philson208
FNG
- Joined
- May 16, 2021
- Messages
- 75
I set my first bait back in mid April, and had my first and only bear show up one month later. I was beyond excited to see all my hard work paying off. I went in the first evening I could sit, and the bear began making his way to bait. I watched and waited for him to appear patiently. I couldn't see him but could hear him snapping sticks as he approached. He was about 50 yards out and I heard a thwack and the bear yelped. Soon after, I heard his last dying moan. The bear had just been harvested directly above my bait site by a hunter that found the site back in mid April. anyone who has baited knows how much time and money and effort goes into a bait site, and I felt robbed of all that hard work. I don't think any laws were actually broken as I have not contacted Idaho fish and game to inquire who is legally allowed to hunt a permitted bait site. I believe anyone can hunt any bait site, but if you wish to actually place bait you must purchase a permit..?? I hunt public land only and diy, so I am no stranger to losing animals to better hunters and or circumstances surrounding public land and fair chase. This one just hurt a little bit more because of all the hard work and money invested in dragging that bear into that specific area only to watch him get harvested 50 yards form my bait.