New York forbids the bait stations for two reasons.

In addition, the bait stations work by stopping termites before they enter a structure.

To meet these problems, manufacturers developed a variation of the in-ground bait stations.

Thus the bait station can be installed in any home without drilling through walls, floors or ceilings.

He added that it usually takes several days for the mice to become comfortable enough with the bait stations to start to eat.

And the bait station, she said, would conflict with a department ban, instituted a year ago, on feeding deer.

That amounted to 60 bears last year, second only to the 117 at bait stations outside Fairbanks.

The chances of accomplishing that are much greater at a bait station.

A dead bear doesn't care if it was shot at a bait station or while you were walking in the woods.

Last year, hunters took 2,386 black bears statewide, including 579 at bait stations.