An editorial from the Late May 2014 North Woods Call
We recently saw a professionally produced video that featured the killing of a black bear that was tempted by assorted goodies placed in a woodland bait barrel.
From what we could tell, the barrel contained such things as donuts, sweet rolls and honey—all aimed at attracting the unwary animal into range, where a camouflaged hunter armed with a sighted crossbow could release an arrow into the unwary prey and bag a trophy mount for the taxidermist.
It was pretty disturbing, to say the least, and seemed quite unfair to the foraging bear.
In our estimation, hunting should involve more than cynical deception and the high-tech advantage of people over animals. It should be more about woodland skill, tracking ability and the battle of wits, rather than simply finding any means necessary to collect another impressive display for the hunter’s den.
Some hunters obviously don’t see it that way, but we are much more aligned with those who do.
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