Species8472
CGN Regular
- Location
- Nipissing Township + 82a
Went to check/refresh my baits Saturday. I always approach my baits quietly with the wind to my advantage and also go middle of the day so as to minimize the chances of disturbing feeding yogis. Well my first bait had been totally hammered with 350lbs of bait gone in 10 days. I stood the shaker barrel back up and put it in position for refilling and than hiked back out to my truck to begin the long job of humping the bait back in 90lbs per trip. Well I get back to the barrel and it has moved 8 feet to the end of it's chain and is back in the position I found 30 minutes earlier. Additional during that 30 minutes the tree I had my call lure in had been pulled down and had a claw mark next to the rag and a small bite out the rag.
So I backed out and decided to return today. I was able to re-bait and relocate the call lure without interference this time. I also put up a cam to hopefully see what's going on. I put the cam in a steel lock box - hopefully it lasts long enough to see what is going on.
The second bait (this one is canoe access) that i checked on Saturday was also fun as I walked in on a 200lb yogi happily feeding at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I was able to escape undetected without disturbing him as I came in with minimal noise and the wind in my face. Went back on Sunday and got the bait freshened up. That site had about 25lbs left out 350lbs placed 10 days earlier.
Call lure with claw mark to the left and small bite out of the rag:
Tree the call lure was in:
So I backed out and decided to return today. I was able to re-bait and relocate the call lure without interference this time. I also put up a cam to hopefully see what's going on. I put the cam in a steel lock box - hopefully it lasts long enough to see what is going on.
The second bait (this one is canoe access) that i checked on Saturday was also fun as I walked in on a 200lb yogi happily feeding at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I was able to escape undetected without disturbing him as I came in with minimal noise and the wind in my face. Went back on Sunday and got the bait freshened up. That site had about 25lbs left out 350lbs placed 10 days earlier.
Call lure with claw mark to the left and small bite out of the rag:
Tree the call lure was in:
