food for black tail?

[money794]

what do you guys put out in front of your camera to bring in blacktail?

[lewy]

apples

[sirmissalot]

apples

[h20hunter]

apples, cob, deer blocks,


keep in mind....if there is a single bear in the area he/she will find them to.

[Practical Approach]

apples, cob, deer blocks,


keep in mind....if there is a single bear in the area he/she will find them to.

  I think apples are about he cheapest and best bait out there for getting deer and elk in front of your camera. 

[h20hunter]

Here is my tip on apples if you have to buy them. Find a open air market that sells 'em. No offense to anyone that is/knows/is part/friends with/once talked to/wishes they were/married to/was once upon a time a differnet ethnicity but find one owned/operated by somebody that is not caucasian. Talk to them and tell them you want to buy "by the case" and pay cash. I've gotten mine around fifty cents a case with some negiating.

[h20hunter]

Fifty cents a pound...not case...sorry.

[Helix]

could plant a tree? Just saying. 

[money794]

i put out a big pile of apples out and there gone the next day !

[Button Nubbs]

drive around and knock on doors of people who have apple trees in the summer. tell them your friend has some horses and you would like some apples. if you can pick a bunch that are green save those and put em in a tote for late season.

[Turner89]

Unless you are putting your cameras near the house, packing any kinda bait seems like alot of work. I have pretty good luck just finding intersecting trails near feeding areas.

[Arteman]

tell them your friend has some horses and you would like some apples.
[/quote] I like that! 

[lokidog]

Apples are great since they seem to be able to smell them from a long ways away.  We feed Del's Allstock pellets as well.  If it has been a while, we will usually start with some apples there as well but they eventually come to just the pellets.  The pellets are also a good source of protien and not just empty carbohydrates.  They seem to stick around a little longer as well trying to find all of the pellets in the grass.  The only problem is that if you do not have a cover for them, and it rains, they turn to mush.

[nwdp]

apples have worked the best, but they will eat feed corn

[DoubleJ]

I don't bother anymore with blacktail baiting.  I've got them on camera using the pile of apples to stand on so they can reach the bottom branches of an alder tree