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Title: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 22, 2011, 11:28:06 am
well last Sat. i was riding my 4 wheeler on my familys trail at a watering hole i found  Bear tracks i was wondering if anybody knew any good bait to get him in frount of the trail cam thanks God Bless

     Kolton
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Stoker on June 22, 2011, 11:32:09 am
KFC grease..Marshmallows
Thanks Leroy
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: seabass on June 22, 2011, 11:33:57 am
a guy i know in canada says he frys a pound of bacon in a cast iron skillet on a camp fire.then he pours a bag of brown suger in the grease and burns it.put the whole pan in front of you camera.he said it will pull them in from miles away.hope this helps,steve
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 22, 2011, 11:42:41 am
thanks i will have to try that if i get any pic s i will post them
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Post by: half eye on June 22, 2011, 11:44:49 am
When I hunted them, we used either Doughnuts or Molasses. The Molasses came in cardboard containers so we'd punch a small hole in the bottom and hang it with a coat hanger to let it drip.
rich
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: bobnewboy on June 22, 2011, 12:17:49 pm
I thought the usual Vancouver bait was a tourist with a set of bells and a pepper spray???  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: criveraville on June 22, 2011, 02:40:19 pm
If you have sno cone stands near by go and buy 8 ounces of concentrated cinnamon flavor

get the sodium benzoate and citric acid too for a gallon of syrup

put the concentrate in the gallon, get 10 lbs of sugar into the gallon or as much as possible, then water

once the sugar is dissolved add the sodium benzoate, shake and then the citric acid

Then take it out there, poke a toothpick size hole in the bottom and hang it from a tree...
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 22, 2011, 03:01:29 pm
thanks criveraville i will have to try that
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 22, 2011, 03:05:40 pm
If you go by your local fast food joint they usually have a grease container out by their dumpster. If you just fill an old cottage cheese container with that stuff you will have the best bait you can get. Poke a hole in the bottom and hang it. The sun slowly melts it and it will drip out on the ground. If you get two containers, you dump the first on the a stump and smear it around and they will come in and lick the log for hours.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 22, 2011, 03:08:30 pm
thanks for all the bait tip does anybody know how to let the bears eat the bait but not my dog?
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 22, 2011, 04:55:58 pm
Leave the dog home.  ;D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: criveraville on June 22, 2011, 05:01:56 pm
Sure.. Anytime ;D

thanks for all the bait tip does anybody know how to let the bears eat the bait but not my dog?

Nope, but we could make tamales from it.. How big is it??? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: cracker on June 22, 2011, 06:47:54 pm
Any unwanted tourist tied securely to a tree drizzled in meat grease and honey works like a champ.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: mullet on June 22, 2011, 09:51:29 pm
You get the grease, I've got the tourist. ;D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 22, 2011, 10:17:42 pm
It's tourist season here in the Black Hills and I forgot to apply for my tags.
 >:(
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: cracker on June 22, 2011, 11:15:01 pm
Not to worry JW tourists are considered a nuisance invasive no tags needed no limit day or night any weapons dogs and trapping permitted.  >:D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 23, 2011, 12:03:33 am
Hardly worth the effort...all the tourist traps here skin 'em and turn 'em loose again.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 23, 2011, 12:05:46 am
haha those r funny the bear tracks were near my house
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 23, 2011, 02:13:10 am
You better check to see if it is legal also.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: BearG on June 23, 2011, 02:25:33 pm
Miller Lite would work for this Bear
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: mullet on June 23, 2011, 03:08:46 pm
He'd go broke keeping you baited. ;D ;)
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Blacktail on June 23, 2011, 09:52:40 pm
i would start out with cow heads and stake the down or tie to a tree and with old rotten meat and fish for a few week..just to get them started...then i would do sweet stuff..i used to live in washington when baiting was legal..i used to get day old bread,donuts,cakes...and i would use corn meal and grains too...fish can help...the one main thing i would do is put a grease trap in front of the bait...this can do some things for you..one is that the bear will get it on his feet and track the smell to other areas where bears are...the other is that you can get a good pad size from a print...this will get you multipal bears...just make sure you keep up on the bait....and you might have to figure a time frame for baiting..big boars will feed at night so you might have some fun with getting them in on the time you want...the only down fall about baiting is that you might get a resident bear that is a 1yr old that hangs out at the bait alot and eats most of the food....and if you can bait next to a river or creek to cut down sound this might help with hunting....i used to love baiting bears and wish it would come back...i don't know if this helps any...good luck...john
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Blacktail on June 23, 2011, 09:58:52 pm
ohh i got to say that if you use meat in the being put it in 5 gallon buckets in the sun with the lids off for 3-4 day..when you get ready to put the lids on you will have flys on the meat..trap the flys in and let the bucks sit in the sun for 2 weeks...when you go to the bait site and open the buckets jump back it will smell like the living dead..BUT,it will get the bears coming in...even if you puke it might help out...john
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: stickbender on June 24, 2011, 02:00:00 am

