hounding

This is an opinion piece from a life-long Mainer. I've hunted and fished in this state since I was a little boy. I'll be honest. I don't bear hunt. Never have and probably never will. It just doesn't interest me. But I do have some skin in the game and, if you're a true, tax paying, Mainer, so do you. A yes vote on question 1 this November will stop the use of bait, dogs and traps in hunting bear.

Several sightings of a black bear in Waterville have been reported recently. Though it's not a daily occurrence, black bear sightings aren't unusual and, in fact, are on the increase.