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never had the chance for a spring bear hunt and this year will be my first. just wondering what you would use as bait. are they looking for something different in the fall or will they be so hungry anything will do? thanks for any tips or advice in advance.
cheers
I would assume the same as in the fall, something stinky high in a tree then dog food, meat, oats, tons of different things in a barrel on the ground.
Bears always like sweets and they are real hungry in the spring so I can't see that not working. Do some burns to really get the scent out. I'm just speculating as I've never had the pleasure of a spring hunt. It could well depend on how late spring is.
Good luck with it. Cheers
Sweets like donuts and pastries work best. Fish guts and stuff like that don't work to good because the bears stomach's are sensitive. That's what a guide told me any way, who used to guide the spring bear hunt years ago
The best I've ever used was used tampons hung from trees. I had heard about them but disbelieved. My friend and I were setting bait and dropped a bag of them. On our way out, we found a big boar who was rolling in them over and over again. He didn't care that we were in 30 yards and making noise. Finally my friend just shot him. I have used this method for years, it always brings in boars. Hang them in the trees like christmas decorations.
THAT would be an awkward conversation with the wife or teenaged daughter...neighbour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackwolf
LOL. Believe it would be effective but just wrong!
I hope you took them down at the end of the hunt - with gloves of course!Quote:
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Y'know for Christmas!
Works better if you just tie up the ex-wife there! As long as you take her out each night you can get a whole week outa her!
lol, you guys are incorrigible.
We always found pork or chicken worked best in the spring . Sweets in the fall .
As far as BW and used tampons . That works for deer and moose in the rut too .
TD