Roosevelt elk "bait" , or attractant.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I am not the type of hunter that can sit in one spot for hours, so I am not really interested in packing a bunch of apples or anything into my hunting area.
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I just spent a "few pennies" on some game cameras, so I want some pictures before season.
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I'm hunting on the coast, so really don't think salt is my best choice to get them to pick the trail past my camera.
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I know that I have active trails, but in this particular drainage they are a huge spiderweb through the ferns and vine maple.
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I don't want to actually disturb the area searching for a spot in the bottom, yet don't want to put my cameras on the upper funnel points because I am not the only hunter that frequents the area.
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In the past when I set up cameras, I got almost as many pictures of hunters than I did of animals.
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Moving away from high traffic areas to avoid other hunters.
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I have a general idea of where I want to place my cameras but want to tip the odds in my favor of getting pictures.
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Most reviews I read are mixed results, and rarely Roosevelt.
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Salt seems to be #1
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I just don't see it working when they are within walking distance of the beach.
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Although I have heard that selenium might help with hoof rot, I don't hear about any way to introduce it without salt.
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I even read a study about plants higher in selenium not being eaten by elk in a study, that they actually avoided those plants because of the high content.
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Much like iodine in salt for humans.
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It's a necessary vitamin, but we don't like it.
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I don't have any confidence in elk urine, but seems like my best option.
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Anybody have any actual experience with setting up a camera and getting consistent results that are not a long main trails?
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[jackelope]

Salt won’t work. Even out here more inland it doesn’t work. I’ve used salt in e-wa and gotten thousands of pics. Tried it here and almost got zero pics. Apples work but they go through them fast. They like pumpkins but no pumpkins this time of year.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Salt won’t work. Even out here more inland it doesn’t work. I’ve used salt in e-wa and gotten thousands of pics. Tried it here and almost got zero pics. Apples work but they go through them fast. They like pumpkins but no pumpkins this time of year.

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How about "pumpkin spice" scent?
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[NOCK NOCK]

Salt won’t work. Even out here more inland it doesn’t work. I’ve used salt in e-wa and gotten thousands of pics. Tried it here and almost got zero pics. Apples work but they go through them fast. They like pumpkins but no pumpkins this time of year.

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How about "pumpkin spice" scent?
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Canned pumpkin, smear it on trees.  Gonna bring in the bears too.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Actually have seen pumpkin in the woods, weirdest thing I ever saw.
Must have been 100 of them in one clearcut.
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No sign that even the crows had touched them.
Guess I should have gone back 
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Actually attempting to avoid a "bait" situation because I will shoot a bear, if it gives me the chance.
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I know that if I spread any scent, bait, attractant (etc ) I am legally culpable.
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However...
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Pumpkins are out.
Again, not really going to place bait, just wondering about attracting them to my camera so I can see who's hanging with the herd.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Canned pumpkin, smear it on trees.  Gonna bring in the bears too.

If I was going to smear anything on the trees it would be peanut butter.
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But, yeah the bear would get that also...
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And I would have 5000 chipmunk pictures.

[253shotgunner]

Canned pumpkin...would that attract deer too?

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Seriously thinking about cow in heat scent.
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Beginning about mid August?
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Really throw those 2 year old bulls into a frenzy by the time muzzleloader season comes..
 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Canned pumpkin...would that attract deer too?

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Probably, but I think the canned apple with cinnamon would bring them in like crazy.
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But, you would not be able to shoot a bear.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I really only see bear while deer and elk hunting.
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I don't want to actually place any substance.
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Scent, is one thing.
Salt, or minerals is another.
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Actually placing a food product?
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That's different.

[buckfvr]

Put some cams on water holes, find the ones they use regularly and forget about scent or other attractants.  Hunt the wind and manage your scent.   

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Not to  my own post.
But until the mid 80's, not only was there an otc spring bear in certain units, but bait was legal.
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Then they redefined what bait was legal before they made it ALL illegal.
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I don't want that to happen for deer and elk, even though I won't do it myself.
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I just get bored not exploring...

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Put some cams on water holes, find the ones they use regularly and forget about scent or other attractants.  Hunt the wind and manage your scent.   

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Coastal Washington, there is water everywhere .
I cross the same creek 15+ times following the trail.
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Water doesn't mean nothing.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Except they use them as travel corridors.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

My #1 spot, is actually a decommissioned road that the bridge over the creek was removed.
The road continues on the other side, and eventually comes out on huge area of private timberland that is walk in only, however about a 6 mile ride for you guys on bikes.
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