Ontario Fall bear season.

Slooshark1 said:
I used 4 loaves of bread, two packs of raspberry jello crystals and two jugs of pancake syrup. Throw 2 loaves in, sprinkle the crystals on them, one jug of syrup and then throw the second two loaves in, crystals and syrup. Tasty treat for them. I can hardly wait to get out on the 15th with my 10 year old son.
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Wait, are you talking bears, or what's for lunch? :)

I wasn't aware you could hunt bears by stalking - or is that not how it's done? We're going bear hunting next week, but it's at a camp that baits. For the future, I'd prefer to hunt bears without baiting, but got the impression that doing so wasn't realistic.
 
You can hunt them by spot and stalk in Ontario, if you can spot them. If you're hunting oatfields, that method can work. I wasn't able to find any that I could hunt on this year so I did it the old fashioned way--baiting! It's expensive though, unless you can get it for free. I wouldn't say it's easy neither. Sitting in a stand and not moving for hours on end is a lot harder than it sounds.
 
Lol. Yes, it is mentally challenging. You have to focus on why you're there. In an evening hunt, most people decide to leave right at prime time instead of waiting til legal shooting time is up. I'll be glad when the tag is filled.
 
Has anybody else had any luck? The bears on my trail cam seem to be coming early in the morning, mostly. I wired my barrel to a tree yesterday so the buggers don't steal it again.
 
I hunt from the ground mostly. I screw a tiny fold up chair to a tree stump so I can wear my ghille suit. My buddies all hunt from tree stands. They're actually quite scared of bears
 
How does that work, they have exclusive right to guiding 600 square kilometers of land? Is nobody else allowed to hunt there?

Also, not to start a new thread on this exact topic, would you carry a rifle with one in the chamber and the safety on, or safety off and chamber empty?
 
bandit86 said:
How does that work, they have exclusive right to guiding 600 square kilometers of land? Is nobody else allowed to hunt there?

Also, not to start a new thread on this exact topic, would you carry a rifle with one in the chamber and the safety on, or safety off and chamber empty?
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I actually don't know the answer to your questions. Aren't there diffferent rules for guides? Maybe he has exclusive guiding rights to the area, but members of the public can still hunt there - that's what I would guess it is. I'd love to see a map of where guides hunt, if only so I can avoid those places when hunting crown. There's enough space up north, I actively try to go where other's aren't.

As for the gun, we've never hunted bear before. So the gun question is one I'm going to ask the guide. It's bow only, not sure if they allow guns in the stands. We'll do whatever they say in the end. Failing that, we'll stick to rule #1 of bear hunting...I don't have to run faster than the bear.

The reason we're going there is kids under 16 hunt free. It's a relatively inexpensive way to take your kid for a memory of a lifetime, since it's half price for a father/son combo. And I figure with the guide we're reasonably well assured to get a bear. That's in contrast to our normal hunting behavior where we head into the bush and I don't really give two toots if we actually get anything.
 
Took my wife's cousin out Sunday and he shot his first bear, the oats are still a couple weeks from being ripe and I have all season so I will wait to fill my tags.
 
I havnt baited long, only the past 4 years basically, first 2 years were unsuccessful, last 2 years I had bears coming in consecutively, then all the sudden they'd stop coming in during the last light and switch to coming in strictly later on (12 at night type of deal)... any ideas from the more experienced guys here? The other problem I have is my camp is 1 1/2 hours away, so going there everyday simply is not an option. The past 2 years Ive had a 55 gallon drum with a lid chained to a tree, hole cut in the side of it (maybe 6"x6") and Ive filled it with dog food, the corn covered in molasses from tsc and pure molasses from the feed store. Just simply havnt had any luck and would really like to get one this year.

Sry to hijack just looking for some more ideas
 
I had this guy on the camera from last night. We hunted this evening but only had one small one come in. How big do you think this guy is? He's the biggest that I've seen so far on the bear cam.

 
ValleyGunNut said:
I havnt baited long, only the past 4 years basically, first 2 years were unsuccessful, last 2 years I had bears coming in consecutively, then all the sudden they'd stop coming in during the last light and switch to coming in strictly later on (12 at night type of deal)... any ideas from the more experienced guys here? The other problem I have is my camp is 1 1/2 hours away, so going there everyday simply is not an option. The past 2 years Ive had a 55 gallon drum with a lid chained to a tree, hole cut in the side of it (maybe 6"x6") and Ive filled it with dog food, the corn covered in molasses from tsc and pure molasses from the feed store. Just simply havnt had any luck and would really like to get one this year.

Sry to hijack just looking for some more ideas
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Are you using an ATV to bring bait? If so, drive the ATV right up to the bait site and make lot's of noise when you top it up. The bears will start coming in right after you leave. When you go to hunt, bring some fresh bait, make noise when filling it up and get into your stand and wait. They'll come.
 
A guiding service/outfitter that has the BMA (Black Bear Management Area) has exclusive rights to bring in NON resident hunters in the area. This means he is the only outfitter that can have non residents hunt in this area. All Ontario hunters can hunt anywhere on crown land, even in his area. An Ontario resident can even set up shop and sell bear hunts to other Ontario residents in his area.
 
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