Bear confiscated in western Massachusetts and criminal charges filed for hunting over bait
(WWLP) – Criminal charges have been filed after a Massachusetts Environmental Police Officer observed two adults and a youth drag a bear out of the woods in western Massachusetts. According t…
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"According to the Massachusetts Environmental Police, on September 18 the officer on patrol saw two adults and a youth dragging a 200-pound bear out of the woods within the vicinity of a baited hunting stand. After further investigation, the bear had been shot over bait, to include two 50-gallon barrels with dry corn, molasses, donuts, bagels, and muffins. It is illegal to bait bear in Massachusetts."