Baiting ungulates clarification required

[bruce44]

Hi everyone. I read the regulations and it says it is illegal to bait for bears and I've seen a couple posts here with oats as bait. Is it illegal to bait for the PURPOSE of hunting bears, or is it illegal to bait with anything that attracts bears? If I leave apples for the PURPOSE of hunting deer but a bear comes along, am I committing an offense? I've never used bait before so I'd like to get some clarification of the law.
Please, I understand that there's many differing opinions about baiting, but I'm here just for legalities.

[Wild one]

I can tell you this I would not want to be explaining to a CO” sir I know you are not allowed to bait bears in BC but that bait pile I shot the bear over is for deer”. Put yourself in the COs boots in that conversation and remember guilty people lie to him all the time

My opinion I would not shoot a bear over a deer bait but if you want to know the best answer to your question call/email the CO in the area and see what they say

[hawk-i]

I think you can put out salt/mineral blocks legally, right?

[Ride Red]

Keep yourself out of any “grey areas” in the regs and you’ll be fine. As Wildone said, good luck trying to explain yourself out of a predicament.

[Ride Red]

I think you can put out salt/mineral blocks legally, right?

No issue......

[moosecamp]

I think you can put out salt/mineral blocks legally, right?

Read the regs people. No on salt blocks or mineral blocks for bear hunting.
Bait - means anything, including meat, cereals, cultivated crops, restrained animal or any manufactured product or material, that may attract wildlife and includes plastic or other imitation foods, but does not include a decoy as described under these regulations.

[bruce44]

I don't want to hunt bear. I just wasn't sure if baiting a bear was classified by the bait you used or the purpose in which you use it for. For the longest time I thought you couldn't use bait that could attract bears period.
That's why I asked if it's the purpose that's illegal, not the kind of bait itself.

[Muliechaser]

Read the regs people. No on salt blocks or mineral blocks for bear hunting.
Bait - means anything, including meat, cereals, cultivated crops, restrained animal or any manufactured product or material, that may attract wildlife and includes plastic or other imitation foods, but does not include a decoy as described under these regulations.

"Means anything" ... that may attract wildlife . .

Pretty cut and dry .

Mc

[bruce44]

Also, does leaving a gut pile out, then shooting a wolf that was attracted to it considered baiting it? So many gray areas.

[Muliechaser]

I don't want to hunt bear. I just wasn't sure if baiting a bear was classified by the bait you used or the purpose in which you use it for. For the longest time I thought you couldn't use bait that could attract bears period.
That's why I asked if it's the purpose that's illegal, not the kind of bait itself.

If you use bait for deer . And it happens to attract a bear m thats not illegal . "Hunting a bear over bait is" .
That being said even if you have a bear come to your bait site and have no intentions of attracting said bear hunting that bear or killing that bear . You are 100% legal .

Although the bear may be come a nusiance and come and go or stay constantly and you may have to move on . Bait away bruce44!

Mc