Not sure where this story belongs. Perhaps in period hunting topic?
If the Mods what to change it... it is ok by me.
Dusty, I hope you don't mind me posting it here.
A couple of friends of mine and myself did the Canadian Spring black bear hunt , back in about 1979. (great fun, but no bear)
After a lot of communication with the Canadian Authorities, we felt we had all the info we need to be able to come into Canada to do all of this legally and be able to get back into the US.
One subject that kept coming up time and time again was the issue of "NO! bear bait" being allowed.
OK.
But nobody could or would tell us what the Canadian Authorities considered "Bear Bait"!
When in Canada, I finally got a Game official to tell us what "they" considered Bear bait.
Salt cured and smoked Pork side meat, like Bacon, fat back, slab pork, and so on...
It seems the Bears could smell this cooking from miles away and would come running. (In the back country, It might make me come running too).
I don't know about the rest of you that have camped for days at a time, cooking food, fish or game, that you are getting, over an open fire... but, pork side meat in one forum or another, is almost a necessity.
Most fresh game and fish don't have enough fat in them to cook/fry their own skin.
Bears and wild pigs do.
It causes me to wonder why such a ruling came up?
My best,
Blair