Maine Black Bear Trapping

Trapping bears is legal in Maine. The only two types of traps that are legal is the leg snare and a cage live trap. We’re allowed to harvest a second bear if it’s by trapping. Our bear trapping will consist of a fully-guided or semi -guided hunt. The fully-guided bear trap will be similar to the fully-guided bear hunt. You will arrive at camp on Sunday; we’ll go to the bait site and the trapper will set the snare Sunday afternoon. First thing Monday morning, we’ll go check the snare and continue checking it daily during your stay. Use your snare or ours. The fully-guided bear trapping includes food, lodging, game retrieval, transportation to and from the bait site, transportation to the tagging station and the butcher. 

The Semi-guided bear trapping will be similar to the semi-guided bear hunt. The trapper will be responsible for their own food, lodging, transportation to and from the bait site and transportation to the tagging station. The first day of your hunt, you will go with the guide to the bait site and set your snare with the guide. The guide will give you some pointers and suggestions. The trapper is responsible for everything else. 

When you walk down into the site and hear a bear growling, that gets the old heart pumping. That’s quite an adrenaline rush and quite the experience, one that you never will forget. For this hunt, you must have a bear trapping permit and a trapping license. Purchase a trapping and hunt combo for a discount.