bear hunting- bait

[snapcrackpop]

Thanks, just haven't seen any posts on it so I figured it was a bad idea.

However, while watching a PBS show about bears, researchers were using STINKY fish for bait to collect hair on barb wire around the bait.

Sounded like a good idea to freeze guts or carp and throw them on the pile when baiting starts.

[fetzeriiif]

The regs say no mamal bones, so fish or chicken bones are ok.

[putter]

TAKE CORYSLUCKY 7 BAIT ADVICE I USE HIS BAIT ALSO HOLDS UP WELL DONT SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH GETTING BEARS TO COME IN.

[superbee]

I have never tried it, but have heard some good reports.

[KeystoneLight]

Pioneer Press has a great article about Lucky 7 Bear Bait in todays paper. They also talk with Mike Antonson, who is putting on bear hunting seminars at Game Fair and is very knowledgeable. Both great guys to talk with.

[MUSKYMAN1011]

hey glenn I live in richmond adn have been doen getting bait for about 3 months now. I have about 2000 pund sof sweets for them. do yourself a favor and skip the dog food adn get some bread and grease.

2000 pounds of sweets???

Ummm? are you driving a 18 wheeler into the woods?

[putter]

2000 pounds of sweets isnt that mutch bait when you run sevral bait sights.

what time of day does everyone like to bait? i try to bait mid morning

[Outfitter17]

We are going to order some bait from Lucky7, I guess they are heading up this way with a load, so we are going to try it.

I always bait between 11am and 2pm, All of our stand are around the lake and the seem to get on a feeding pattern. When the boat leaves the bear seem to come in. All of our bears are shot either within 1 hr. of the boat dropping the hunter off or the last 1hr. of daylight.

[sakazulu]

Mid morning seems to work good. I'm all over the sweet stuff for baiting. My bro' and my Dad like the fish gut thing and I think that it works better where there aren't berries.

I was eating wild rasberries while mowing up at the cabin just last weekend and I think I may save my bait for awhile. Good crop of natural forage going on where I'm at and want to get going a little later this year.

Anybody else have any thought's about that?

[putter]

sakazulu i think i would start the baiting. they still will hit the bait even with natural forage. just wait to hunt later in the season i would want to get them into a habit of checking your site. outfitter you will like lucky 7 bait the only problem with it some items you need to by in such large portions makes it tough for the avrage guy buy and store it.

[sakazulu]

Darn'it Putter, I know your right. Thanks for talking me out of it. My Dad starts this weekend, so I will too. Great advice Putter and thanks.

[maros91]

Here is what I am going to war with: Trail mix,dog food, corn, oats, and donuts. Should I put a little of each in a station or stick with one thing like dog food in one and corn in another or am I just looking to far into it.

[sakazulu]

I want to say that this year, with what you have, mix it up at each station, see what they're after and go from there. If it starts to rain this season, grains and dogfood aren't the ticket. I don't use them anymore.

[Boar]

Biff just relax an let happen man dont think so far into it an just feed the bear. I mix it up some times an some times not, all your stuff us good stuff so dont worry he'll eat it, good luck an dont syck your self out. Boar

[89Bronco]

Biff, I see you're from Bock. I saw a sign for bear bait when I went through there on Sunday. Do you know who has it and what they have?

[superbee]

Mid day is usually the best as that is when the bears are least active, especially the bigger ones anyway. I think everyone is agreed on thta pretty much.

[maros91]

They get it from Lucky 7. All they had there was candy, something like DOTS except in different flavors for $7 a box.

[Boar]

wish I could bait mid day I dont get off work till 5 pm. Sakazulu, I was thinking baiting later also but remebered three years ago I took a 300+ boar that hit the bait for the first time three days before legal shooting, I took him on opening day. Had I waited I dont think I would have shot him because of not having the bait smells all over the woods from days off baiting an grease trails from the sow an cubbs that were hitting the bait almost from the beginning. He probabley just kept mosseying along out of the area. So I'm starting on Sunday, wife has us camping before school starts. Gonna be a long weekend. Boar

[imhooked]

We use candy, pastries, and watermelon.

They have been hitting well

[sakazulu]

You know, Boar, that's why I asked. I got a little depressed last weekend thinking too much about the whole deal, having to wait and all. Now I'm back on track and "stoked" like I should be. Thanks to Boar and Putter for saving the season and good luck! Sakazulu

[Boar]

Good luck Sakazulu. I am also thinking though that if nothing serious happens by legal shooting I might pull out an wait till cooler temps, end of Sept. till end of season, every year I hear around my area when I done hunting bear or the money runs out, how the locals are seeing more bear an so an so shot a big one ect.. an it's always during cooler temps. Last year I ran out of money baiting a bear that would'nt show during daytime an the two years ago I ran out of money trying to pull bear of the massive acorn crop. So this year I'm due, no bear by end of second weekend of hunting, I'm waiting till it cools down. Boar

[charliepete2]

I've had good luck bear hunting later in the season. Once the temp starts dropping the bears really strap on the feed bag.