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Regulation of bear hunt best left to biologists KJ editorial 10/18/04 Black Bear Killed in South Portland DIF&W Press Release, May 18, 2004. Scientists Oppose Baiting Ban By Misty Edgecomb, reprinted from the Bangor Daily News Bear Hunting: Keeping the Hunt Makes Sense By Ken Bailey, reprinted from Village Soup What They’re Saying About Bears A look at what supporters and opponents are saying about bears. Hunters: In Bed With the Enemy. By Ken Bailey, Village Soup In the next nine months politics, political candidates and special-interest campaigns will bombard us from all directions. We will be hammered with truths, half-truths and outright lies. As voters, we will have to sift through the rhetoric and try to make sense of what we read, what we hear and what we see on television. The upcoming bear referendum - seeking a ban on hunting bear over bait, hunting with dogs and trapping bear - is an issue that will definitely be sensationalized, probably by both sides. What the Heck Is Ethical Sportsman Behavior? By Harry Vanderweide, Reprinted from The Maine Sportsman Magazine. The following question may sound facetious, but is posed earnestly. Why is it ethical to fish for trout with bait, but not okay to hunt deer with bait? Let me push what little credibility I possess even further and ask this: If you believe it’s ethical to fish for stocked trout, do you also believe it’s okay to hunt for stocked deer? Governor John Baldacci’s Statement Delivered to the Ninth Annual SAM Sportsman’s Congress December 5, 2003 Settling the Bait Debate by Randy Spencer Reprinted from the Northwoods Sporting Journal, November 2003 Growing Number of Bears a Problem in New Jersey. Land, Family Fasten Kellys to Allagash. Bear Baiting Battle: How to Win. |