Baiting

[Machias]

I'm thinking of starting a bait over on my property in Idaho.  I've only ran a bait in the spring and early fall.  Anyone have any recommendations on late fall baiting, thinking of starting in the next few days and running it until the end of Oct.  Thanks for any advice or thoughts.

[Woodchuck]

in minnesota we used to get the old throwout pastries from a local bakery, seemed to fascinate em

[Machias]

I can get a ton of flour/bakery waste that has fruit in it for $65.  I'm thinking that should peak their interest. 

[Woodchuck]

somewhere i have an old polaroid, of a decent bear, sittin on its butt like a person chewing on a big old pastry 

[boneaddict]

Old pastries, meat locker waste, apple orchard gleenings.  All good. 

[croix]

I've heard that pastries/doughnuts mixed with plain yogurt does the trick.

You may also want to try this stuff

http://www.boarmasters.com/Bear_Bait_Bear_Attractant.html

Supposedly 4oz will sweetin a 55 gallon drum of stale pastries.

Good luck and can't wait to hear how it goes.

[BULLBLASTER]

call the franz or snyders bakery outlets and ask if they have animal feed bread, it is the expired bread. i loaded the entire bed of my truck with that for 20 bucks. and strawberry gello packets are good to sprinkle over it. and lots of syrup or fryer grease if you can get some. good luck! and let me know if you want some help with anything. do you have a bait barrel?

[WDFW-SUX]

Check out your local greasy spoon.. some of them will give you the fryer grease.  Its what I have done.

[Machias]

Thanks everyone!!

call the franz or snyders bakery outlets and ask if they have animal feed bread, it is the expired bread. i loaded the entire bed of my truck with that for 20 bucks. and strawberry gello packets are good to sprinkle over it. and lots of syrup or fryer grease if you can get some. good luck! and let me know if you want some help with anything. do you have a bait barrel?

Thanks I'll give them a call.  Nope I have to put a barrel together, unless  you have one you'd like to rent to me for a month. 

[croix]

Bear Crack

http://www.eastmans.com/cameron/2006/05/bear-crack-the-recipe/

I've seen video of this stuff in action. Messy as he11 though.

[BULLBLASTER]

http://spokane.craigslist.org/grd/1363507687.html

here is some drums. if they have ring clamps you can use those for the lids, or else weld some tabs and use bolts to hold the lids. cut a 6-8" hole in the side, weld a piece of pipe for chaining to the tree and you are set.

[backwoods_boy]

i have tried a ton of baits.
back in may june and july all 4 of the bears that i got to come in to bait was with molasses.
i got some great pics of them and it cost me about 10 bucks for apples and molasses.
cheap but very effective.
brer rabbit is the best stuff out there.
take some apples and chop them up into little pieces then pour that stuff all over the apples and spread them out and sit and wait.

[Machias]

Thanks a bunch for that link!!

[ICEMAN]

Man!....apples, meat scraps, donuts, pastry trimmings with fruit!?  When do we leave!?

[MtnMuley]