Bear Hunting/Trapping Lures
- Thread starter Yoteboy
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- Location
- California (formerly from BC)
We have always used a mixture of old fryolator grease, anise oil and a bit of molasses mixed up... 
Put in a 5 gallon bucket, strap the lid on (its a freaking mess if you spill it in your truck) and take it out to the hunting site. We smear it on trees a bit off the ground. My dad taught us the recipe. Its simple, cheap and it works.
Anise oil is also spread in the area near the lure.
Put in a 5 gallon bucket, strap the lid on (its a freaking mess if you spill it in your truck) and take it out to the hunting site. We smear it on trees a bit off the ground. My dad taught us the recipe. Its simple, cheap and it works.Anise oil is also spread in the area near the lure.
BrotherRockeye
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rural Saskatchewan
for spring bear I always used 5 gal pails of grease from the donut shops...it solidifies and you can get a good idea of the size of bears on your bait from the bite marks in it.It smells like donuts and is a great attractant.I expect the grease also helps them blow their plug and get their system going again.wire the pail to a tree and take the lid off.don't rely on the pails handle or the pail will be missing next time around.
one thing that seemed to work well was onion bags filled with fish carcasses hung up in the trees.That stench travels a long way.
the best way to get bears on a new bait is to get the Ravens there first.that means leaving some bait where they can get at it easy.
Ravens are like air recon for bears
one thing that seemed to work well was onion bags filled with fish carcasses hung up in the trees.That stench travels a long way.
the best way to get bears on a new bait is to get the Ravens there first.that means leaving some bait where they can get at it easy.
Ravens are like air recon for bears
- Location
- Stony Plain, Alberta
Fish oil works good, but it can be a pain to handle. Take hog hocks, pig feet or any other cheap cut of pig. Wire it to a tree, take a propane torch and go to town on it. If there is black bear in the area they'll be there by morning.
I wonder how well this stuff works http://www.buckbomb.com/buckbomb/hunting/bear_bomb.html
Am I missing something here? In BC regs it says "bear may not be hunted by placing bait or by using a dead animal or part of it as bait".
Bait - means anything, including meat, cereals,
cultivated crops, restrained animal or any
manufactured product or material, that may
attract wildlife and includes plastic or other
imitation foods, but does not include a decoy
as described under these regulations.
Bait - means anything, including meat, cereals,
cultivated crops, restrained animal or any
manufactured product or material, that may
attract wildlife and includes plastic or other
imitation foods, but does not include a decoy
as described under these regulations.
BrotherRockeye
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rural Saskatchewan
+1
nothing better for bear.
I used to save my deer trim from the year before as well.
natural food sources or at least the scent of can bring in wary boars that you might not otherwise see.
because a large part of a bears spring diet is winterkill and carcass meat they are naturally drawn to those things.
if you are just starting out always remember 2 things
-never go to the bait and your stand in the same trip(if at all possible)
-never walk behind the crib(once it's set,feed it and leave it)
it's always a good idea to wear rubber boots to minimize ground scent too.
That's the piece I was missing. I stand corrected and apologize.
This posting by cjs, with a BC address, had me wondering, too.
"We have always used a mixture of old fryolator grease, anise oil and a bit of molasses mixed up..."
And then this one by him, also.
"Yes - the buckets in the tree, thats what we did too."
"We have always used a mixture of old fryolator grease, anise oil and a bit of molasses mixed up..."
And then this one by him, also.
"Yes - the buckets in the tree, thats what we did too."
You gotta get some video of yogi doing the handcuff dance!
Have you considered picnic baskets?- Location
- California (formerly from BC)
I haven't even had a parking ticket in my name
With security clearances, I am squeaky clean. But thanks for the thought that I am somehow actively or have broken the law in the past.My dad was a grizzly bear hunting guide in the 60's - we have hunted around the world growing up so my advice is general. My dad no longer bear hunts - he hasn't since the early 80's - but bears being bears - the same lures we used back in the day - still work.
Note the past tense of my statements "used" and "did"... I figured the advice given to someone in Saskatchewan might be appreciated without inferences that I am somehow condoning breaking the law, or have broke the law.
take one 55gal steel barrel with clamp on lid. Drill 1 1/2" holes with a hole saw in the barrel at random. Drill a hole in the bottom of the barrel and bolt an eye bolt through the hole attach a chain to the eye bolt and attach chain to a tree....Get cheap kibble from a co-op dump a bag of it in the barrel add molasses and bacon grease and mix up well......With a normal bait barrel bears will gorge them self on the bait till its gone then leave the area.....this way they roll the barrel to get the food and only a few kibbles fall out at a time the bait will last a week easily.....crib the tree the barrel is chained to with dead branches so you can get a good shot and your good to go......also if there is a bear at your bait while your walking in you will hear the barrel rolling around.
I was only going to use picnic baskets if I knew the bears could talk and wore hats and ties.
Anyone ever try Sow In Heat bear lure?
I wore it in the bar once, results were inconclusive.
OK, cjs, we are not full of thoughts of you having been a law breaker. Far from it. My thought was that you were likely from some province that allowed bear baiting. I was looking for something in your post that would indicate that. Thus, I was wondering.
I never thought about it being legal to bait for bears in BC not that many years ago. Your post would have had much more force, if you had stated that you were familiar with baiting for grizzly, when it was legal to do so.
I never thought about it being legal to bait for bears in BC not that many years ago. Your post would have had much more force, if you had stated that you were familiar with baiting for grizzly, when it was legal to do so.
