Looking Back: The Two-Year Fight to Protect Bear Hunting in Maine

By Ammoland

Columbus, OH –-(Ammoland.com)-In a stinging rebuke, Maine voters rejected ballot Question 1 – a ban on bear hunting with dogs, bait and trapping – for the second time in 10 years by a vote of 53.6 to 46.3 percent.

The measure, pushed by the nation’s largest anti-hunting organization, the Humane Society of United States (HSUS), would have effectively banned nearly all bear hunting Maine.

“This is a great victory for sportsmen. It shows that scientific wildlife management can withstand a direct attack from well-funded anti-hunting movement,” said Evan Heusinkveld, the …read more

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