The Black Bear

The female black bear has a very unusual characteristic, delayed embryo transplant, which means she mates in April and May, but don't become pregnant. The reason, if throughout the summer season she do not put on enough fat to support a pregnancy and  survive the winter hibernation she will not become pregnant.

Enter the outfitter with a area allocation of 3 million acres. Erect 250 tree stands, and ever three days supply approximately 5 gallons of oat, corn mixed with fry oil, candy, popcorn, moose cuttings etc.
The black bears will take advantage of this easy food source, setting in motion a chain of events that will change the way the bears live. There territory becomes smaller, the mortality rate of cubs and adults drops significantly, the birth rate increases, the population explodes, we are now in fact raising bears. The mother trains the cubs to the bait stations.

In season the hunters arrive and because the female sends the cubs into the baits first the female are not shot, the hunters moved miles away to another bait. The female bear in fact has a good life,only pregnant two months a year, has tiny cubs, and is not hunted. The male bear drawn in from far and wide by the high population of females lives a very dangerous existence.