bear pics
- Thread starter glang1
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I used a Pelican 1020 waterproof case, a Sony P32 camera, & an XLP controller card. The IR camera uses the same equipment, I just added some IR mods to the camera to make it capture IR, also the flash hole is covered by an IR filter glass. Check out this thread for more details on my homemade trailcam.
George
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252072
My homemade trail camera took this picture of a sow & her two cubs. They spent about 30 min. at my bait site.
Nice pics,What is the black spot up in the tree?
The black cloth on the branch is one of my t-shirts. I always hang one up at all my bait sites. It gets the bears used to my scent.
George
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC
Garbage dump bears.............
Whether the can is placed in the bush or at then end of the driveway,it's still garbage.
Whether the can is placed in the bush or at then end of the driveway,it's still garbage.
303, easy on the man's bears!LOL> Lord knows Ontario must be loosing bear hunters at an alarming rate. I know where you are that the picture portrays mulitple provincial offense but back east the bears are a bit smarter and bait is the only way to get a look at them let alone a clean shot.(and is legal) IMH experience eastern black bears don't make a habit of lounging in clear cuts at 1 pm.LOL.
That location is amazingly beautiful.Babbling trout stream, beaver pond and mature Eastern White cedar is my favorite bio-geo setting. Hope you own that land.
That location is amazingly beautiful.Babbling trout stream, beaver pond and mature Eastern White cedar is my favorite bio-geo setting. Hope you own that land.
Thanks for the kind reply David. Some people just don't understand the different techniques needed to hunt Eastern Blackie's in deep cover like my property. I am out in my 160 acres quite often, & in 25 years I have only seen the tail end of a bear twice outside of my bait sites. They are just too smart & attentive to their surroundings to be seen by noisy, smelly animals like humans. Also I never feed bears garbage!. They get my table scraps, & food like corn, molasses, & horse feed. Bread & donuts are also on the menu if I can get them.
George
George
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC
That location is amazingly beautiful.Babbling trout stream, beaver pond and mature Eastern White cedar is my favorite bio-geo setting. Hope you own that land.
Amazingly beautiful, yes....then there is the garbage can right smack in the middle.
Amazingly beautiful, yes....then there is the garbage can right smack in the middle.
Then the other consideration is that glang1 pays property taxes on and maintains in a huntable state 160 acres of forest. Even if it was a Garbage barrell who cares! I'd rather have glang manage the forest then Canfor LOL>
Allt eh best everyone, thanks for links to the homemade cameras.
Allt eh best everyone, thanks for links to the homemade cameras.
Het in BC we dont need to bate them. They just come on in for a visit and ter up a place for themseves. We make the news every year for our bears. In the bush we fill our tags every year. Since we have 4 hunters in the house now we try to split it into two parts to make the seassonlast one in the pring then the second in the fall. Since BC does not alow bateing of anykind people just leave the windows open with a fan blowing to add to the atration
Then the RCMP and game wordens get to get there hunting in before the season starts.
The sad truth to this is we had some freeky weather this spring that killed a lot of barries so they are hungry. We had a person malled the one day and a second bear do a B&E the next. Every few years we have a larger than normal bear encounters in the citys. Unlike out east were you need to bate to evan see them. I came from Manatoba 22 years ago and evan there in the lake country bears just walk on in after your dog. My brother has shot several over the years this way protecting his dogs that were tited up in the back yard. I guess it all depends on were you live and how brave ( or stuppid ) they are. One thing is for sure they will get a bang out of it in the end no matter were they live.
Then the RCMP and game wordens get to get there hunting in before the season starts.
The sad truth to this is we had some freeky weather this spring that killed a lot of barries so they are hungry. We had a person malled the one day and a second bear do a B&E the next. Every few years we have a larger than normal bear encounters in the citys. Unlike out east were you need to bate to evan see them. I came from Manatoba 22 years ago and evan there in the lake country bears just walk on in after your dog. My brother has shot several over the years this way protecting his dogs that were tited up in the back yard. I guess it all depends on were you live and how brave ( or stuppid ) they are. One thing is for sure they will get a bang out of it in the end no matter were they live.
Amazingly beautiful, yes....then there is the garbage can right smack in the middle.
FFS, we know you don't believe in baiting. However, what is the point of critisizing someone who is persuing a legal hunting activity?
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When a clear cut sprouts new growth and the bears and ungulates target the high value feed is that 'bait'
When the salmon are all rotting on the river banks is that bait?
When the grouse are out picking up trucked in gravel on a road side is that bait?
When ungulates and bears feed on fields that have been fertilized or managed to produce high quality forage is that bait?
There is no moral high ground on this issue very few hunters ever have hunted where they did'nt get an advantage from some type of man made or natural 'bait'.
Now the concept of garbage is open to interpretation though LOL.
When the salmon are all rotting on the river banks is that bait?
When the grouse are out picking up trucked in gravel on a road side is that bait?
When ungulates and bears feed on fields that have been fertilized or managed to produce high quality forage is that bait?
There is no moral high ground on this issue very few hunters ever have hunted where they did'nt get an advantage from some type of man made or natural 'bait'.
Now the concept of garbage is open to interpretation though LOL.
Thats the point we all look for bait weather natureal or placed. If it was alowed in BC you would see people use it all the time. We cant so gess what a lot of sower grapes out there. ut if you know were to look thee is a lot of natural bait here in BC and many hunters here know how to use it. Orcherds are a good exsample. I bow hunt on a few to help keep the bear and deer down. and with a bow we can shoot were you cant with the rifle do to homes being close by. AND yes I know my spelling is NFG but so what!
Nice pics.
I have only been feeding (2 seperate stands) for a couple days myself and I'm 50-50. 1 stand is hit everytime, the other stand I think I'm just feeding the otters,, marten, mink fox and coyotes.
No big bear activity in my area that I can find. Lots of medium sized tracks though. Doesnt look good for friday unless I decide to take one of the 150lbers feeding at the first stand.
I have only been feeding (2 seperate stands) for a couple days myself and I'm 50-50. 1 stand is hit everytime, the other stand I think I'm just feeding the otters,, marten, mink fox and coyotes.
No big bear activity in my area that I can find. Lots of medium sized tracks though. Doesnt look good for friday unless I decide to take one of the 150lbers feeding at the first stand.
If it wasn't for spell check, I'd be considered illiterate too.
Anyway, just wondering how close to residential areas you'd arrow a bear?
Not in any way, shape or form critisizing the technique, just wondering if you're concerned about a wounded bear scrambling into residential. There have been many stories posted on this forum that show how resillient a black bear can be.
