I was at the ranch today and chewed up the inside of a half log with the chainsaw. I will make a deeper dish and clean up the concave part of the log and place the scenting ingredients into it.

I picked up some apples and added some water in a 5 gallon bucket and let the heat and time work it's magic. I will stir in some vanilla and molasses at some point and let that work also.

I would like to see if something like this works. I will pack the stuff into a place I would like to try it out. here is the log I chewed up with saw.

…. What do you intend to attract?

Deer elk moose or any wildlife. I'll bury it level with ground and add as I go to see if anything stops to check it out. Experimenting.

My suspicion is that a bear is going to relieve you of your log. I could be wrong.

I wonder if you would be further ahead to dig a shallow depression and pour your attractant directly in the ground?

Not many bear around where I'm at. I do agree a hole would be best. I'm thinking if it was soaked into this log eventually a hole would be formed. A long pack in so won't be back very often so wood might hold smell longer is my madness. I'm not sure Sam but your idea is the best for sure.

Hmmm. Maybe drill a hole through it and stake it down with a Tbar? I mean I know that wouldn't stop a BEAR from taking it but might prevent something else from packing it off.

Good idea about pinning your log down. Are you going to run a camera by it?

I will run a few stakes through it and I will install a camera.

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Yep that would work.

Hey you can get a compressed block with all those scents infused clearance at TS or walmart every Jan for around 6 bucks..... At 30-50 lbs no staking required.......Heck the even make one you can hang on a string or screw it to a tree. No chainsaw required. Gas is too high.
Or you a bottle of vanilla killa...Dan Fitzpatrick sold gallons of it in the 90's

just saying.

Experimenting like that is fun

Just plant some daylilies or Hostas, every deer in the neighborhood will visit the free buffet, lol

There are easier ways to make Apple Jack..

If I was hiking in a distance I would skip the stake. It will take a lot of stake to keep a bear that bites onto the wood and pull straight up to keep it there. What are the odds of a bear coming by where you plan on putting it. Make a couple of the scent logs at once. It is not like the bear is getting any thing.

Yep. One day there starting to flower, the next day ,there gone. Our Hostas they eat right down to grown level.

I'm sure this would work but to get flowers to grow in very rough country and poor soil would be like having a garden in the desert without any care. It just would work in this case. I have the 3 foot halves dished out and the apple soup is coming alone. Added some brown sugar a few days ago. I open that lid on the bucket and the apples fermentation is strong. I'm hoping in a week I can get stuff packed up there and set up a camera.

One advantage I see to using the log, the log is a natural item in the woods, soaking the log with his mixture would not leave a pile of bait or other unnatural material for anyone to complain about or citation to be written for.

Yes, and will hold scent longer and can keep adding to that log.

I just used molasses to entice them, pour over some corn to get them started then just straight corn.. you can also get dehydrated molasses from the feed store and spread that around....or put it on your log...