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Just joined a bear camp in Huntsville and just spent the weekend hanging stands and baiting all three baits we are running and was wondering what other bear hunters will be using to bring the bears in. We are using grains with molasses and bear crease, stink baits. Only have one stand that is being hit now is the stand is loaded around acorns. Will day old donuts suck them.
I'm a big believer in sweets and bakery products, but I have access to them for free so that's what I use. I also use lots of cheap vanilla and jello powder to sweeten things up and put lots of scent out there. For some reason I've never had much luck with molasses, they just don't seem interested around here in the farm grade stuff.
As to the acorns, from my experience when they fall my baits tend to become almost deserted for at least a week, after which you can sure pick out the shells in the scat.
Good luck with your hunt. Cheers
I use meat,poultry,salmon,trout,shrimp,mussels( they eat them at the last ) , bread, pastry and lots of oil/ grease. the bears hit my bait all night and day. I have a few 1 minute videos posted on my photo bucket account.It's public so go to Greenhorn. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
thanks. One of our baits is right by some acorn trees and right now we have bears on the baits at all times so going to load up some treats.Quote:
Originally Posted by smitty55
cheap (old roy) dog food from walmart, cover in a carton of molasses, a jar of peanut butter, and a couple packets of jello power, and mix together.
Popcorn is a good one too.
i get cookies from a cookie shop or a pellet form bear bait the pellet bait is actuly cheeper then dog food .. 25 kg @ $14.45 was price last week when i asked the price n my cookies cost .75 cent a kg both work rilly good but if u have stands in the acorns bears will feed in there all day when falling from the trees we have few stands like that lol
Dog food, green apples, all bakery products and fish.
Good luck with your hunt. Cheers.
Why I avoid using fish and poultry especially during hot summer spells--that stuff goes bad real fast and bears will not touch it unless they are starving. Other creatures drawn to a baitsite (vultures, ravens, fox, coyotes, skunks, etc) will take it however.
Lol,my bait goes quickly. I can hear bears crying on the videos wanting to come into the bait.
I use the corn oat mollasses. Fill the barrel with that and dump more syrup and jellow powder on top.
I have a bunch of deer and moose scraps hanging in a burlap sac. I also have a dripper I made that is full of Vanilla extract.
I just make a thing of jiffypopcorn each morning or night when I go to the stand. fresh, I can smell it from the top of my stand, 18 yards away.
Do apples seem to work?
Shawn .. you'll never know what works till you try it. AND mixing it all in with the rest never really gives you the right answer. Isolate your offering and see what happens. I've had bears devour fruits and other times ignore them ???????Quote:
Originally Posted by ShawnL
try bringing in a 5 gal pail of apples and just leave the pail there ... cameras are a godsend ... video mode is information you're seeking.
there's a learning curve you'll go through
before the internet and blogs like this bear huntin was a big mystery ... most of the articles written are still using those old approaches. Every article is a regurgitation of previous ones! keep us posted
If going in to bait and there is a bear on your bait do u back out and come back later or do u scare him off and put your bait out?
If you can get a pail of Kentucky fried chicken grease pour that on the ground around your bait. The bears will step in it and track it where ever they walk and leave a scent trail back to your bait that other bears will follow