Millelacs area

[kevfish]

Anyone been in the woods near millelacs lately. What is the berry crop looking like? Good , bad, average????

[Remington]

I was up there last weekend just North of Garrison and the rasberries were just ripening. They didn't look as thick as last years crop, which is a good sign. There was plenty of chokecherries and I saw quite a few branches torn down. I am going to be up there this weekend again and will send any more info I get.

[beretta]

Raspberries are thicker than thick in the Aitkin area.

[Finlander]

Well if this is any indication of bear activity, the cabin 2 lots down had a bear going into there bird feeder all night long and that was on Little Whitefish lake just north of the casino next to Mille Lacs!

[Remington]

I was up on Saturday to set up my bait stations. The berry patches I mentioned before had been hit and appeared to be not producing more. I think I am lucky to not have them thick there this year. I set up the camera at one of the baits so hopefully I can post some shots next week.

[kevfish]

We put out 4 bait stations on saturday- we checked them sunday morning- 2 had been hit and 2 were not touched- what have other people been experiencing.

[beretta]

put out 3 baits friday and checked them today and 2 had been hit. I put out 3 more yesterday and will check them tomorrow after football practice

[knucklehead]

does anyone know of someone with a large bear population that they need help with? I lost my private land to hunt due to a divorce of a friends. I am just not sure where to go to do any hunting

[beretta]

what zone?

[knucklehead]

zone 51...sorry should of mentioned that

[spearingboy]

knucklehead send me an email if you want. kyle _ mlynar @hotmail . com. I went 4 for 5 yesterday when I checked my baits so the bear are moving around.

[knucklehead]

spearing boy you have mail

[knucklehead]

spearing boy;
your email keeps getting bounced back to me. if you want send me an email at [YouNeedAuthorization]@hotmail.com

thanks

[kevfish]

boy did the bears shut down when the season started near mille lacs- any one else have similar experience.

[Remington]

I did too. I had been putting out a ton of bait on Saturdays and it was all gone by Wednesday. I had pictures of 4 different bears at my bait station at times from 9am until 9pm. I thought for sure I'd have one, but There was not one hit on Wednesday-Friday even after dark once the season started. I skipped Saturday and went up Sunday for the evening. I got rained out with the downpour at ~7pm. I was really surprised that they shut down because I am really deep in there this year away from the noise and people. I am still gonna try this weekend though.

[kevfish]

same thing for us- hit all day until the season started- then the light switch theory

[Remington]

I went up Thursday to rebait and had 20 pictures taken since Monday. They were of two different bears that showed up Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. I believe that I have conditioned them to to come in then because I have been baiting on weekends only. I was hoping that baiting on Thursday would have kept them around, but they haven't touched it as of today. They must have moved on to do their routes for the rest of the week. It was great to get that many pictures. One of the bears would actually nap in the pit.