Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/05/22 07:15 PM
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baiting is 3/4 of the fun
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/05/22 08:14 PM
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I ordered the “bear baiters manual”. Hoping it comes signed by Bernie! Any extra “Luck” is welcomed! Give me your real name and I'll sign it. Got three orders today so I don't know which one is yours. Good luck hope you post a pic of a nice bear!
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: BernieB.]
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07/05/22 08:27 PM
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I ordered the “bear baiters manual”. Hoping it comes signed by Bernie! Any extra “Luck” is welcomed! Give me your real name and I'll sign it. Got three orders today so I don't know which one is yours. Good luck hope you post a pic of a nice bear! PM sent. Thanks a bunch.
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/05/22 08:53 PM
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Don't forget that your shot may be at last light-irons are a challenge.
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Buck (Zandra)]
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07/05/22 09:04 PM
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What hunt did you get?I drew the 3rd hunt in the Gwinn management unit 1st in Baraga Unit
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: BernieB.]
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07/05/22 09:39 PM
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Thought I had 5 points glad I checked I have 6. Might cash them in next year for the UP. That’s great! Let me know when you head this way!
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/06/22 12:56 AM
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Here, we always find bears in the feed in the fall. Chokecherry brush or blueberry patches. Find sign there your about guaranteed shots at bears. Congrats on getting your tags.
Last edited by Boco; 07/06/22 12:58 AM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
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07/06/22 01:24 AM
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Here, we always find bears in the feed in the fall. Chokecherry brush or blueberry patches. Find sign there your about guaranteed shots at bears. Congrats on getting your tags. Bear love grain fields also . Wheat , and oats seem to draw them . Seen acres of oats wiped out by bear. Don't think there's many if any grain fields in the UP .
We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/06/22 02:03 AM
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Are you only hunting that 40 acres?
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
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07/06/22 06:18 AM
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To each is own, but if you need bait to “hunt” bears, then you’re not hunting. Find denning areas, find their trails to and from, find where they then go to find their food and hunt that. It will be clear as day when you find it. That’s the closest to “bait” you should hunt over. Towards the end of the season you’re going to find them at the source of their food trying to pack calories for the winter. I’ve seen more black bears over the years then I care to shoot, and it’s always around a good food source or on their trails. I’m all for traditional use practices, like running hounds. But to hunt over a bait pile, that’s not hunting that’s just waiting for them to show up. You’ll find bears when you’re not looking for them half the time, when you do see which way they take off. Usually it’s back towards what they feel is safe. And that safe direction is usually their known trails, food sources, water source or dens. That’s where you start your search. Scout, scout, scout
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/06/22 07:20 AM
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Well apparently there isn't any "real" bear hunters in the whole U.P.,because I don't know of one hunter that operates like you say you do.Your post started with "to each is own" and that's where it should have ended
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: ToCatchAPredator]
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07/06/22 07:25 AM
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To each is own, but if you need bait to “hunt” bears, then you’re not hunting. Find denning areas, find their trails to and from, find where they then go to find their food and hunt that. It will be clear as day when you find it. That’s the closest to “bait” you should hunt over. Towards the end of the season you’re going to find them at the source of their food trying to pack calories for the winter. I’ve seen more black bears over the years then I care to shoot, and it’s always around a good food source or on their trails. I’m all for traditional use practices, like running hounds. But to hunt over a bait pile, that’s not hunting that’s just waiting for them to show up. You’ll find bears when you’re not looking for them half the time, when you do see which way they take off. Usually it’s back towards what they feel is safe. And that safe direction is usually their known trails, food sources, water source or dens. That’s where you start your search. Scout, scout, scout Don't look now but your ignorance is showing.
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