Post by: 75johndeere on February 04, 2013, 07:56:23 PM
Post by: Machias on February 05, 2013, 06:05:18 AM
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Post by: 75johndeere on February 05, 2013, 08:10:28 AM
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on February 05, 2013, 08:48:31 AM
When a bear walks up to check out the bait, they will get this all over their feet and then track it away when they leave. You will have them laying a scent trail that leads right back to your bait station for you.
Another thing I used to do was to wear a teeshirt and get it sweatty and loaded with my scent and hang it in a tree a little ways away, that way, they would get used to my scent lingering in the area.
I would check the bait about every 3 or 4 days until it got hit, then I would go in everyday or every other day depending on how far away, schedule, etc., at the same general time and add one or 2 new buckets of bait to freshen it up and I also left something a little different each time as a little treat. Maybe one day apples or pears, another day chicken or meat from the store that was close to or expired, peanut butter smeared around the area on tress, stumps, etc...everything likes peanut butter!
Good luck and have fun, baiting is one of the best ways to make sure you don't shoot a sow with young cubs and by being able to hunt the spring season, increases your chance at a boar, because they tend to be up and out of the dens before the sows and cubs.
Post by: Machias on February 05, 2013, 09:42:54 AM
I will only be able to make it down on the weekends is once a week enough for maintaining a bait station or do I need to run down on like Wednesdays and refill? In those units you can't place bait until 7 days prior to season if I read it right but I'll check it out again. Does anyone know if you are allowed to place trail cams on your bait sites I haven't found anything to say otherwise but wanted to make sure
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You would want to make sure they don't run out of bait or they will just go elsewhere. You will find the urge to run down there mid week, very hard to resist!! Yes you can use trail cameras, I got lots of photos last year, that was half the fun!!!
Post by: D-Rock425 on February 05, 2013, 10:14:36 AM
Post by: huntnnw on February 06, 2013, 11:33:25 PM
We only go once a week, but we dump 500lbs a week..biggest thing I see people struggling to have bears on their baits is they don't bait enough..if bears cant rely on your bait they move on to where the food is..and the more food brings more bears and which causes competition for feed and will result in more daytime activity
Post by: Fishaholic on February 07, 2013, 12:59:21 AM
Post by: Machias on February 07, 2013, 04:09:35 AM
and remember double tap the bear when you shoot it.
Not trying to be a jerk, but why do you say that? I've taken 8 bears, never shot more than once and never had a bear go over 60 yards, take out both lungs and they just don't go far. No reason to be pumping rounds into them. IMHO.
Post by: D-Rock425 on February 07, 2013, 05:19:22 AM
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Post by: Fishaholic on March 16, 2013, 04:14:51 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 19, 2013, 07:39:48 PM
i would throw some bait down and go check it in 2 days if there are any bears there you will see the tracks in the snow and you can judge how big of a bear or bears that are in the area.cant start baiting until the season opens. sor some areas 7 days before i think.
Post by: Fishaholic on March 19, 2013, 08:21:50 PM
Post by: 75johndeere on March 19, 2013, 09:41:04 PM
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