Bear Baits

[Coldtrack]

How are everyone's baits hitting? I'm in the northwest corner of area 26 and baits just are not hitting. Baits sites are proven sites, some 15 year old spots, NOTHING!!! Usually my site's are hitting and settled in by now.

[Boar]

Havnt checkd yet. But ive. 15pluse site that i opend last night and alays kept a cam on. And have been hit all summer an for the last week with out baitof course. Notna big bear but he would taste good.

[icehole10]

we dropped bait for the first time today and will check on Saturday, so it remains to be seen. We put signs up and checked all our sites last week, but we usually don't bait the first weekend. Hope to see a few hit by the weekend!

[jerkbait]

Going to check for the first time after work today.

[jay83196]

2 sites baited and scented up 3 times total since friday....nuttin checked it today again left 2 more pails full of donuts.

[MahtowaDave]

Start baiting on Saturday. Plan on stealing a bear instead of feeding them for weeks and having them stolen from me this year. Got the secret recipe ready to go! I love baiting, so its been hard to hold off, but i'm confident it will pay off with some hits.

[protrapper]

40 sites 37 hits.

[schmoe147]

Slow in our area (44) so far. Lots of berries, infancy most I've ever seen. Hopefully something this wknd

[Coldtrack]

Start baiting on Saturday. Plan on stealing a bear instead of feeding them for weeks and having them stolen from me this year.

Yea, that's the attitude to have....blows my mind when people do that and see absolutely nothing wrong with that. Had one fella say "walked in and seen your bait was getting hit good so figured this was a good area to bait" As the crow flies he put his bait only 523 feet from mine, according to my GPS.

[jerkbait]

He already has established bait sites from earlier posts. Normally he is the one getting bears stole from him, so he is trying it different this year.

[jerkbait]

Oh checked last night, 3 baits not hits. But I did hit the blueberry patch. Some are starting to dry up now. Hopefully get a hit by the weekend. Last year we had 12 baits out and only 1 was hit before labor day. To many berries last year and the same deal this year.

[Boar]

Knowing dave from the forum i dontnthink hes goma setup on an established site. . Introducing an new site with new smells prior to hunti g can andose draw bear from established site. Pretty effective an nuthing wrong with it. Evennif its a couple meilss away from other sites.

[jerkbait]

I meant his owns site from seasons before. That is my understanding that he was just going to wait this year instead of having bears stolen from him this time around.

[Boar]

Right JB, and i ment set up next to one in close proximity. Lime when ur ice fishing and the only one around for miles and guy gota pop a house 20 ft away.

[jerkbait]

yes sir.

[MahtowaDave]

I understand completely how Coldtrack thought what he did based on my poor choice of words. Words are powerful and I should be more careful with them! I certainly would never bait near someone else intentionally and the very idea of it turns my stomach. Just changing it up this year a bit, with a different approach timing-wise. I would prefer to see no bears than to screw up anothers hunt, if the truth be told! Thanks for clarifying my intentions guys, I appreciate that. Peace and bears!

[Coldtrack]

Sorry, guess I haven't been on here long enough to know the type of person you are, just reacted to what I read.

Only one hit today on the baits, nice bear pushing 300 now if he will come back that would be great.

Still a lot of blueberries and a ton of chokecherries in the woods, I see the coon are working over the oak that are producing.

[MahtowaDave]

No harm Coldtrack. You came to the right place. Guys here are solid and informative. I don't see the bickering here, basically everyone is a bear guy, which I think automatically makes them cool. Great to hear that you got a solid bear going today! Berries are killing us again this year, I got em all over my spot too. Good luck and keep posting your results with that nice bear.

[Coldtrack]

Hard to say the size of him in these pics, but guessing close to 300. Camera screen has been bit by bear so I cant set the time and dates on this one(and a couple others..LOL)

[Boar]

Holey smokes! That thing is pushing over 3 for sure. Good kuck coldtrack. Hope smack him!

[Boar]

Hey is ur time on ur camera wrong, 12:45 pm and is dark out? Mustnhave the am switched

[Coldtrack]

Hey is ur time on ur camera wrong, 12:45 pm and is dark out? Mustnhave the am switched

Yes the time and date are both wrong, the info screen on a few of my cameras have been bit by bear so I cant set the time and dates on them.

[jerkbait]

Nice bear Coldtrack. Got my fingers crossed for ya!

[protrapper]

Great head on that beast. Over 3 for sure.

[MahtowaDave]

What a brute! They do love to slap the cameras around!