear hunting in Maine’
A survey of local Black Bears indicate that they unanimously disagree.
I just can’t help it but I HATE bear hunting, especially after baiting. I understand that it may be good for the economy. Having said that, I was raised in a hunting home and my dad NEVER shot anything that we didn’t eat. I have a real problem with this type of “sport” hunting and the bozos who come here, shoot their bear or deer or moose, strap it onto the hood of their vehicles to parade around the neighborhood back home, then throw it on the dump. It’s wasteful and, IMHO, was not the reason God put those creatures on this earth (sorry atheists).
Don’t bear hunt. And that strapping them on the hood line was getting old in the 60’s.
No need for an apology.
I like bear meat. “It doesn’t taste like chicken” are there any resturants that serve bear in Maine?
Bear meat makes what I consider the very best mince meat.