Bear Baits

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

Baits are set. Snow was minimal in the temagami area.

Cell cams that actually have reception show no hits yet. Usually takes a few days!

Our hunt starts this coming weekend weather permitting...

Cheers!

[huntnmachine]

Good luck

[mr meat]

What day are you heading back up if your stopping in north bay I might meet you guys

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

What day are you heading back up if your stopping in north bay I might meet you guys

Norm is heading up Thursday. I'm going up Friday...

[mr meat]

Norm is heading up Thursday. I'm going up Friday...

Ok I’m working

[DanE]

Our baiting strategy worked to a tee on a nice young boar saturday evening
we put the time in scouting and picking optimal baiting sites over the winter and early spring. baits set up last couple weeks in april (due to the late spring up there) 3 weeks of nothing and then a large boar showed up, a week later it was like a light switched on and there were bears showing up at all times of the day. we had one young boar who was always first in at the bait after rebaiting and that ultimately was his demise
lucky we have the luxury of cellular trail cams made for a total of 2.5h of stand time to notch my tag

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

Our baiting strategy worked to a tee on a nice young boar saturday evening
we put the time in scouting and picking optimal baiting sites over the winter and early spring. baits set up last couple weeks in april (due to the late spring up there) 3 weeks of nothing and then a large boar showed up, a week later it was like a light switched on and there were bears showing up at all times of the day. we had one young boar who was always first in at the bait after rebaiting and that ultimately was his demise
lucky we have the luxury of cellular trail cams made for a total of 2.5h of stand time to notch my tag

Sounds exactly like my hunt for the last 3 spring seasons. Literally tagged out on the first sit.

One of our other usual productive spots had zero activity. We believe it was due to hanging a ladder stand 1 week before the hunt. Oh well next year maybe the bears will return because we left the stand up and they will have a year to get used to it...

[DanE]

Sounds exactly like my hunt for the last 3 spring seasons. Literally tagged out on the first sit.

One of our other usual productive spots had zero activity. We believe it was due to hanging a ladder stand 1 week before the hunt. Oh well next year maybe the bears will return because we left the stand up and they will have a year to get used to it...

that's interesting about the ladder stand
I shot my bear from a climber, but saying that our 2 other bait sites are hit very regularly and at all times of the day and they are new ladder stands