Be aware of your hunting area

[ydeardorff]

Today i wen on walkabout, exploring new areas within tthe same place Ive been working over for weeks.

Half way through a gorgeous moss laidened thinned forest, I found a bacon grease jug, torn open and obviously chewed up by an animal.

Now, this frankly made me madder than hell. Ive busted my rump, studying my prey, their habits, food sources, times the food sources are in season, locations, geography everything to know as much as I can.

And then to find this....

What if i had dropped a bear in that area and a game warden walked up after hearing the shot?

I try to be a good hunter, and even police up the trash as I find it when out stalking around. This kind of behavior really irks me.

Anyway, be careful people god know what others have laid out in your area!

[JohnVH]

Ill bite,
 so is this a warning to not step into an open bacon grease jug? What should we be afraid of?

[h20hunter]

"what should we be afraid of"


I'll tell.......breakfast meats. I love the bacon. I love the sausage. I love them both at the same time with fried eggs, taters, good toast, and coffee. Going to die with clogged arteries and a smile.

I think he is referring to baiting and walking into an area and unknowingly shooting a bear in the vicinity of an illegal bait site. Bacon grease would obviously not be for deer.

[halflife65]

"what should we be afraid of"


I'll tell.......breakfast meats. I love the bacon. I love the sausage. I love them both at the same time with fried eggs, taters, good toast, and coffee. Going to die with clogged arteries and a smile.

I think he is referring to baiting and walking into an area and unknowingly shooting a bear in the vicinity of an illegal bait site. Bacon grease would obvious not be for deer.

What!?!  I'm obviously going to need to rethink my strategy...

[MuleySniper]

"what should we be afraid of"


I'll tell.......breakfast meats. I love the bacon. I love the sausage. I love them both at the same time with fried eggs, taters, good toast, and coffee. Going to die with clogged arteries and a smile.

I think he is referring to baiting and walking into an area and unknowingly shooting a bear in the vicinity of an illegal bait site. Bacon grease would obvious not be for deer.

 

[runamuk]

You obviously never hunted the capitol forest  there are illegal baits all over the place, then there are the baits(bear) used for trail cams (and the people who think that is ok)

[ydeardorff]

Sorry if I ranted a bit.

Its just frustrating when I come across this kind of thing.
Especially when Im trying to be good per-say.

[h20hunter]

It won't be the last time either. I say rant away my friend.

[mossy8352]

Sorry if I ranted a bit.

Its just frustrating when I come across this kind of thing.
Especially when Im trying to be good per-say.

You bring up a good point and people should be concerned about things that could cause them some hassle!

[sirmissalot]

Report it. Give the coordinates to your game warden.

I found a feed barrel while musshroom picking up in hancock a couple weeks ago. Looked pretty professional though and not at all active so I assumed it was put there by the timber company and never got any hits it was a black plastic drum tied to a tree with holes cut in it but no teeth or claw marks.

[rgalanti21]

Today i wen on walkabout, exploring new areas within tthe same place Ive been working over for weeks.

Half way through a gorgeous moss laidened thinned forest, I found a bacon grease jug, torn open and obviously chewed up by an animal.

Now, this frankly made me madder than hell. Ive busted my rump, studying my prey, their habits, food sources, times the food sources are in season, locations, geography everything to know as much as I can.

And then to find this....

What if i had dropped a bear in that area and a game warden walked up after hearing the shot?

I try to be a good hunter, and even police up the trash as I find it when out stalking around. This kind of behavior really irks me.

Anyway, be careful people god know what others have laid out in your area!

This type of behavior is very disappointing and I understand your frustration. You would have been doubted by Johnny law...

[ydeardorff]

Report it. Give the coordinates to your game warden.

I think I may.

But I still want to keep hunting the area. Ill go back out and get the GPS coordinates of the jug, and give them to WDFW , but the damage may already be done.

Ill be heading out tomorrow morning again. Perhaps this time Ill have some pics or videos to share. I pack my camera, but seem to reflect on I should have took a picture of that "AFTER" Im back in my car. LOL

[marmotsafari]

Think I would report it just for the record of who I talked to etc- say they don't do anything, but later you end up questioned on it by a warden in the area you can always refer to your effort to take the high road and put some distance between yourself and the "other guy"

I've been in the wrong place wrong time with the law as a teen. . and barely sqeeked outta a bad situation (funny now, not then!)

[Machias]

Report it. Give the coordinates to your game warden.

I think I may.

But I still want to keep hunting the area. Ill go back out and get the GPS coordinates of the jug, and give them to WDFW , but the damage may already be done.

Ill be heading out tomorrow morning again. Perhaps this time Ill have some pics or videos to share. I pack my camera, but seem to reflect on I should have took a picture of that "AFTER" Im back in my car. LOL

Here's the problem, you are now aware of the bait site, you cannot hunt that area.  I spoke with this very thing last fall.  A friend of mine was baiting for deer and had an absolute monster of a bear show up.  I asked how far away I could hunt without getting in a jam or how long after all the bait was removed I could hunt it.  The answer was there is no set distance and there is no set time.  If it can be determined the bear you killed was going to that bait site, even to sniff what USED to be there, you can be charged with illegally taking a bear over bait.  I ended up not even trying for that bear last year.

[backyard bucks]

now I'll throw in something else to think about... did you find a actual bait site? or just that one jug that contained bacon grease?
my question is that could this of been from someones campground and a animal took it form someones tent side fire pit? or was it a actual bait pile.. i only saw that you found one tore up jug that had bacon grease in it. i myself have dumped grease from bacon into jugs to try to contain the smell up on the pack in hunting trips in the wilderness before to prevent the smell getting uninvited animals coming into camp.
if it was one jug in your spot you have been scouting then i myself wouldn't stop hunting the area because to me that doesn't really scream out "bait site" that is just my