Bear bait?

[Superhunter333]

What do you guys that hunt in idaho for bear use for bear bait?

[seth30]

My uncle uses leftover meat, and pastries from convience stores.  He used to use shetland ponies until they made that illegal.

[JimmyHoffa]

I've heard that bread and pastries are really good.  Bears supposedly really like the smell and love high carb foods.

[alwinearcher]

Bread, pastries, pies, popcorn, dogfood, oats, fryer grease, molasses and maple syrup.

[rasbo]

slow libs

[PolarBear]

slow libs

[Miles]

A trapper/bear hunter from back east used to swear by black licorice, and/or a bottle of sambuca.  I've watched him dump the bottle of sambuca down the side of a tree, or soak some fabric and hang it from a branch.  He never had any shortage of bears showing up...

Of course you will need some twinkies, donuts, and other snacks to keep them there eating, but the smell of black licorice (sambuca) will bring them in.

[h20hunter]

Thats all we need. Some guy getting a trail cam photo of me knawing on a sambuca soaked chunk of tree bark. I think last season a fella outside of WA posted some photos of his bait "pole". If I remember he basically had a pcv pipe slicked with peanut butter, honey, and bacon grease.

[runamuk]

Around here there is a lot of cheap dog food sold during bear season....no its not legal here but the feed stores sure sell a lot more of the cheap dog food during bear season  its funny how many people arent real shy about what they are using it for.."so you have dogs" "no using it for bear bait" baiting is illegal....the reply I get is only if you get caught  lots of fighting cocks as well its funny those guys try and say they are buying chicken feed but speak such poor english they give away that they are feeding roosters for the rings ...oh well...

[longrange7mm]

oats, corn, sugar, in the barrel you want bait that they cant run off with. this keeps them at the barrel longer too. coffee syrups and donut glazing on stick and rocks around the barrel

MEAT =  "I don't enjoy smelling rotten meat for hours while i am hunting, and grizzlies are more likely to be on a meat sight"

[D-Rock425]

Sweets bears love it

[jackmaster]

ive done alot of baiting back when it was legal, one thing bears loved more than anything was egg bagels, with a splash of anise oil

[Machias]

Beaver Meat is a great way to start a bait or charge one up!

[Miles]

ive done alot of baiting back when it was legal, one thing bears loved more than anything was egg bagels, with a splash of anise oil

Anise oil has the same taste as black licorice...

[CAMPMEAT]

A trapper/bear hunter from back east used to swear by black licorice, and/or a bottle of sambuca.  I've watched him dump the bottle of sambuca down the side of a tree, or soak some fabric and hang it from a branch.  He never had any shortage of bears showing up...

Of course you will need some twinkies, donuts, and other snacks to keep them there eating, but the smell of black licorice (sambuca) will bring them in.

Please don't waste Sambuca, it's too  good. Use Uzo instead.