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Community => Trail Cameras => Topic started by: Muddydawg17 on June 21, 2020, 12:08:31 AM

Title: Chewed up
Post by: Muddydawg17 on June 21, 2020, 12:08:31 AM: New to trail cams and bad luck right out of the gate. I set my camera over 10lbs of dog food and some grease and molasses. Went up to take a look and the bait was cleaned out and the camera destroyed. Couldn't even read the card. I installed the camera before handling the bait. I dont know what went wrong.

I tried to hang it at least 7ft to avoid this. It looked like the bear wanted to get at either the batteries or the card.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Dan-o on June 21, 2020, 12:27:21 AM: Dang, that's a bummer.

I've had a couple cameras hit by bears but not that hard.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Bango skank on June 21, 2020, 01:03:44 AM: You really want to eat a bear thats been eating greasy dog food? :puke:
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Muddydawg17 on June 21, 2020, 05:26:31 AM: I was gonna stop throwing the dog food out at least a couple of weeks before the season opened up. I suspected there was a good size bear in that spot. I just wanted to have a look at him.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: 7mmfan on June 21, 2020, 08:11:50 AM: Bears are super curious. Even if the camera had no scent they want to play with it anyway. Also, a 6' bear standing tall can easily reach something 8' up. I'd say you need to he more like 10'+ to really stand a chance of them not messing with it.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: 7mmfan on June 21, 2020, 08:12:25 AM: On the plus side, you know he's there somewhere!
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: stw on June 21, 2020, 10:03:38 AM: Here in Washington once a bear hits a bait for deer elk or anything . And you quit feeding there and the bear comes back and you shoot it even ifs after a few weeks you can get charged for baiting bears because that's a known feeding site to them game wardens consider that baiting bears in Washington .. boom felony charges done hunting .
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: greenhead_killer on June 21, 2020, 10:08:13 AM: I have heard bears smell the batteries in the cams and that’s what gets them to want to chew on them. Either go higher in the tree, or get yourself a bear box to put the cam in.

Stw, looks like he’s in Oregon so probably not an issue with the baiting. I’m not sure on their state laws though.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: huntnnw on June 21, 2020, 10:27:25 PM: Quote from: stw on June 21, 2020, 10:03:38 AM
Here in Washington once a bear hits a bait for deer elk or anything . And you quit feeding there and the bear comes back and you shoot it even ifs after a few weeks you can get charged for baiting bears because that's a known feeding site to them game wardens consider that baiting bears in Washington .. boom felony charges done hunting .

felony charges :chuckle:
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: h20hunter on June 21, 2020, 10:29:27 PM: Regarding bears....get a box for the cam and run some two inch screws from the inside out....looks gnarly and is truelly bear proof.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Monsterbull11 on June 29, 2020, 09:14:59 AM: Be real careful with what you guys are "feeding" to get pictures. I talked to the game department because I had a barrel out solely to get pictures and they said it's illegal to intentionally feed bears. So dog food and grease might put you in a bad spot. You get a pic of a bear eating your deer food (apples, corn, ect...) they can't show intent. Safe to say, my barrel was pulled the next time I checked that camera.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Bango skank on June 29, 2020, 12:25:14 PM: Quote from: Monsterbull11 on June 29, 2020, 09:14:59 AM
Be real careful with what you guys are "feeding" to get pictures. I talked to the game department because I had a barrel out solely to get pictures and they said it's illegal to intentionally feed bears. So dog food and grease might put you in a bad spot. You get a pic of a bear eating your deer food (apples, corn, ect...) they can't show intent. Safe to say, my barrel was pulled the next time I checked that camera.

Hes in oregon
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Ricochet on June 29, 2020, 12:39:31 PM: Baiting bears is illegal in Oregon.
Title: Re: Chewed up
Post by: Monsterbull11 on June 29, 2020, 12:58:54 PM: Quote from: Bango skank on June 29, 2020, 12:25:14 PM
Quote from: Monsterbull11 on June 29, 2020, 09:14:59 AM
Be real careful with what you guys are "feeding" to get pictures. I talked to the game department because I had a barrel out solely to get pictures and they said it's illegal to intentionally feed bears. So dog food and grease might put you in a bad spot. You get a pic of a bear eating your deer food (apples, corn, ect...) they can't show intent. Safe to say, my barrel was pulled the next time I checked that camera.

Hes in oregon

Caught that after I hit send. :chuckle: