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found a little bait site
« on: August 25, 2019, 08:10:01 PM »
Apparently someone didn't get the memo that this is a no-no.  :rolleyes:

A bundt cake pan chained to a bush. Just about empty, but looked and smelled like they'd filled it full of melted Jolly Ranchers.
Funny thing is, it was right on a giant berry patch that was getting hammered by a bear (or Biggy) while I was taking these pictures. Too thick to see anything.


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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2019, 08:20:44 PM »
I found a bait site in Capitol State Forest one year when I was scouting. I took pictures and marked the location then turned the info over to WDFW. Plus there is a reward program if your tip leads to prosecution.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2019, 08:36:59 PM »
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2019, 06:24:10 AM »
Was there a camera on it? Possibly just a lure for pictures and not a “bait sight”.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2019, 08:12:59 AM »
Was there a camera on it? Possibly just a lure for pictures and not a “bait sight”.

Didn't see one, and not any trees to mount one on, but there may have been.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2019, 08:15:32 AM »
So are you now obligated to not hunt near this site? If so that's really crappy.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2019, 09:34:18 AM »
So are you now obligated to not hunt near this site? If so that's really crappy.

I'm not going to sweat it. A few Jolly Ranchers next to a 3 acre berry patch is going to be a hard sell for baiting.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2019, 05:47:31 PM »
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I do think the vigilante sawed the bait site to make it out of compliance as the hound hunter said, why would the bear hunters go through all the trouble to saw the stump only to not have it in compliance?  Doesn't make since.  They use the bait sites to get fresh bear tracks for the dogs to chase. 




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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2019, 09:42:21 AM »
If that's a bear bait its the most screwed up version of a bait for bears I have ever seen??? A bear would have whatever was in it cleaned up in 1/2 second and be on his way.  :dunno: Bear baiting even close to a berry patch has normally been useless also. I have no idea what that is but IF they are trying to bait bears that is a pointless effort in my opinion

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2019, 09:56:48 AM »
Good reaction fishing video.
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2019, 06:25:45 PM »
I think his agenda came out at the end "get the bear hunters kicked off our national forest"

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2019, 11:26:42 AM »
If that's a bear bait its the most screwed up version of a bait for bears I have ever seen??? A bear would have whatever was in it cleaned up in 1/2 second and be on his way.  :dunno: Bear baiting even close to a berry patch has normally been useless also. I have no idea what that is but IF they are trying to bait bears that is a pointless effort in my opinion

Guys melt a bunch of jolly ranchers in a pan so it becomes one large hard candy. The bears have to lick it out and it take a lot of time.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2019, 11:28:55 AM »
If that's a bear bait its the most screwed up version of a bait for bears I have ever seen??? A bear would have whatever was in it cleaned up in 1/2 second and be on his way.  :dunno: Bear baiting even close to a berry patch has normally been useless also. I have no idea what that is but IF they are trying to bait bears that is a pointless effort in my opinion

Guys melt a bunch of jolly ranchers in a pan so it becomes one large hard candy. The bears have to lick it out and it take a lot of time.

That's what it looked like. There was also a steel ring which I assume was cast into the Jolly rancher donut.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2019, 11:44:04 AM »
That is freaking clever


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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2019, 12:41:12 PM »
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That is freaking clever

And it's extremely clean.  It would  be a good thing to try in Idaho.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2019, 12:47:48 PM »
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That is freaking clever

And it's extremely clean.  It would  be a good thing to try in Idaho.

The Idaho bears I deal with are spoiled  :chuckle: they might whack that thing around a bit but they would be over the hill to the next pile of donuts in a heartbeat. No way they would screw around with that for very long. It might work where the woods are not covered with jelly donuts ha ha. I have had things exactly like that at my bait but the bears wanted the real buffet instead! 

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2019, 03:46:44 PM »
My husband and I found that exact same thing this last weekend - maybe even that exact same spot! There were 2 satellite trail cams set up near there, one facing the bait. We were wondering if that was even legal.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2019, 05:15:37 PM »
I’ve ran bait piles to get pictures of bears, nothing illegal with that. I just am lazy and throw fruit or dead stuff.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2019, 05:25:54 PM »
I’ve ran bait piles to get pictures of bears, nothing illegal with that. I just am lazy and throw fruit or dead stuff.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.15.790


I wasn't sure all the ins and outs of baiting bears or other large carnivores for purposes of trail camera pics so I dug that up to read it over.   Hope it helps. 

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2019, 05:39:21 PM »
My husband and I found that exact same thing this last weekend - maybe even that exact same spot! There were 2 satellite trail cams set up near there, one facing the bait. We were wondering if that was even legal.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2019, 10:49:02 AM »
Yep! haha

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2019, 04:26:17 PM »
I don't bait, but I do put out alternative food sources when my fruit trees start getting hammered, or other tree damage is found. It's just long enough to get me past picking, then I stop.
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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2019, 08:49:03 PM »
I never get upset or care if someone is baiting bears. It is illegal so I wouldn’t do it, but it’s legal to bait deer and elk, I can’t imagine wdfw would even care, except for that fact that it’s state law.... just let the guy bait his bear if he wants to and leave him alone.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2019, 01:01:26 PM »
I never get upset or care if someone is baiting bears. It is illegal so I wouldn’t do it, but it’s legal to bait deer and elk, I can’t imagine wdfw would even care, except for that fact that it’s state law.... just let the guy bait his bear if he wants to and leave him alone.

If I found empty sacks of cheap dog food, garbage bags, plastic from various bread and pastry wrappings, empty doughnut boxes etc etc... 
it would irritate me enough to report it, not so much due to the bear baiting but the slobbery of it all. 




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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2019, 01:18:28 PM »
The bigger question is how many jolly ranchers does it take to fill a bundt pan..seems like alot of work.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2019, 07:36:02 PM »
The bigger question is how many jolly ranchers does it take to fill a bundt pan..seems like alot of work.
 

Too long that is not a very effective way to bait and hold bears in an area if there’s a lot of other food sources around. Might be interesting to try next to a normal bait pile but not worth the effort imho. Oh what the heck I will try it this fall and report back ha ha. I would have a hard time reporting that a a bear “bait” especially since it’s in a berry patch which I think the bears would be more attracted too

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2019, 09:11:11 PM »
I never get upset or care if someone is baiting bears. It is illegal so I wouldn’t do it, but it’s legal to bait deer and elk, I can’t imagine wdfw would even care, except for that fact that it’s state law.... just let the guy bait his bear if he wants to and leave him alone.

If I found empty sacks of cheap dog food, garbage bags, plastic from various bread and pastry wrappings, empty doughnut boxes etc etc... 
it would irritate me enough to report it, not so much due to the bear baiting but the slobbery of it all.

Agreed.

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Re: found a little bait site
« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2019, 12:01:10 AM »
Indian Tribes that can hunt Mt Baker-Sno national forest are allowed to set bear bait sites but there are also numerous Regs that we’re not followed in that pic it it was one

 


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