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Machias
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So I packed in another load of bait this morning and when I get to the site, my bait barrel is GONE!! Yikes! I had the barrel chained and padlocked to the tree. Then I look over and my trail camera is gone! Yikes!!!!!! I look about 30 yards down the hill and there is my barrel. The chain I used had a swivel in the middle and they managed to straighten out the J hook. Luckily one half was plenty to go around the tree so it is padlocked again and should remain there. So I look for my camera and it is at the bottom of the tree it was attached to. I changed out the SD card, checked for damage, some slobber marks but no damage thankfully. Re-baited and headed to the truck. I was hoping they didn't mess with the camera first before the barrel. Got to the truck and fired up the laptop and had 668 photos!!! Wohoo. The time is wrong on the camera, it's still on East Coast time, so take 3 hours off.
Favorite photos, three color phase bears in one frame. Nothing big, but very pretty bears!
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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Good Luck. Darn bear look like crab coming to a pot. Hair looks really good right now
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awesome color phase
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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Pretty bears Machias. What's the bait? Did you do any burns to attract?
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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The bait is, 30 pounds of caramel popcorn, 30 pounds of cookies, trail mix combo, 4 gallons of blue frosting, 2 gallons of maple syrup, 20 pounds of jelly candy slices, 4 pounds of raspberry pie filling. I stopped on my way through Wisconsin and bought 600 pounds of bulk bear bait from this guy.
http://bobsbearbait.com/
I got a 55 gallon barrel of the dry bear bait. It's smells great! Mine has very little chocolate in it. I didn't want much if any as it can be harmful to the bears.
http://bobsbearbait.com/shop/bear-scents/bobs-special-dry-bait-mix/
These popcorn bags are great!
http://bobsbearbait.com/shop/bear-scents/popcorn-bags/
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 07:36:06 PM »
Sounds like I'd eat half of it if I could find it.
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 07:40:32 PM »
Loving the color phase pics, good luck!
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 08:17:45 PM »
Quote from: saylean on May 16, 2015, 07:36:06 PM
Sounds like I'd eat half of it if I could find it.
if even looked at half I'd be even heavier than those bears
you had me worried at the everything was missing part. Was beginning to wonder if this person showed up at the site
Here's to you
and those are some nice looking bears you have coming in.
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 08:19:32 PM »
Can you give me coordinates? I have a pack of hounds that are in looking in top form!
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 08:25:47 PM »
Those bear were just tired of having to climb on top of the barrel to get their picture taken. They were probably just trying to focus it lower. Sucks when you don't have thumbs
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After my son and I, hopefully, get 2 I'll send you the coordinates.
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I know which blonde bear I would be looking for!
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 09:10:30 PM »
Nice pictures Machias. Have you ever tried dumping some Sambuca on the trees around your bait? I knew an old timer back east that would use that at all of his bear baits and traps.
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Machias is going to get a fine bear!!
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Re: Idaho Bear Hunting
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May 16, 2015, 10:00:16 PM »
thats frickin awesome....raising a glass of homemade goodness to your efforts so far...after you post the victory pics i"ll really be toasting you !
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