Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: ToCatchAPredator]
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07/06/22 01:06 PM
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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 So I assume you don’t use any scents or attractants on your trap line?
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/06/22 09:39 PM
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bucksnbears
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A 30_30 is much better than a shotgun slug!. Been there/seen that!
If you are after any bear, use sweets along with grains. If after an older/bigger bear, stick to t.c.a.p.'s strategy.
Bear in general are fairly easy to bait until they get a few years on them.
And this is for t.c.a.p first post, do you fish and if yes, do you use bait /a lure? Get off your high horse!
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: thgreenwing]
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07/06/22 10:28 PM
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tlguy
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So I assume you don’t use any scents or attractants on your trap line?
My thoughts exactly, guy must exclusively set blind sets. My dad and his buddy have tags for Zone B in Wisconsin this fall, we're having lots of fun baiting and learning a new animal. I should get my tag in a couple years. Would love for my dad to put one of these two in the freezer!
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Boco]
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07/07/22 01:50 AM
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Ohio Wolverine
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Big baits bring in the big bears. You want a huge bear hunt the town dump. LOL Some truth to that .Seems the local villages and towns made them off limits , or at least frowned on that tactic .When I guided years ago , I did the hunting.Found the bear and baited them for the clients to just pull the trigger or release the arrow. I loved it , because there wasn't any bear the client shot , that I couldn't of shot myself .That's what I was paid to do .I did the best most rewarding job of my life then .
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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07/07/22 02:08 PM
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Boco
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A few years ago the town would hire an old trapper to shoot the Bears at the town dump. One day he went out and shot 4 big ones.A couple were 500+ lb for sure.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Got a Bear tag!
[Re: Yooper1978]
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07/07/22 02:12 PM
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Boco
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There is a trapper also that has a Bear Management area up near the Canyon,about 100km north of town. When he starts his baits in August the town bear trapper takes all the caged bears caught in town up to the canyon and drops them off at his baits.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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