{"id":831693,"date":"2026-08-31T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831693\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:58:10","slug":"maine-bear-discovers-the-perfect-napping-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831693\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine bear discovers the perfect napping spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was originally published Aug. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/427242543956696\/user\/1315008725\/?__cft__[0]=AZVTjfeTjcAvHeeLZ9t3LHyeMwc5ork-otgaQ-8LlQqXxsG9kPrormDUjNKaj9bsvv6bRuvABy6l-qlrah8R8mR4ZTHB9r8kOTjeQkSRKhAk9_Vj3iIxq3mK_ax6tmIXxpiwvmsRt7dP8mny7hMhN7R6dHF2Rjy-dipcQZKE4k_2z-6HOEySAnjwVvbnTtb-_TlZUCAbnWBB-fdsYZlnXruq&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bud Utecht<\/a>\u00a0is a registered Maine guide in the North Maine Woods where he has several bait sites for hunting bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His sites are remote, requiring a 3-mile, one-way canoe paddle and a short hike. Because of\u00a0low water conditions, he had to reroute access to some sites or walk through two feet of mud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the difficulty reaching the area, his bait, which consists of expired food, is placed in a pack for portability.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bear-Napping-BW-082725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3592347\"  \/>A black bear sleeping on a pack accidentally left behind while baiting. Credit: Courtesy of Bud Utecht<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, though, he forgot the pack at the bait site, and his trail camera captured something quite amusing \u2014 a bear picking the pack up, checking it out and then finally using it as a pillow to sleep on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utecht did get his pack back, and surprisingly, it was unharmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This was originally published Aug. 28, 2025. Bud Utecht\u00a0is a registered Maine guide in the North Maine Woods&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[19122,16405,1757,79,1148,186960,201],"class_list":["post-831693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bears","tag-black-bears","tag-evergreen","tag-science","tag-surprise","tag-trail-camera-stories","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}