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Hey everyone, was wondering what your thoughts are on putting bear bait on the same property you deer/moose hunt on. I have a mix of deer/bear and moose hitting my mineral sites and was thinking of putting a bear bait up. I would try and keep the bait away from our deer stands as far as I could of course. This particular property is 100 acres or so, would that be too small of an area? With scent of bait and more frequent bear activity there, would it spook the deer to much? Thanks guys
We had a bear bait barrel up, being hit daily, with tons of fresh deer tracks going right by it, between the bait and the tree stand.
The deer live with the bears all the time, they know how to avoid them, it is not like you are flying in bears from hundreds of kms away, they are on the property.
I have only been baiting bears for two years mostly for my son who always says he wants to hunt but seldom gets the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by 77.hunter.49
I do not think the deer are bothered by the smell of the bears or even the Moose and I see evidence they seem to use the same trails.
My main problem is I will be attracting bears into the area and am I putting calf's and especially fawn's into more exposure to predation. Its kinda a mixed bag, if your a successful bear hunter you probably help the deer in the area, if your not how much harm could you be doing by bringing in multiple bears.
I was concerned when I first started bear hunting but not any longer. I get bear deer and moose pic at my bear bait stations all on the same day and sometimes minutes apart
Just gets expensive on Deer bait when Bears move in. My property used to have a Sow with three Cubs, huge Boar and a smaller one. They damaged my permanent hut and smashed a few ground blind.
It’s not a good feeling when you leave your blind at night to go back first thing in the morning in the dark to find it flattened and full of claw marks with content spread all over. Once you set it back up it sure is interesting to wait for daylight. Haha. I had cash crops so when it was corn the Bears moved in regardless what I did.
Good Luck
Unlike Deer Hunter, I haven't had any damage done to my stands or blind, but they sure can clean up on the apples and corn I put out for the deer! Lots of cam pics of bear and deer coming into the bait within a very short time of each other.
Bears can be a nuisance if you have bait and trail cameras out for deer and moose. As mentioned above, bears will consume the bait and damage cameras if you aren’t careful.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I think I will give it a try and set a bait up, il try to keep it away from my deer stands the best I can. It will be my first time going for bear, it’s not looking good for moose tags, so it will give me something else to hunt this fall aside from deer!
Good attitude! And Good Luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by 77.hunter.49
Thanks! And good luck to you as well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
Attachment 42051 deer/beer
Got it out this weekend, not sure if it’s in the greatest spot but I didn’t want to put it to close to my deer stands, figured I’d see if anything hits it before I’m back up this weekend, if not I may move it
Good luck, be interested in reading about your results.Quote:
Originally Posted by 77.hunter.49
Il keep you guys posted on what happens!Quote:
Originally Posted by fratri
Good luck man, on our property I have bear walking past the camera at the mineral lick almost as much as deer. They clearly coexist in the same patch of bush so I can’t see this being an issue!
The only things to visit my bear bait last week lol. Twins bulls and a cow. I have now moved it to the back of the property where it is a lot thicker, and closer to where I’ve had them on my other cams. I think it will be a better spot, unfortunately my cell cams stopped working now so I will probably have to wait until I’m up there again this weekend.
Good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by 77.hunter.49
Well finally have one hitting the bait, just a small one so far. And lots of ravens! Lol
He looks good enough to eat :)
Good luck with the hunt
He sure does!! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by fratri
I will keep you posted on what happens :thumbup:
So this weekend we made it up to camp to do some work and I was also going to do some bear hunting, we arrived Friday evening at around 5 p.m. as soon as I pulled in the driveway my phone goes off, and it’s my cell cam telling me there there is already 2 bears at my bait, which kind of changed my plans a bit. I didn’t want to walk in and spook them so I decided to not go out that evening, and do a bit of work with the guys. Saturday we worked on the camp all morning and afternoon but I got out to my stand around 4. At about 7:15 I had a sow and 2 cubs come in, obviously I decided to pass and just enjoyed watching them. They were there for about 15 mins or so when I think the sow seen me in my stand and decided she was going to come and check me out, I let her get about 12 ft from the bottom of my stand before I decided to let her know she was to close! Lol. It was an awesome experience non the less! And I can wait to be back out there next weekend! Lots of different bears coming in now! :D
Nice, thanks for taking the time to share the pics and story.
Best of luck next weekend
Very cool, good luck.
Definitely true. I use the same corn bait for deer as for bear, works well on both usually. We get bears and deer on the same bait locations often within minutes of each other. Once had a young buck and a young bear together on the same camera.Quote:
Originally Posted by diverduck
Nope, no problem there. Bait away. It's really just when there are young fawns that does will be wary of bigger bears. This time of year we see all kinds of animals using the same baits often within minutes of each other. Bears, deer, moose, foxes, raykins.Quote:
Originally Posted by 77.hunter.49
Well if you put deer bait out ... the bears will come haha. We are having that "issue'' currently with the black bears laying on the deer bait and just having a day with it lol. Try mineral licks + scents, bear will eat anything the deer will as far as bait other than mineral licks.. I can't say that for sure but I've never seen a black bear go to a block. I'd even suggets getting a scent bag (beaver) for the black bear, but like others have said if the bear is hungry it will eat that deer bait.
I say "issue" because we will have bear tags while deer hunting and will eliminate only if they lay down and just have a day with our bait haha.
Good luck have fun!