Skookumchuck illegal baiters

[Mudman]

There is bear there.  Not a hot spot.  Weird.  Seems to me if I was watching a cut an some guy was walking right through the middle of it I would see them and leave shaking my head.   They probably knew nothing of the apples.  If they did then they are obviously uneducated hunters to say the least and wont get busted for poaching as a bear isn't going to feed on apples in daylight in the middle of cut which has probably been sprayed 2 years ago with no berries.  But who knows?  Now if its an old grown-up cut full of berry it could have bear in it.  Oh and aren't ya supposed to have a vail key to be up there?  Do you?  Isnt that likely weyco land?

[duckmen1]

The clearcut is growing up a bit. The hunters snuck up to the clearcut from the backside of the hill to the landing without disturbing it. To glass it over. I have never baited deer or elk by putting apples in the very top of a slashpile have you. And yes i know the unit sucks for bears but i gave it a shot since my areas further south east from there dont open till mid august. The apples were placed to deep under the slashlogs for a deer or elk to climb all the way to the top and dig them out. Which is in a way bear hunters would place a bait to make them work to get it out. May not be your favorite bait if baiting was legal but bait is bait.

[Jellymon]

Yes we have vail keys, no this wasn't in vail.

[Mudman]

I see.

[Kola16]

Either way, if all they're putting out is apples, and in a clearcut, they're not likely to kill any bears over it. I'd be more concerned about them looking at you through their riflescopes.   .   

Bears will eat anything, and ESPECIALLY apples. I tried baiting deer once with solely apples, and I had about every bear in the county on that apple pile. Also, Bear Grylls was in a tent with just one apple, and a bear stormed into his tent just for that one apple.

But you still can't say that this baiting is for bears. Putting apples in the brush pile just makes it so there is always a scent. You would pretty much have to get proof of the guys sitting and watching the bait pile with there rifles.

[bobcat]

Yes of course bears will eat apples. I've got tons of pictures of bears eating apples that I put out for deer. I was just saying that it's not likely they would kill a bear, with it being in a clearcut I'd think if a bear did find the apples, it would be at night.

[Kola16]

Yes of course bears will eat apples. I've got tons of pictures of bears eating apples that I put out for deer. I was just saying that it's not likely they would kill a bear, with it being in a clearcut I'd think if a bear did find the apples, it would be at night.

Oh, got ya. When I put the apples out, all my pics were night pics