Maine Fish and Game Officer Practice Exam 2026 – The Complete All-in-One Guide to Success

Bait means something placed specifically to lure a bear to a hunting spot. Items like an animal carcass, fish entrails, or food scraps are used with the intent to attract bears to a particular place where they can be shot, so they’re clearly considered bait. Standard agricultural crops, while they may attract bears by providing food, aren’t placed to lure a bear to a hunting position on purpose and are treated as normal farming crops rather than bait. That’s why agricultural crops would not be considered bait in this context.