A little insight needed regards to bear baiting...update!

[350mag1]

My bear is back...I know this because I was face to face with him this afternoon...and no rifle...DOH! Went to the bait site with a garbage bag of bread and molasses...and there he was with his head stuck in the barrel...must not have heard me coming...pulled his head out looked at me and took off running...only about 40 feet away. Exciting stuff...heading out tomorrow morning before the suns up.

Mooseisloose, you must be hunting at my barrel!!! Same thing happened to me last night. I put some more grub in the barrel and went up to the stand. 45 minutes later, heard some noise behind me and there was a young one at the bottom of the tree my stand was on. I could have gave it to him but I'm holding out for something a bit bigger. Still alot of fun!

 

[350mag1]

Thanks to all the suggestions and incouragement you all gave, we harvested this guy on Saturday! He came right into our stand......nice clean kill....bang - flop!

Thanks again for all the help!!!!!

 

[Whelen B]

Good on ya!
Any estimates as to size - a little hard to tell much from the pic.
What rifle/cartridge combo did the deed?

 

[350mag1]

Thanks WhelenB. We never weighed it but my guess around 300-350lbs. It was hard to get a good pic of it because of lighting and a crappy camera.What I do know is that there was no way the 2 of us were going to drag it to the main trail without gutting it out......we tried and after 10 feet knew that we were beat. I shot from a tree stand with my Kimber .270 Win. using 150gr Federal Premiums. Got him right behind the right ear...........instant kill. Thanks again for all the information you and others provided......it was greatly appreciated!