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Bear Bait in ID
« on: May 05, 2012, 07:59:39 PM »
Got my first bait in last week.  Went back today and had 693 photos,  :IBCOOL: ......all deer.   :chuckle:  A couple of the small bucks hitting the sweet COB are practically skin and bones. 
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2012, 08:04:20 PM »
Do a good number of bears hit the bait in Idaho during the day or mainly at night?

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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2012, 08:06:13 PM »
Let's see some pictures! 



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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2012, 09:07:15 PM »
This little button buck is skin and bones











This guy is in a little better shape




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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2012, 09:19:36 PM »







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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2012, 09:23:47 PM »
Are you baiting bears or just feeding the deer? :chuckle:
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2012, 09:35:29 PM »
Feeding deer.  :):)
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2012, 09:38:22 PM »
Nice of you to fatten up those deer that you're not even going to get to hunt!

Looks like the one is maybe gonna be a pretty decent buck.


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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2012, 09:46:10 PM »
Nice of you to fatten up those deer that you're not even going to get to hunt!

Looks like the one is maybe gonna be a pretty decent buck.

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and it looks like they definitely need fattening up.   :o
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2012, 10:02:16 PM »
Yea that button buck looks like he barely made it to spring.
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2012, 11:54:55 PM »
5 gallons of bacon grease and 2 gallons of molasses will bring the bears right down, throw in some burnt honey, strawberry jello and sugar, yummy, they will come...

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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2012, 12:57:32 AM »
Machias -  Try dumping a bottle of Sambuca down some of those trees or putting it on a rag in the tree.  If you can get your hands on some black licorice, add that to the pile as well.   That combination worked like a charm for baiting back in Maine, and it might be worth a try in Idaho.

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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2012, 11:16:45 AM »
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I had already put 3 gallons of used peanut oil from the turkey fryer and 2 gallons of molasses.  They will find it, they just need to find it before the 15th.  I'm heading back out today to to sweeten it up.  I also have a scent ball from Bear Scents, burnt bacon, hanging.
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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2012, 01:02:38 PM »
1 box of jelly filled donuts is all ya need  :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: just saying  8)

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Re: Bear Bait in ID
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2012, 08:09:30 PM »
So I get out to the bait site today and it is DEVASTATED!!  Yea baby.  Everything is cleaned up.  I look at my camera and I have 768 photos from yesterday.  WOW!  So I replenish the bait and head out.  First photo I thought oh yea a color phase bear and he's not a bad size.  Here is a few of the photos:











But he's not quite as big as I originally thought





Then this guy showed up





BUT.....I had 520 photos of these guys.  They completly wiped out the bait.  I will take a barrel up there tomorrow.  It was actually pretty shocking to see how quickly they ate 2 full beaver carcasses and 20 pounds of other meat!!!!





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