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| Machias:
I've been so lucky the last couple of weeks. I've won a bear bait raffle at the North Idaho Houndsmen Association Banquet. A 55 gallon barrel of north Idaho mix (candy, cookies, nuts), Carmel pieces, and two pails of frosting. Then at the bighorn show, my wife put my name into a drawing for a bear bait starter kit at the Big Boar Bait booth and my name got drawn for that. 40lb bag of pellets, couple of pails of donut icing, couple of small pails of peanut butter and a box of chocolate pretzels! Yehaw! :) |
| jrebel:
--- Quote from: Machias on March 25, 2026, 07:22:37 AM ---I've been so lucky the last couple of weeks. I've won a bear bait raffle at the North Idaho Houndsmen Association Banquet. A 55 gallon barrel of north Idaho mix (candy, cookies, nuts), Carmel pieces, and two pails of frosting. Then at the bighorn show, my wife put my name into a drawing for a bear bait starter kit at the Big Boar Bait booth and my name got drawn for that. 40lb bag of pellets, couple of pails of donut icing, couple of small pails of peanut butter and a box of chocolate pretzels! Yehaw! :) --- End quote --- You better go buy a lottery ticket!! That’s awesome. |
| TeacherMan:
--- Quote from: Machias on March 25, 2026, 07:22:37 AM ---I've been so lucky the last couple of weeks. I've won a bear bait raffle at the North Idaho Houndsmen Association Banquet. A 55 gallon barrel of north Idaho mix (candy, cookies, nuts), Carmel pieces, and two pails of frosting. Then at the bighorn show, my wife put my name into a drawing for a bear bait starter kit at the Big Boar Bait booth and my name got drawn for that. 40lb bag of pellets, couple of pails of donut icing, couple of small pails of peanut butter and a box of chocolate pretzels! Yehaw! :) --- End quote --- That is crazy! I'll be placing my barrel out on the opener in 7 or 9. |
| luvmystang67:
I have a baby coming May 1, which feels like its really going to cramp this season which I look forward to so much. I have had some bait barrel epiphanies recently. The first ones I built I was very careful to get nicely opening tops, food grade barrels, thought about putting chains or bars on it. I'm sure that stuff works great. Now days I just get old sealed barrels for a lot cheaper, cut about a 1'x2' "X" across the top 1/3, and pound it in with a hammer. It creates nice rounded sides. Then I light one heck of a fire in there with some old gasoline and burn out all the bad stuff and start using. I just fill from the access hole. My biggest issue is that baby bears crawl into it, so maybe I need to work a bit on my "x" size. I think I even used a tape measure on my first one, now I just get the angle grinder out and start cutting. For bait, I've had pretty good luck with sweet cob and costco syrup. Both are cheap, readily available, and easy to move. When I've purchased "bear bait" in the past, it hasn't been any more productive than my sweet cob and syrup, with the exception of used cooking oil, which is hard to find during bear season in north idaho! Please post pics, us with 3rd children on the way are living vicariously through you. |
| GeoSwan:
Sharpening my knives for Oregon Spring bear. Anyone else? I drew non-resident SW with no preference points and can't stop thinking about it. I probably have 50 hours of E-scouting down and my brother who live down there currently has boots on the ground. I'm feeling good. April 15th is when it starts for me. ODFW thinks it will happen earlier this year due to the fact that it was 80+ degrees in late winter. I'm hoping they're not rubbed out already but I can't control the weather. Hopefully I'll have a picture to post. |
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