Do you use bait on your trail cam ? what type

[Bob]

Ive got into trail cams this summer and I'm having a hard time getting many deer or elk to come into my bait. Ive been using oats,grain,alfalfa. Ive got a ton of bear pics, so what are you guys using ?

[bowhuntin]

I have used salt licks that you can buy from bi-mart and also have used apples. Usually only use bait if I want them to stop in front of the camera though, otherwise I just angle the camera so it is looking down the trail.

[Antlershed]

Cabelas sells something called Peanut Bucker. It is peanut butter and apples mixed together. The deer and elk both seem to like it.

[quacker whacker]

apples

[WAPITIHUNTER]

apples

[hunterbuilder]

I used a green salt/mineral block from Big R. It worked really well with the elk then the cattle moved in on it.  Had a few muley does stop by too.

[WAPITIHUNTER]

apples

I also use the Purina Deer Block. They work really well. I get them at the feed store. Last time I bought three of them and I think it came to $40. They are compressed corn etc.

[NWWABOWHNTR]

I've tried several different blocks,  but COB seems to be the best other than apples.  THe COB I use is mixed with molasses.  (COB = corn, oats and barley?) Get it at the local Cenex/skagit farmers supply. 

[Birdguy]

I have talked to a few outfitters that have just awesome pictures and they all say APPLES, APPLES, APPLES then perhaps the freshest greenest alfalfa, and finally this late in the year the corn you can buy at Walmart. It worked on the eastside for the does anyhow. The only buck we had come in did not seem too interested. We will try again next year as we are working on making the habitat a bit better before trying again.

[Antlershed]

I've tried several different blocks,  but COB seems to be the best other than apples.  THe COB I use is mixed with molasses.  (COB = corn, oats and barley?) Get it at the local Cenex/skagit farmers supply. 

I put some Cob out down here and had a buck walk right past it a few different times and never ate any.

[bow4elk]

I know some that swear by COB, but my experience is ZILCH.  I have photos of a sow and three cubs walking through it, but none eating it.  And it was a fresh bag with a good sweet smell.

I set up under a couple apple trees so I have natural bait, or i pack in a dozen or so apples to more remote spots just to stop them.  I have lots of pics of deer walking right past the camera and you can see the untouched apples under them, so I think it's just hit and miss depending on what they are craving or when they've eaten.

[Ray]

Crush the apples and rub the scent around on tree stumps. Peel the apples and lay the peels out. Release the scent ...  At least if you want to bait the animals into your camera...

Oh and make sure you set it up where animals actually travel through.

[Slider]

Hunterbuilder is right!!! I have conducted tests with 6 trail cams in two different Units on the East side. Including the mineral/molasses blocks with corn and the Deer and Elk will get in line for the green mineral block from Big R. It has selenium in it. And its like $8.00 for a 50 lb block. I use a wedge and a Hammer and break them in half. One block for 2 Trail Cams and they will fit in a backpack when broke in half.   

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[coonhound]

For the early season up through September I use 50 lbs bags of Salt with Trace Minerals, you can pick it up at most feed stores for about $8.00.  I stir it into the top 5" or so of soil and it creates a great mineral lick.  After September the action slows quite a bit, it doesn't stop just slows that's when I start adding apples.  The problem with apples is the effort you have to put into it, they can eat a box of apples in a night or two.

Coon

[blindpig]

I have only used apples in an area of apple trees.  Other than that I have just found well established game trails.  Looks like Im just a rookie compared to you fella's.