A Question for The Master Baiters (bear baiters)

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I know some of the more common bear baits include popcorn, breads, sweets and oats.

I have just come across about a ton or so of free wheat. My thoughts are wheat and molasses or deep fryer grease etc. Oh yeah, I also managed to find a free 5 Gallon bucket of molasses.

Any reason why wheat would not work as well as oats? I will be hunting 4 hours from home and will be having someone put the baits out for me, so teh trial and error method will not work for me.

Thanks
 
We hunted a grain spill on the train tracks one year with success. After awhile I think we were hunting a 'bar' more than a 'bait' but they sure liked it!
Mixing with molasses or kitchen grease will just make it even better. Throw in a bottle of anise to truly drive them wild!
 
I've hunted with guys that have tried it alll..... and the best receipe?

Old Tim Hortons donuts covered in molasses! If you talk to the manager, you can usually get BAGS and BAGS (not small one.. big flour bags full!) of old donuts.

We've had hunters in the area complain that their meat/grain bait piles stopped getting hit the second we set up camp. :)
 
any grain will work.
bears are omnivores.
fryer grease from a donut shop is best but any kind of grease,molasses etc work.(prune juice.old preserves)
grease is dual purpose in that they track it back out into the forest and other bears follow it back in to the bait.
don't be shy about spilling it in front of the barrel.
if you want to bring bears to a new bait in a hurry,get the birds there.make your setup visible from the air and throw a loaf of bread slices(easy to see) around and get the ravens on the bait.
bears find winter kill in the spring with the birds help...use it to your advantage.
I designed a grain feeder years ago that works real slick.It keeps the bears on sight when the meat and donuts are gone.
 
canucklehead is bang on about donuts...even without molasses.
everything from a donut shop is good!
the pails of hard grease they throw out are great for spring,bears love it for blowing their plug first thing and you can get an idea of their size by the bite marks in the grease/pail.
add beaver to that list.
those were the primaries.
grain was,as I said,a backup to keep them around when the "real" bait ran out.

if you have the only bait around grain will work fine,but it would be nice to have a beaver or 2 there as well,if you don't have access to a donut shop.
even trim from a butcher shop...
 
Donuts are not an option, the local Tims' around here send their day olds to the seniors home and the ones in NB are all spoken for by other hunters. I can get loads of bread but that will only be good for a couple weeks, like I said I won't doing the baiting. The grain will last for a long long time if kept dry.

I also have a secret ingredient to add to my grain, sweetened condensed milk, about 20-30 liters of it.
 
Grain by itself won't do much. You need old fryer grease as well, the grain is more of a filler/carrier to soak up the oil. Most guys use oats because it's generally the cheapest grain.
Many fly-out camps use popcorn due to weight. Fly in 50 pounds of kernels and you'll get a pile of popcorn.
Also, there's a company in Wisconsin, called Bear Scents. Get some of their Anis spray and spray on trees/shrubs around bait site. They also sell bacon scent which smells pretty good, but anis seems to work best. You can also soak a rag in it and hoist it on a smaller poplar high up(15+ ft) so the wind carries it.
Beaver meat is excellent as well, if you can get it. Talk to some trappers, then keep it in the freezer.
Beaver castor is also a great attractant.
 
Popcorn....espcially if you have an in at a theatre or similar. It smells a ton, is lightweight for packing in and they bears can't get too much out of barrel at once. Used in conjunction with some fryer grease and a bit of candy you can't go wrong. Depending on the time of the season we have also had success with sow in heat scent. Actually had a little guy in a few years back dry humping the barrel the day after the sow scent was put onto the barrel.
 
I know I can use popcorn, oats, bread, donuts etc. My question was not what to use, it was, "Will wheat work?" Like I said I can get tons of it and it will store well.
See I will be making the trip about 3 weeks before the hunt to drop off the bait, I will be having someone else bait for me, Bread will be good for about a week maybe two, I am not going to ask him to make popcorn for me, etc.

Here is what I currently have for FREE 5 gallons of Molasses, 5 gallons of fryer grease, and about the same in sweetened condensed milk. I also have access to a silo containing about ton or two of wheat.
 
I just pop me a beaver, skin it out, into barrel it goes , then of course comes dessert..... timmy's donuts, and some molasses and grain...... beaver gets good and stinky, and believe me this does not take long with beaver , and wham you have bear , from everywhere !
 
I will definitely be lugging a beave or two to the site, that reminds me I better call my trapper buddy before they are all gone. I personally don't believe in using any meat after the beaver is gone. I understand that a a bear can go days between meals if he eats meat but with carbs he has to come back every day.
 
that's why the beaver is in the barrel , with a small hole , only big enough to get a wee bit at a time. It's more of the "attractant" and the carbs the meal, this way like you say , he's forced to come back. BUT let me tell you , the just cannot resist stinky beaver for some reason it brings them like nothing else.
 
greywolf said:
that's why the beaver is in the barrel , with a small hole , only big enough to get a wee bit at a time. It's more of the "attractant" and the carbs the meal, this way like you say , he's forced to come back. BUT let me tell you , the just cannot resist stinky beaver for some reason it brings them like nothing else.
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Who could resist a stinky beaver???
 
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