Post by: lokidog on August 31, 2018, 01:20:04 AM
Two years ago, a friend of my parents got a huge bear (400+ pounds) that had been terrorizing their camp. This year, it looks like there a couple of bruisers. One site has about 8 bear coming in but mostly young and a female with triplets. Another has the huge one, but so far, he is only coming in in the dark. And, the third one, probably where we will start has the good sized bear hanging around the log with the hole in it.
Post by: Widgeondeke on August 31, 2018, 07:49:34 AM
AWESOME!!! :tup: He will sooo much more being with family and providing for them
Good Luck to you and Z
Post by: h20hunter on August 31, 2018, 08:17:49 AM
Post by: lokidog on August 31, 2018, 08:26:21 AM
Wait! You are going to allow your son to miss school for hunting?
AWESOME!!! :tup: He will sooo much more being with family and providing for them
Good Luck to you and Z
He's not feeling well..... :chuckle:
Actually, he is more worried about missing school than I am.
Post by: Timberstalker on August 31, 2018, 09:06:41 AM
Post by: lokidog on September 06, 2018, 06:06:13 AM
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Post by: Machias on September 06, 2018, 08:09:39 AM
Post by: lokidog on September 10, 2018, 10:07:03 PM
The day before, while we were in a different spot, three medium sized bears came in at different times during the day.
A friend of our family offered to transfer his tag next year or the following year, what a great offer!
Part of the problem, I think, was the guy doing the baiting was using crap for bait (though they are not allowed meat or meat products or honey and has to be less than two gallons concealed in a hollowed out log.
Oh well, it will make a future bear all the more exciting. I'll post some trip photos when I get back to my computer.
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Post by: ian_padron on September 11, 2018, 10:12:10 AM
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Post by: Machias on September 11, 2018, 12:06:58 PM
Post by: lokidog on September 11, 2018, 12:38:27 PM
Next time you go, check out Bob's Bear Bait!!! https://bobsbearbait.com/
They did seem to like popcorn, when it was used. Cookies and old candy was pretty much left alone, except by the raccoons. The big thing that got eaten that I added was peanut butter and bread with pancake syrup on it. We used a "bacon" scented gel after I got there as well.
The problem seemed to be no consistency in when the bears would show up. The reasons I can think of was that baiting was not done at a similar time each day and that there was little in the bait that the bears wanted to spend the time eating. The night the three larger bears came in, they were there for almost an hour because by that point we had started doing the baiting ourselves and had upped the ante on the bulk of food the bears actually wanted to eat. Unfortunately, it was too little too late.