0 0 2 , ▁hun ters ▁killed ▁ 2 , 4 1 5 ▁be ars ; ▁those ▁using ▁b ait ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 1 , 7 2 0 ▁of ▁the ▁k ills . ▁In ▁Maine , ▁hun ters ▁killed ▁ 3 , 9 0 3 ▁be ars ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁and ▁b ait ers ▁took ▁ 3 , 1 7 3 ▁of ▁the ▁animals . ▁ ▁In ▁literature ▁ ▁Author ▁Washington ▁Ir ving ▁described ▁va quer os ▁setting ▁a ▁bear ▁against ▁a ▁b ull , ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁book ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Captain ▁B onne ville . ▁In ▁this ▁" f avor ite , ▁though ▁bar bar ous ▁sport " ▁in ▁Mon ter ey , ▁a ▁bear ▁and ▁a ▁b ull ▁would ▁be ▁caught ▁from ▁the ▁wild ▁and ▁put ▁together ▁in ▁an ▁ar ena ▁in ▁a ▁fight ▁to ▁the ▁death . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Bear ▁hunting ▁Bear g arden ▁Bear - le ader ▁Dog - b ait ing ▁: Category : D og ▁fighting ▁bre eds ▁C ock f ight ▁Cong leton , ▁an ▁English ▁town ▁not orious ▁for ▁its ▁bear - b ait ing . ▁Hope ▁Theatre ▁Lion - b ait ing ▁List ▁of ▁dog ▁fighting ▁bre eds ▁Species ism ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁W SP A ▁on ▁bear ▁b ait ing ▁B ior es ource ▁Research ▁Centre ▁on ▁bear ▁b ait ing ▁Fact ▁She et ▁on ▁Bear ▁B ait ing ▁( The ▁Hum ane ▁Society ▁of ▁the ▁United