Bear Hunt

[Bushwhacker]

Great story and display of determination and focus, to do that alone.

The picture of that bear caught red handed stealing the pale is hilarious.

[LowbanksArcher]

Those trailcam pics are amazing. Lmao. That's one crafty bear you managed to outsmart. Congrats

[FishHog]

Thanks guys, yeah the pics made my day. My wife still laughs about it.

[FishHog]

FishHog can you talk a bit more (in detail) about your baiting technique. Seems a lot easier than hauling a 55 gallon drum.
Thanks

Just a 5gal pail (plastic will work but get chewed up pretty good). I went to metal, drill 2 holes in the bottom outside edge (about 11/2" dia). I run a piece of all thread up through the bottom and the top with a wing nut on top. Couple washers and nuts to hold it there. Use the wing nut to get the top off, fill it up and put the top back on. I put a heavy rock on top so coons can knock it over, and a couple small rocks covering the 2 holes to keep the squirrels out.
I take the wire handle off the pail and drill those holes large enough to run a chain through and chain it to a tree, about 12' of chain.

They typically just roll it around and popcorn falls out. some are more aggressive and even the metal pails can take a beating, but they hold up better.

I pop corn in a turkey fryer pot, once I have a bear coming, I bait daily, but 5gal of popcorn in a garbage bag is easy to hike in with and seems to keep them coming. I had 2 sites that were active, but this bear seemed to be taunting me so I hunted him the most. Had a small one coming in as well that I could easily have taken, but I'll let him get bigger.

[FishHog]

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You can see the pail better in this pic.

[Ata83]

Great story and bear, congrats.

the picture of him taking the pail is priceless lol

[mosquito]

Well done , a good source of plastic pails is your local restaurant. They may not have 5 gallon but will surely have the ones that are about 2 1/2 gallon and they will likely happily give them to you for free or real cheap just to get them out of the way. I have the 5 gallons that say tahini on them and the smaller ones that had mustard and mayo in them.

[fratri]

Just a 5gal pail (plastic will work but get chewed up pretty good). I went to metal, drill 2 holes in the bottom outside edge (about 11/2" dia). I run a piece of all thread up through the bottom and the top with a wing nut on top. Couple washers and nuts to hold it there. Use the wing nut to get the top off, fill it up and put the top back on. I put a heavy rock on top so coons can knock it over, and a couple small rocks covering the 2 holes to keep the squirrels out.
I take the wire handle off the pail and drill those holes large enough to run a chain through and chain it to a tree, about 12' of chain.

They typically just roll it around and popcorn falls out. some are more aggressive and even the metal pails can take a beating, but they hold up better.

I pop corn in a turkey fryer pot, once I have a bear coming, I bait daily, but 5gal of popcorn in a garbage bag is easy to hike in with and seems to keep them coming. I had 2 sites that were active, but this bear seemed to be taunting me so I hunted him the most. Had a small one coming in as well that I could easily have taken, but I'll let him get bigger.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. One day I may have to give that a try. Congrats again

[Gilroy]

Great story and pictures, well done

[Articcat]

Nicely done congrats, too funny