Looking like I started too late. I will start in august next year.

I will also go for one in the spring. Question, what do people find they are more into in the spring. Sweet stuff,...grease, meat..?

We can’t spring bait. I do see most bears here in the bush in clear cuts most often in the spring eating the early spring geeens of many varieties. They hit these and rotten stumps for bugs, and skunk cabbage until the berries start coming in.

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Granola and trail mix work great in the spring. Grains also, such as corn and oats sweetened with molasses. You can definitely over-sugar the bears in the spring. More natural type stuff is good in the spring where high-carb stuff is better in the fall.

I'm relegated to whole, unprocessed foods and no animal parts which boils down to unblanched/unsalted peanuts, apples, pumpkins, grain & oats. It's horrendous. The bears, that we are shooting mind you, are required to be organic
Back home - beaver carcass & anything sweet we could get our hands on would do the trick. Castor glands in the trees to get it started. Sounds like you got your answer above though. Good luck!

Cool. SOunds good. I often put a punch of super cheap dogfood in the mix, but ideally I would like to bait for free of next to it.

I know the popcorn trick is a good one. I can get popcorn for very cheap, beaver carcasses obviously, all the pastries, bread and fryer grease I could ever want. Thats about the extent of my options.

I will just give them a mixture and see what they prefer I guess. Pastries and popcorn for bulk.

I recall hearing about someone who fills a 45 gallon drum with expired supermarket meat, puts the lid on for it for a month, then takes it out on a trailer, and takes the bung out as he drives to the bait site. .

A long distance call if there ever was one. Maybe Ill try that with a couple five gallon pails

Bread/pastries grease beaver carcasses and oats. Works good all spring. Soon as the ice comes off catch about 20-30 beavers and you’ll be good for a couple baits all spring