The people of Maine are being told by the governor’s appointed director of the state’s wildlife agency and biologists who answer to their boss, that feeding wild black bears 7 million pounds of junk food every year, chasing them through the woods with GPS-collared hound dogs and then shooting these terrified bears out of a […]
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J. Arsenault: The truth will prevail
In a story printed by the Sun Journal Oct. 1, Katie Hansberry, Maine state director of the Humane Society of the United States, complained that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was using unethical publicity regarding Question 1, the bear referendum, with advertising including the use of department employees. I don’t see a […]
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R. and D. Johnson: We understand what we vote for
We read with interest (Sun Journal, Oct. 1) about an 11-year-old boy shooting a 502-pound black bear. We must say, the story made up our minds on the bear hunting issue. Let’s see … the dogs picked up the bear’s scent and chased a majestic animal (that had survived in the wild for how long?) […]
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G. Savard: Isn’t a turkey shoot
The pending closure of the Verso Mill in Bucksport is devastating news for that area’s economy, given the loss of some 550 jobs. Yet on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Mainers will have a chance to eliminate some 900 jobs and an industry which contributes roughly $60 million to Maine’s economy by voting “Yes” on Question 1, […]
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B. Wilner: Baiting bears creates problem bears
I have been hiking and hunting in Maine for 50 years. I have put venison in the freezer and have my “Big Buck” patch. Yet I can count on my fingers the number of bears I have seen. There is nothing sporting about training bears to come to a bait site. The buckets look like […]
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A. Hall: Beware of the real agenda
Pete McKeown nailed it with his letter (Sept. 25) on the dirty little secret underlying the anti-hunting referendum question on this year’s ballot. The Humane Society of the United States, PETA and their wealthy eco-elite cronies have as their stated goal the abolition of hunting — period. If Question 1 becomes law, my guess is […]
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G. Rein: No excuse for cruelty
Maine is the last state in the country to still allow the unnecessarily cruel practices of trapping, hounding and baiting bears. Bear hunting in Maine is big business and never known for its morality. But there is no excuse for cruelty. As for fear of public safety, in 40 years of living in the Maine […]
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G. Rein: No excuse for cruelty
Maine is the last state in the country to still allow the unnecessarily cruel practices of trapping, hounding and baiting bears. Bear hunting in Maine is big business and never known for its morality. But there is no excuse for cruelty. As for fear of public safety, in 40 years of living in the Maine […]
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P. Dawn: Bring back fair bear hunting
Fair bear hunting should not be just an expression. Back in the day, people actually hunted for bears. You know — “hunted,” as in “looked for.” But leaving a pile of food in the woods and waiting until bears come to eat it then shooting them — that’s not hunting, that’s bear execution. Have hunters […]
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K. Hansberry: Restore fair chase bear hunting
In response to a Sun Journal story, “Wilton signs resolution against state referendum question on bear hunting” (Sept. 17), Question 1 is about ending bear baiting, hounding and trapping — and nothing else. Those practices are cruel and unsporting. Maine is the only state to allow all three extreme methods. Once Mainers vote to end […]