how big is this bear/color?

[jay83196]

Thanks, Im new to this bear hunting, been hunting my whole life but last year was my first year and despite not getting one I had good luck baiting had a lot of action but it shut down before opener and then I had to stop hunting due to a emergency back home so my hunt was cut short. This year my focus is keeping them coming longer and trying to get bigger ones this year. I have to pick new stations as I'm on new land this year, does it matter that much location if there's not that much pressure around me, whats a good practice to draw them in at first.

Thanks

[bogwalker]

[bogwalker]

Jay, I don't believe I have taken a bear in September. You will see fewer bears in October but they will usually be the bigger males. Sows will be going into "hibernation" already by late September possibly even earlier. So don't give up too early if they abandon your site. The hard part of keeping bear on your bait after the first 2 weeks is competition with acorns and the opening of small game season and archery deer season around September 15th. This turns many bears nocturnal right away. Yes location is that important. Your bait needs to be in thick cover in a large area of thick cover. If your cover consists of leaves on trees and brush, you will loose that cover when the leaves fall off the trees leaving your bait site wide open. If you can get close to a travel corridor you can set your crib up wind and use scent drag rags to the crib from where you see bear sign. Then hang the rag near the crib.

[Boar]

Find the travel routs like bog said, grease drags are good but i prefer to scent up the area. Put out some smell. I know of some that hange a burlap sak full of dog food an soak it in grease an hang over a limb away from the trunk of a tree an high enough so a bear cant reach out a grab it, every time they bait, they drop the sak into a bucket of grease for a refreshing, really hits the airwaves. But.... ya cant have anything not readily biodegradeble at a site unatented. So rope an burlap cant be left unatended I guesse, thats kinda a grey area aint it. Boar

[bogwalker]

Like Boar said. Scent is very important. Scent drags, hanging scent rags, scent sprayed on foliage, I don't think you can over do it.

[Boar]

Bog, I've been curious about how you build your crib, everyone has thweir own way I guesse, ben interested in how you do yours if ya dont mind, have any pictures? Later boar

[bogwalker]

It varies but usually with two 6' logs as runners and logs across the top for a cover. The 6' logs double as a measuring device to size up the bear.

[Matt Breuer]

I suck at guessing weights, as I'm very rarely close.

Looks like you're dealing with a light shaded black, or a very black colored cinnamon... If you look hard and hold any black bear fur in the light just right, you can get cinnamon tones out of it. The cinnamon I shot last year appeared very light brown during daylight pics, and almost red in the night pics. Hanging on my wall he's a beautiful chocolate brown.