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Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619305
09/17/19 09:35 PM
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Bear hunting can bring out the worst in some people, that's certain.

Public land...private land...it doesn't matter.

Most I've come across are good people, but there's always a couple jackwagons. Some of it is due to guys coming up from southern Wisconsin. They're quick to say "screw you...it's public". That goes for fishing, deer hunting, etc.

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: Diggerman] #6619350
09/17/19 10:21 PM
09/17/19 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Diggerman
My kids wouldn't.

That's a thing all parents say. I hope you are correct.


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: strike2x] #6619430
09/18/19 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by strike2x
Originally Posted by Diggerman
My kids wouldn't.

That's a thing all parents say. I hope you are correct.

OK, my kids haven't and I do not see them doing so in the future.

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619432
09/18/19 06:41 AM
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Bear baiting is big business that really helps a lot of families out. Last thing I want is for that business to suffer. I'm next to thousands of public acres but I stay out for the most part until the 1st or 2nd week of October.

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619582
09/18/19 11:05 AM
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Bear hunting in zone C has been turned into a regular circus! When I first started bear hunting, it took about 5 years to draw a tag. If you didn’t have a kill tag and wanted to bait, you needed to buy a baiting license. A lot less completion for baiting sites and success rates were respectable. Now, they hand out tags like they’re candy. I’ve even heard of guys drawing with only one point. No need to buy a baiting license anymore either.

From my observation, the bear population hasn’t changed. But now there are baits behind every stump and success rates have declined. Competition for sites is furious. More tags, more money, lower success rate, same population. It’s a money game!

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve filled 75% of my tags on public land. But it came at a very high price; gas, bait, and stolen cameras. Last tag I had, I used 25 barrels of bait and put on over 4500 miles. Three cameras stolen and multiple bait stations vandalized. Even had one guy who was nice enough to put his bait in my stump! I never saw a shooter all season!

I really don’t care if I ever shoot another bear. But if I ever get the itch, I’ll gladly pay a guide in Canada. It’s cheaper and a whole lot less work!

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619621
09/18/19 12:03 PM
09/18/19 12:03 PM
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Just like fight club you don't talk about your bait sites!


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619634
09/18/19 12:21 PM
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My son called me yesterday whining that some guys set up a moose cow decoy 300 yards from him and his buddy hunting a small clearing. The guy knew my son was there too. He wanted to know what to do. I told him to tell the guy that there was 570,000 square miles of Alaska and ask him why he set up on his square mile? Then I explained since people are scum, this is why we cut 7 miles of trail up a mountain to avoid this. However, if people (who did not cut this trail) find it, they will use it because people are scum.


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Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619666
09/18/19 01:16 PM
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Glad Arkansas doesn't allow baiting on public land. Seems to bring out the worst in people. Actually this reminds me of public land duck hunting. Without the baiting of course.


Poor people have poor ways.
Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ~ADC~] #6619700
09/18/19 01:59 PM
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Not a chance on stumbling onto this trail. Like I said nobody in there right mind would be out that far. There are no bear trails until after a bait has been established so they knew full well what they were doing

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619703
09/18/19 02:09 PM
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I'm not going to make a big stink about it. If and when I see the guy I may ask a few nonchalant questions to see what his response is but that will be that. We moved the bait 600 yds SE along the two heaviest trails and direction shown on the trail camera. I was avoiding doing this as to not be too close to a highly productive deer stand.

Re: Poaching bear baits [Re: ToTheWoods] #6619775
09/18/19 04:29 PM
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Seen guys in the UP strike up a conversation in a restaurant and start asking about baiting in the area that they say they wanted to avoid only to see them work that exact road days later.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
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