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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Machias on May 05, 2012, 07:59:39 PM

Title: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias 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.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: JCKILLSHOT 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?
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: bobcat on May 05, 2012, 08:06:13 PM: Let's see some pictures!
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 05, 2012, 09:07:15 PM: This little button buck is skin and bones

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This guy is in a little better shape

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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 05, 2012, 09:19:36 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2F4311.JPG&hash=f2767a072199498388853c0fbb9b4362e04f5c89)

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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 05, 2012, 09:23:47 PM: Are you baiting bears or just feeding the deer? :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 05, 2012, 09:35:29 PM: Feeding deer. :):)
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: bobcat 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.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Curly on May 05, 2012, 09:46:10 PM: Quote from: bobcat 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.

:yeah:

and it looks like they definitely need fattening up. :o
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 05, 2012, 10:02:16 PM: Yea that button buck looks like he barely made it to spring.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: cohoho 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...
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Miles 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.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias 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.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 06, 2012, 01:02:38 PM: 1 box of jelly filled donuts is all ya need :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle: just saying 8)
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias 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:

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

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Then this guy showed up

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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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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: cohoho on May 06, 2012, 08:34:10 PM: When they come they come for sure. We used 1000lbs of bait at our two stations in AK each year. IT would be cleaned out 100%, even the dirt would be milled by the bears scouring every drop. Good luck, it seems they are on and ready for the taking here real soon...
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Elkstuffer on May 06, 2012, 09:26:44 PM: Holy crow batman! To bad you aren't hunting black birds :chuckle:. Looks like it's going to be a good hunt Machias. I can't wait to hear more about this hunt. I'm going to start a bait over there next year. I've been waiting for my son to get a little older so he can tag along. Good luck.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: huntnnw on May 07, 2012, 01:00:22 AM: bread!! and lots of it
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: clayton95 on May 07, 2012, 01:26:41 PM: Jsut a thought. You might want to check the reg's in Idaho. I am not sure that you can use beaver parts for bait!
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 07, 2012, 01:30:53 PM: Quote from: clayton95 on May 07, 2012, 01:26:41 PM
Jsut a thought. You might want to check the reg's in Idaho. I am not sure that you can use beaver parts for bait!

You can, I verified it. But thanks for looking out for me. :tup:
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 07, 2012, 10:16:35 PM: Had a new visitor today, kind of suprised me. I also hauled in 100 pounds of bait and gear. 3/4 of a mile uphill, kicked my tail. Check out my new bait container. :):)

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This guy showed up again, can you see him?

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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 10, 2012, 09:11:29 PM: I didn't go check the bait last night, but ran out there tonight. Got some really cool photos. As soon as I got to the site I knew I had some action as the lid was peeled back and all bent to heck.

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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: LittleJohn on May 10, 2012, 09:13:55 PM: Cool pics, I wish I could bate here in Montana,
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 10, 2012, 09:15:28 PM: Quote from: LittleJohn on May 10, 2012, 09:13:55 PM
Cool pics, I wish I could bate here in Montana,

I wish we could bait here in Washington!
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: bobcat on May 10, 2012, 09:29:46 PM: Those are awesome! Tiny little cub is cool to see.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Curly on May 11, 2012, 05:43:09 AM: Quote from: bobcat on May 10, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
Those are awesome! Tiny little cub is cool to see.
:yeah:

Cute little bugger! :)
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 12, 2012, 10:41:00 PM: So, the plan was to hike in today, check the camera and see if it was still small bears and or sows with cubs hitting the bait. If it was I was going to pull the hog feeder and clean up the bait site and move to another bait site near Avery, ID. It would be a 130 mile one way trip, but I figure I can visit the site every third day without breaking the bank with my gas bill. So I pull the cart all the way in and wow, the hog feeder is literally torn at the corner and the lid was pretty much ripped off. Looked at the card and right off, I see a nice bear hitting the bait. I stash the cart and hoof it back to the truck which is just shy of a mile away. I pack in 50 pounds of sweet COB and refresh the bait and head out. Got some outstanding action going on. A much nicer bear, a small chocolate bear, a small really well furred red cinnimom bear and a sow with a really small cub. Looks like the bigger bear is showing up around 8pm, still plenty of light. I'll be waiting for him tomorrow night and Monday night. I had about 40 photos of bears. Check out the sow going up to bring the young one down. I think a bigger bear may have been near by because she was going back and forth between the tree the cub was in and the tree the camera was in.
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 12, 2012, 10:47:06 PM: Bear 1, a nice size bear

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Bear 2, small bear

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Bear 3, small color phase bear, what a pretty bear!!!!

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Sow with small cub

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back again 25 minutes before I showed up tonight. :)

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Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Todd_ID on May 13, 2012, 12:25:52 AM: Talk about giving a guy a ton of hope! Good luck!
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 13, 2012, 12:30:25 AM: :tup:
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: bearpaw on May 13, 2012, 04:17:09 AM: Good luck on that bigger bear... :tup:

By the way, I would highly recommend not using the tree above the bait for your treestand... :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: cohoho on May 13, 2012, 07:54:25 AM: Keep the same bait going they got a scent trail developing... The boars will find the sows here shortly for their breeding season... Timing was our thing up north, never did we have a bear hit the bait till mid May.. Sows and cubs at first, then end of May all the big boars were on the bait. 1 June- lights out no matter what... Not sure what your season is? How tall is your feeder?
Title: Re: Bear Bait in ID
Post by: Machias on May 13, 2012, 08:37:29 AM: The season ends Tuesday in this Unit. The feeder is 6 foot tall... :):) It's 3 feet tall.