Great taxidermy job and i like the open mouth.
unique barrel system....that could hold alot of feed
We are waiting on ice out to get in on float plane and get the barrels filled up

Nice! Hope you get a big one!!


Shakey, yup corn and grease alone will bring in the bears and keep them happy! And if you’re secluded enough in some thick cover, the big bears will come in earlier.

Thank you! And I agree with you about when you see the bear, you will know.



I’m sure we will get a 2 bear season. There is chatter about it so that’s a good sign.

Thanks! I really like this style of barrel. I get great pics of bears and good shot opportunities this way.

This setup holds 1100lbs of corn. Keeps me from baiting too often.

Good luck this year!

Posco, what do you use for bait?

Anything I can get my hands on. Granola has been my favorite but it's been hard to come by. My supplier used to get it directly from Nature Valley but someone else must have outbid him or they found out it was being used for bear bait and shut him off.

Donuts work well if you can get your hands on them. They're hard to come by in quantity.

The bear/s twisted the chain on the barrel. They bat it around while they paw at the bait.

What's the bag limit where you are JP? That is a really nice bear. Looks fat enough to be good eating as well. I'd be waiting for him an hour after I saw that pic!
Here in Alaska, much of the state is a 3 black bear limit per year. Much of the state has gone to a 2 griz bear limit also. There are very few places where you only get blacks at your bait. Western Alaska has quite a bit of places where you will only get griz at your bait.
Hope you get something better than that first bear pic!

martentrapper, we can only shoot one Bear a year here. Hopefully they’ll change that and allow us 2 per year.

I’m glad we don’t have grizzlies! I don’t think I’d be an archery hunter anymore if we did lol.

Fill that barrel with oats through the small holes. Spring bear like oats and they will knock the heck out of the barrel just to get a few kernels out. If you have access to beaver tail oil put some in the barrel. They will beat and chew that plastic barrel for hours

Good post! Great mount JP!

Wow, that's an understatement !!! Times X 2 !!!

walleyed

good luck guys, nice mount jp,

Most hunters don't like plastic barrels because the bears chew them up!

I don't remember how old this barrel is, ten years maybe. As you can see, no issues and they don't rust or cut you.

Checked the baits today. Finally got a bear showing up on the Big Wolf Bait, and it’s a big one!





He came in 2 days in a row now and already making himself comfy during daylight!

Back to the Machine Gun Bait and more bears have shown up now.

This one looks like a big sow.







Here’s a nice one! Very tall!





Beautiful fur!



This one makes these barrels look small! Shooter for sure!









The weather hasn’t been too good lately for bear hunting. Got a bunch of rain coming for the next few days. I’ll probably be in the treestand for the first time this year as soon as that rain stops.

I hope you guys like the pics!

Great pictures and thanks for sharing.

Thank you, Jurassic! Keep 'm coming! Have fun and have a great hunt!

You have put a lot of work in and it will pay off.

Moosetrot

Couple nice prospects there.
Hides look great.

You gonna gun or bow kill?

You got it Moosetrot! All the work is done, and everything from here on is all fun! Can’t wait to hunt!



Oh yeah, beauty hides on them!

Always archery for bears for me. Much more rewarding!