Been watching lots of new stuff showing up on YouTube.
Most start out with a story line " we're hoping for a big one"
Yet when filming the baiting sequence, there are multiple people,kids,dogs,talking ect.
I wanna just scream at these people...
Young bear are fairly easy to get come to a bait.
Once a bear gets a few years on it, they know the drill.
I've been around ALOT of bears since I started hunting them in about 1985 and one thing I've learned...
You are not/ will not/ cannot consistently kill older bears on a bait unless you are hunting super remote spots!! And even then.
I really doubt there is a bear over 2 years old in Mn,Wi,MI or any other place other then remote canada/ Alaska that have not been on and boogered from a bait.
You bring in your whole crew, start setting up stands,banging and clanging, cutting brush ect and expect a bear with a few miles on it to come sauntering in , good luck with that.
And the spraying these liquid scents, yanno, the " latest n greatest" that'll bring bears in from miles away.
Why promote that? [$$$],
Do you/ they really want it to become so popular everyone uses it? I spose they do iffn they can make a few $$$.
If you were a beaver trapper, would you want everyone using the same lure you do?
Same with coyotes,coons,ect.
I LOVED going to Canada years ago for spring bear hunting. I never killed a huge bear there (and still haven't yet)
In Mn where I've hunted bear for 40 years and one thing I've found is, no scent/ bait is gonna consistently help you kill old bear.
(Lower 48).
I've done every/ seen others do every " trick in the book" trying to shoot a big OLD bear.
Anywhoo, been watching too many bearhunting vids/ experts lately on YouTube and felt like ranting.
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