Bait station and timing. UPDATE: 09-24, Final Update

[h20hunter]

One more thing....about scent. I have been sitting, walking, clipping my nails, and just carring on in general at my site. I pee where I want and wear my everyday boots and take no scent precaution. Why.....well, I figure if it smells like me all the time then the scent will not be different. Different is alarming. Same 'ol is not. Last time I check the cam they were at the site hours after I left. If "me", meaning my scent, is just another normal smell for them they won't pay the least of attention when I'm in a blind with a bow drawn. You may think I'm crazy but I've seen this first hand. I've sat 12 feet from a 4 pt. mulie while it fed on apples. Oh, yeah, by the way, I was fully exposed with no gloves or facemask. I had camo on but just held still. My scent was just part of the everyday smell they were used to. However, can't hurt to keep the scent to a minimum. We'll know soon enough I suppose.

[DoubleJ]

I used a wheelboro to get all of the stuff in.

[oldleclercrd]

What do you mean by "cob"? I realize its corn but is it just cracked corn or is it actual dried cobs?

[bobcat]

C.O.B. =  Corn Oats Barley

[BOWHUNTER45]

CRAZY ..... Cant believe a bear has not found them yet ..

[carpsniperg2]

C.O.B. =  Corn Oats Barley

Is that what that stands for I always thought it was

C:raby
O:ld
B:it#@

 

[HornHoarder]

One more thing....about scent. I have been sitting, walking, clipping my nails, and just carring on in general at my site. I pee where I want and wear my everyday boots and take no scent precaution. Why.....well, I figure if it smells like me all the time then the scent will not be different. Different is alarming. Same 'ol is not. Last time I check the cam they were at the site hours after I left. If "me", meaning my scent, is just another normal smell for them they won't pay the least of attention when I'm in a blind with a bow drawn. You may think I'm crazy but I've seen this first hand. I've sat 12 feet from a 4 pt. mulie while it fed on apples. Oh, yeah, by the way, I was fully exposed with no gloves or facemask. I had camo on but just held still. My scent was just part of the everyday smell they were used to. However, can't hurt to keep the scent to a minimum. We'll know soon enough I suppose.

That is the same scent control program I use around my farm. I call it conditioning them to human scent. I know it sounds crazy, but it works for me. I wear my dirty work clothes, pee near feeding sites, smoke. The bucks still come in. Of course I start this pattern months before the hunting season. I believe they get used to it.

[h20hunter]

Crazy old.....thats funny. The cob I'm using is wet...so sweetened with molasses. I'm with you on the bears not finding it. I know there is bear in the area. Hell, I've heard him/her and seen it's scat. However, until they find it I'm counting my blessings. Good to hear there is somebody else that believes that scent "conditioning" works for them.

Well, the fights were decent tonight. The one dude with the huge lump on his head was nasty. I kept wanting him to get that baby cut open.

Next weekend....halibut.

See yah.

[h20hunter]

Good day all. Here is an update. I headed in today and found another battery. Now, I've found 7 for 8, not bad. I actually may be ahead of the deer. I have the same doe with her yearling. Now however, she only has one with her. Maybe she kicked one to the curb?? No new bear sign in the area. They seem to be eating the cob from all the pics and vid clips I have. From my video they were there this morning a couple hours before I went in. Also, I found an apple sitting literally on top of my trail cam. What the hell? Figured that out when I found the pics and vids of the crows picking an apple up and sitting on top of my cam. Also, for some reason my cam will only accept a 2.0 gig scan disk memory card. If anyone has an extra I'd be happy to exhange it for a couple I have of different brands. Weird.

So, onto the pics. Take a look and tell me what you think is going on with the hair on these critters.

[h20hunter]

Few more.

[bobcat]

That one deer looks like it's got hair loss disease.

[h20hunter]

Here is a bit more if you have the time. Speakers on.


Blacktail Bait Cam, 2011

[DoubleJ]

Made it through the winter though so, it should be fine going forward, correct?

[h20hunter]

Are you talking about the ragged looking little one? I'm not sure what is going on there. I think I've got pics/vids of a couple groups.

[DoubleJ]

They are yearlings with hair loss.  It is caused by a louse.  It is my understanding that almost all blacktail fawns get it and after about a year, they become immune to their effects and it does not return.  They are very vunerable their first winter though.  If the winter is harsh, the fawns could die because their hair isn't as thick as it's supposed to be.