Baiting Bears, Question 4 the experienced

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This August I would like to hunt for bears, location, parry sound.

I have hunted here and seen bears,tracks in moss, and feces.

I am planning to go up this weekend and set bait. One mabe two sites.
Then return 2 weeks later, bait again. One week after that the season will open and i will go up and bait and sit on the pile for a few days.

What tips can you give me if any about this plan. Is there too much time between baiting to get attention?
Must I bait in thick cover or on the edge of it where I have found tracks?
I will use greese, dog food, some molases, fish guts, and frozen meat.
Please let me know what you guys think!
Thanks
 
I would stay away from fish.Once it turnes beyond rancid the bear tend not to fequent the bait as often.Its alright if the bear are already hitting your bait hard as the fish won't be there long enough to make a difference.
I find once you get the bear comming in meat is the very best to keep them hanging around.
 
3 trips from ??(GTA I will assume) to parry sound to sit on a site that has only been baited twice? I dunno if you are going to have the best odds of getting a bear. You never know though.

This is just me, but I would rather head further up north after opening day(kirkland lake or timmins area come to mind) and just drive logging roads and shoot one in a blueberry patch.

Pick a few berries and make some cobbler to go with it.:D
 
The best tip is to Make sure you are not baiting in someone elses baiting location. Check the area for other bait sites that may not be used this early. Nothing puts a damper on a hunt when you find out you setup beside someone that has hunted this area for years.

I never start to bait untill two weeks before the season. Fall bears tend to come and go and when they find a new food sorce they will stay for a while. untill the food runs out...
 
You need to check and refresh the baits almost daily... other than that you are wasting your time.

If there were a spring bear hunt baiting in advance will tell you a great deal. But since the bears are already out of their lairs you will not be able to tell how frequently or the intensity of the hit if you are only checking every two weeks. ... You will be feeding them rather than baiting them.


my 2 cents.
 
Do what you can with what you got, if that's all you got don't despare. It may not be the best scenerio but it can still work...

One thing that can be used with great success is popcorn....fill a 205 litre drum with it, chain it to a big tree, cut some small holes (eneogh to let him get his paws in).... Put grease/sardine oil all over the drum and on the floor, that way when the bear walks away it leaves a scent trail for others to follow....Popcorn is free from the movie theaters and its light weight.... Just make sure you have a good scent to draw them in.....(hanging open sardine cans froms trees works...
 
I bait once a week, enough donuts to fill a 45 gallon drum chained to a tree. I also start baiting, at least 6 weeks before opening day. You have to get the bears into a routine to come to to bait site. Once hunting season opens, I also use liquid smoke to bring them in. Many years using doing this, and bears every time. I would also use only 1 bait site.
 
I spent 30 days in camp last year and plan a longer stay this year. I set a few baits up for the young hunters that come up for the moose hunt. I use fish guts, table scraps, duck, grouse, goose guts, groundhogs, bread, etc etc. The best bait last year was the maggots from the scrap meat/game. The bear kept coming back and his droppings was full of the maggots. Not every bear is the same and a lot depends on the berry crop and the competion for berries/food in your area? Some bait is better than no bait, use bread, buns, dounuts also as this keeps and you want a lot of bait so they keep coming back and know were some food is. One of the best baits ( lot of work) a steel barrel filled with oats and cattle molasses mixed chained to a tree with a few holes big enough for the bear to get his tongue into the barrel. This will keep for two weeks.
 
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Not every bear is the same and a lot depends on the berry crop and the competion for berries/food in your area? Some bait is better than no bait, use bread, buns, dounuts also as this keeps and you want a lot of bait so they keep coming back and know were some food is. One of the best baits ( lot of work) a steel barrel filled with oats and cattle molasses mixed chained to a tree with a few holes big enough for the bear to get his tongue into the barrel. This will keep for two weeks.
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This is good advice. If you let your bait site run dry, odds are that any bears that were hitting it will move on. Fall bears are voracious feeders trying to fatten up for their long naps, they won't hang around a dry bait.
 
What If I baited the day before I intend to hunt or a few days before that? Are they able to smell it and come in that quick?
I could bait it heavily for 2 days before I hunt and sit on it to watch as well. Is that enough time though or will the meat need to start to break down? I am also going to add a 18Kg bag of dog food to the mix
 
No baiting allowed in BC (Not that we need to) but I've talked to lots of guys in other provinces and states, and some inventive ways are:

Get a jug of used deep fryer oil, and dump it into a holow stump. Bears will keep coming back for it.

Go to your stand, and set up a little stve and burn some maple syrup in a pan
 
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