By Zoe Sottile, CNN

You attract more bees with honey — andmore bears with doughnuts, apparently.

A New York hunter has been ticketed after he allegedly used doughnuts in an attempt to lure bears, according to a new release fromNew York’s Department of Environmental Conservation.

Police at the department hiked many miles for multiple days before they found several areas which seemed to be baited with doughnuts, the release explained.Hunting black bears is legalin select zones and seasons in New York, but hunters are not permitted to use any kind of bait to attract the bears.

Doughnuts had been placed in and around trees, including inside tree stumps, police alleged.

On October 2, officers discovered a man using a bow to hunt for bears in the doughnut-studded area. He also had a large package of doughnuts in his backpack, police say.

At first, the hunter…