Spring Bear hunting Minden-Dorset area

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Originally Posted by COYHUNTER

LOTS of bears in dump off limberlost road,,,,,,near huntsville

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Most of the dumps have changed ... a lot have gone to big portable dumpsters for ALL household garbage! The ones I've seen as of late are totally bear-proof! some have hydraulic pistons that push the household garage into the sealed container. Then the container is locked overnight. Last time I seen dump bears was about 3 years ago north of Bala. This dump was using a huge container for household stuff but it was open on top. seen 2 small bears in the container having a great time during the day. At night the container is closed. Pretty bold bears. The drive for food has no boundaries sometimes.

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Originally Posted by fratri

I thought that all the dumps were chain linked or electric fenced off to keep the bears out of the dump (maybe I am wrong?)

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Hahahaha.....

I asked the old guy running the local dump up where we moose hunt last fall how often he sees bears. He said well I shot 13 this year lol

This dump has electric fence and chain link behind it

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Short of setting a lawn chair on a dumpster, what else have you got for tips? No real time to bait the area, plenty of new logging going on in the area, some old logging tracks criss crossing the place.

There's no reward and no sense of satisfaction shooting a dump bear.
WTF?
Stay clear of the dumps, save your reputation and ours too, as hunters.
There's no need to take the easy way on this.
Put in the work and reap the rewards. Meat is secondary to the mental reward!

The best thing to come along in years are towns that are making their dumps "bear proof".

Apologies sk33t3r, with the fact that shooting a bear near a dump is against the rules, I assumed the ludicrousness ( unless I just made up that word), of putting a lawn chair on a dumpster would shine through like the sun. It is not fear of the work, there is just no way I can get there for two consecutive weeks to set up and maintain a good bait station. You are probably right, asking for alternative tips and tricks on a forum is way too easy, I will just continue to scout when I can, and hopefully spot and stalk a bear, until I get enough free time that I can set up a proper bait station.

We hunt that area for Spring and Fall bear. Numbers are pretty good in the area, and theres lots of crown around.

Predator call. Google/ youtube calling bears. Spot and stalk can work but if you can't run a bait for at least a month I would work a call every km or so and see what shows up.

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Originally Posted by thunderbelly

Apologies sk33t3r, with the fact that shooting a bear near a dump is against the rules, I assumed the ludicrousness ( unless I just made up that word), of putting a lawn chair on a dumpster would shine through like the sun. It is not fear of the work, there is just no way I can get there for two consecutive weeks to set up and maintain a good bait station. You are probably right, asking for alternative tips and tricks on a forum is way too easy, I will just continue to scout when I can, and hopefully spot and stalk a bear, until I get enough free time that I can set up a proper bait station.

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OOPs I wasn't targeting you in any way. My apologies maybe to you.
I was just tossing out that statement for ALL hunters that have ever had the idea of cuddling up close to a dump.
I hear you about time being at a premium. We've all been there at one time or another with family/job commitments.
maybe you should just go on a guided hunt until your life commitments are behind you rather then in front of you.
It's really not that expensive when you factor in all the expenses of doing it yourself.
Have fun either way and keep us posted.
I'm only hunting the fall hunt so I gotta live through you guys right now.

I have kicked around the idea of a guided hunt, it is even more tempting, since my kid has shown an interest ( it just doubles the cost!).
The bear calling idea might be worth a look, at worst, I will be well rehearsed for calling in raccoons. Thanks gang!