{"id":31749,"date":"2021-12-06T02:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31749"},"modified":"2021-12-06T02:07:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:07:57","slug":"would-this-be-considered-baiting-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31749","title":{"rendered":"Would This Be Considered Baiting Bears?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3379,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wearecentralpa.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/woman-has-terrifying-encounter-with-four-bears-during-first-hunting-trip&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220813070608\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.wearecentralpa.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/woman-has-terrifying-encounter-with-four-bears-during-first-hunting-trip\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 12:37:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:33:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:33:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3380,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/HuntTrap\\\/Law\\\/Pages\\\/SeasonsandBagLimits.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/Redirect?originalPath=\\\/HuntTrap\\\/Law\\\/Pages\\\/SeasonsandBagLimits.aspx&amp;originalQuery=&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3381,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/Wildlife\\\/HabitatManagement\\\/WildlifeManagementUnits\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/Redirect?originalPath=\\\/Wildlife\\\/HabitatManagement\\\/WildlifeManagementUnits\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&amp;originalQuery=&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3382,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/Wildlife\\\/WildlifeSpecies\\\/BlackBear\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pgc.pa.gov\\\/Redirect?originalPath=\\\/Wildlife\\\/WildlifeSpecies\\\/BlackBear\\\/Pages\\\/default.aspx&amp;originalQuery=&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Imagine this. You just shot your first deer. Not only is it your first buck but it is your very first time deer hunting. Then out of nowhere a bear appears and starts munching on your deer. That one bear then becomes four bears as three more arrive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sounds like a tall tale, doesn&#8217;t it. Except that it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly what happened to Jordan Zabinski on her first time deer hunting in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania over Thanksgiving weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll let <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearecentralpa.com\/news\/local-news\/woman-has-terrifying-encounter-with-four-bears-during-first-hunting-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her <\/a><\/strong>take over the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI was so terrified of a bear, and my husband was like, \u2018I\u2019ve never seen a bear except for this one time,\u2019 he said, \u2018don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not gonna see one,\u2019\u201d Jordan Zabinkski said&#8230;<\/p><p>\u201cI hear like, crunching. And I\u2019m like \u2018there\u2019s a deer, there\u2019s a deer!\u201d she said. But it wasn\u2019t another deer, Her biggest fear had come true. She was staring at four black bears. \u201cAnd then right behind it comes three, and I\u2019m like \u2018okay, now there are four bears.\u2019\u201d<\/p><p>After multiple unanswered texts and calls to her husband, who was helping her brother load a deer he had killed, she started to worry.<\/p><p>\u201cAt first I was really quiet, but then I really started to freak out,\u201d Zabinski said. After finally getting a hold of her husband, she had to wait about 30 more minutes, so she tried to keep as quiet as possible. \u201cIt\u2019s been a while now and no one\u2019s coming. What if they don\u2019t to get me in time?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually Jordan&#8217;s husband and brother arrived. Yelling at the bears was enough to get them to leave. Fortunately, for Jordan the only damage that the bears did was to the tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From what I understand, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgc.pa.gov\/HuntTrap\/Law\/Pages\/SeasonsandBagLimits.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania does allow bear hunting<\/a><\/strong> but you are required to have a bear tag. However, from what I can tell, Jordan was in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgc.pa.gov\/Wildlife\/HabitatManagement\/WildlifeManagementUnits\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wildlife Management Unit 2E<\/a><\/strong> where the season was closed when she got her deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgc.pa.gov\/Wildlife\/WildlifeSpecies\/BlackBear\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pennsylvania Game Commission<\/a><\/strong>, it is unlawful to put food or minerals out to attract bears. That, of course, leads to the question &#8211; is the deer that you just killed considered baiting if it attracts four bears? The answer should be an emphatic NO but one never knows.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine this. You just shot your first deer. 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