     Any and all of the afore mentioned baits will work.  Bears do have a sweet tooth, and doughnuts are a favorite.  Out west they use cow heads, and such. ;)  If you plan on eating this bear,  ::)  Uh, sometime in the future, don't leave any rotted meat, or such, as it will contaminate the flavor of the bear meat! :P  But bears are omnivores, and garbage connoisseurs.  But if it is by your house, by all means DO NOT BAIT IT THERE!!!! :o :o  I would be concerned for your dog or any other pets, if it is hanging around the house, not to mention damage to your house, if it smells something it wants.  Are you feeding your dog outside?  Don't, as that may be what is attracting it.  They have had to recently shoot a young Griz in Montana, that was hanging around a home, and killing the chickens.  It had been scared away, but kept coming back and killing chickens, so the Game commission got permission  to tell the homeowner to go ahead and pop it.  They have been putting warnings up all over the parks, and areas where there are bears.  My neighbors have been using pepper spray on some of the bears that come up on their porch to tear up their Bar B Que grill.  They told me when I finally get out there to be sure to get some Bear Spray.  I told them I didn't believe in it.  I have my own spray.  They asked what kind it was and I said "BANG,BANG,BANG.BANG," ;D ;D  Bar B Que grill safe and sound, Bear skin rug, for the front of the wood stove, Bear grease for baking, and making soap, and Bear steak for supper! ;)  8) Life is easier, if you look at it in a more simple manner. ;) ::)
     Got a problem Bear?  Bang! problem solved. ;)  See, people just try to make it too complicated. ;D ;D


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Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: triggerfinger on June 24, 2011, 03:10:11 am
feederheads seem to work good for me.  anytime i put a corn feeder up a stupid bear tears the head off of it and runs off with it.  Im not sure if the corn feeder is necessary, they just seem to want the head.  Somewhere in SE OK a black bear has enough of my 6 volt batteries his den is prob air conditioned.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Kolton on June 24, 2011, 05:00:11 pm
thanks i found the tracks across the road from my house (about 100 yards away from my house) i was thinking about making a self on a tree and putting th bait on that, my dad and grandpa told me it was safe
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 24, 2011, 05:26:25 pm
Most states have laws prohibiting bait within 100 yards of any road, house or other area where the public is likely. Also, most require a permit.
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: stickbender on June 24, 2011, 10:16:36 pm
 
     they are recently out of hibernation and hungry, depending on where you are, and how your weather pattern has been, so just about anything will work.  Just be careful about the laws. ;)  Uh.....how far are you from town or other houses...... ::) ;D  Trigger finger, maybe it is the smell of the batteries, or the electric field it produces, like a shark will be attracted by certain electric fields ;)  Of course, if there was some way to ramp up the amperage...... ::) ;D  There was a picture on the internet that showed a grizzly that dug under a power box, and bit into the cable.
He didn't go anywhere. ;)  Well no where here on earth..... ;D

                                                                              Wayne 
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 24, 2011, 10:31:08 pm
Shocking!   ;D
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: triggerfinger on June 25, 2011, 10:48:36 pm
i wish the 6v batteries had that kinda stopping power.  that danged ol bear cost me about 6 feederheafs and 300lb of corn that year.  never even touched the corn, just left it on the ground to mould
Title: Re: Any good Bear Bait ?
Post by: stickbender on June 25, 2011, 11:37:13 pm

    Yep, they can definitely tear up a feeder, A friend of mine had one tore up by a bear.  It is odd what they will do sometimes, and you would think that they would eat the corn, but no, just run off with the head. ???  Hmmmm, I wonder if it was trained for that..... ;D ;D ;)   could be a PETA bear..... ;D
                                                                               Wayne