[cpst12]

I agree, what sport is there in putting out food for a bear and waiting for it to come so you can shoot it?...thats NOT hunting, thats target practice. I can just picture so fat slobs chugging the beers from the front seat of the pickup truck in a parking lot waiting for bears to come get the bait so they can shoot them...some sport that is. Want to shoot a bear? track it down and shoot it.

[RonF]

Actually, it's my understanding that bear-baiting hunters sit up in tree stands so that if they wound instead of killing the bear, they've got a chance to get a second shot off before the bear can get to them. Often there's a partner in another tree who can also finish off a wounded bear. And this is done out in the woods; no one's shooting from a parking lot. I fully agree with your "target practice" comment.