stickflinger
Offline
Fish Hunter
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/13/03
Posts: 319
Loc: Hwy95goin85toRiggins
|
|
Well I decided to stop the spring fishing and focus on some bear baiting in Idaho.. I have not done this for 10 years but I sure had fun last time... Looking for any DOs or DON'Ts from someone in the "know".. Plan on setting up 2 differant sites and will only be able to re-bait on the weekends... Starting out with 55 gal. drums / 300 lbs corn and lots of cooking grease from IHOP...Hopefully I will have a picture to post in a few weeks.... 
--------------------
Team Eastside
Team Willie DB
Team Dawn to Dusk
Team ISSU "Extinction is NOT an Option"
|
gemstatejake
Offline
Chromer
Profile Status:
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 810
|
|
i have had good success in the past with stock mollasses, and cobb. both of which are pretty easy to come by. stinky old fish from albertsons or any fish market works well if you can find it. pretty disgusting to work with though.
|
gemstatejake
Offline
Chromer
Profile Status:
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 810
|
|
also used bread, pies, and such from the bakery outlet. pain in the ass to unwrap all that stuff and get it in your barrel, or hole or whatever however. makes a good snak while waiting for that big burly bear to show up.
|
Trouthead
Offline
Subject of the Puritan Rep. of Washington
Profile Status:
Reged: 09/17/02
Posts: 4461
|
|
I have a friend who uses Shad.
--------------------
Trouthead
ABU/Ambassaduer Rest Home - Maître d' (New residents welcome)
C.A.S.T. volunteer, supporter and advocate
http://www.castforkids.org/
|
steelheadstan
Offline
oar whore
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/19/04
Posts: 228
Loc: Twin Falls
|
|
Anything above will work. Something we have used
Carp in barrel for six months with dogfood soaked in it right before using.
Donut glaze from the donut maker.
Tortillas
Apples
Grain
Honey smokers
They will eat anything.
Good luck
|
stickflinger
Offline
Fish Hunter
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/13/03
Posts: 319
Loc: Hwy95goin85toRiggins
|
|
Right on guys...Keep it coming... Carp in a barrel for 6 months .. I did use carp 10 years ago and the bears loved it(was also fun to shoot with the bow).. I always had problems getting the bears to the bait when I was sitting on it..They sure like the area when I was gone.... Plan on changing my approach tactics this time.
--------------------
Team Eastside
Team Willie DB
Team Dawn to Dusk
Team ISSU "Extinction is NOT an Option"
|
steelheadstan
Offline
oar whore
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/19/04
Posts: 228
Loc: Twin Falls
|
|
Check the favorite wind direction in the bait site area come in from down wind.
Check where the bears are coming from then stay down wind.
Wear scent lock or use scent killer.
Rub bait on your boot soles.
Get off the ground, so your scent will be above the bears.
No sex for six months before the hunt.
|
gemstatejake
Offline
Chromer
Profile Status:
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 810
|
|
i know where i hunt the mosquitos can be brutal. used to slather myself with insect repellant and go in. after some thought, i decided this may tip big black and burly off to my presence. so i started soaking a rag in bug juice and leaving it permanently. get the bears accustomed to it was my reasoning. i would suggest leaving a stinky old work shirt or something like that around your site to get the bears used to your scent.
|
Trouthead
Offline
Subject of the Puritan Rep. of Washington
Profile Status:
Reged: 09/17/02
Posts: 4461
|
|
Quote:
steelheadstan said:
No sex for six months before the hunt.
What?! 
I was just going to explain this Bare Hunting to my wife and now this. 
|
steelheadstan
Offline
oar whore
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/19/04
Posts: 228
Loc: Twin Falls
|
|
sex makes your pheromone molecules in your body produce a blood by-product that circulates into your adrenale glands. This by product has an odor that is found intolerable to by bears. This odorfous substance is released by the adrenale glands in to the air. This released odor then scres the bears away.
|
skyriver
Offline
dual red striper
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/18/04
Posts: 334
Loc: Sultan, Wash.
|
|
I haven't baited in 6 or 7 years but when it was still legal here in WA. I used to bait quite a bit. One of the things we did was use a call bait to get all availible bears hitting the bait. Our call bait was any left over meat and fish we could find, throw it into a 55 gallon barrel with some sugar and let it sit tell it smells so bad you can't get close. This stinky stuff will bring them in pronto then use the bread and pastries to keep them coming back. Hope this helps
--------------------
Team Diamondback
Labatts pro staff
|
Lilfisher
Offline
Cat hole Kid
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 2070
Loc: Lewiston, ID
|
|
no sex for six months Guess I wont be getting a bear till I am 80 or so.  I work with a guy that is baiting right now and he uses a "grape" smelling liquid. I don't know if it is oil or what but he puts it with dog food and cooking greese and he has goten his bear for about 3-4 years now. I will ask him exactly what it is and get back to you. K
--------------------
Lil Cat man/TR-Kevin
Team HARDCORE
"Live every day as if it were your last"
Team Jackson Baldwin
|
KENAIKING
Offline
Native Slab
Profile Status:
Reged: 05/27/04
Posts: 1802
Loc: Alaska
|
|
I know how to fix that little problem, SCENTLOCK
--------------------
Team Jackson Baldwin
www.rwfishing.com
HABERVISION
|
stickflinger
Offline
Fish Hunter
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/13/03
Posts: 319
Loc: Hwy95goin85toRiggins
|
|
Thanks for all the great tips... So far this is what I'm planning on setting out.......
-2, 55 gal. barrells with 2.5" holes for food to "roll" out.
- 250 lbs whole corn
- 200 lbs COBB (grain, oats, molassas mix)
- 2 garbage bags full of popcorn
- 100 lbs dog food
-4, 5 gal. buckets full of old freezer meat
-4, 5 gal. buckets full of grill grease
-2, 5 gal. buckets full of used hotwing/turkey deep fry oil.
- 8 gal. suplimental liquid feed for horses (molassas stuff)
- Anise Scent ball (from Bearscents.com about the size of a basketball designed to drip and smeel up the area) I can smell this thing when I pull in my driveway.
- Bear Paw (honey burn also from Bearscents.com)
- 5 gal of old Pie Cherries to pour over everything.
- one pickup load of bread and pastries from Eddies
- Two old T-shirts that smell of ME to put at the bait sites
- Permission to hunt on private land in unit 44 (priceless)
I'll keep you posted on the progress over the next few weeks...
--------------------
Team Eastside
Team Willie DB
Team Dawn to Dusk
Team ISSU "Extinction is NOT an Option"
|
Marty
Offline
redneck yachter
Profile Status:
Reged: 07/17/00
Posts: 19041
Loc: Olympic Peninsula
|
|
Establish a grease pit.. they will get it on there feet and the scent trail they leave will bring there friends in too. For a new bait it is important to set out spider lines of grease. Get some old fryer grease (or bacon) and start walking away from the bait stand leaving a drizzle line. Do this in several directions so you will cross a trail they would use. You can also put a print area near you bait so you can see how big the buggers are that come to eat.
The movement cameras are pretty cool for getting after dark shots. Once they find your bait they will come back if you keep it stocked.
--------------------
Marty
Got Your Steelheader.net stickers?
Pay it forward
Steelhead dues paid one cast at a time repeated a 1000 times a day...one more cast looking for a fix
|
chinook
Offline
Thick Tail
Profile Status:
Reged: 06/20/04
Posts: 2279
Loc: centralia
|
|
Quote:
steelheadstan said:
sex makes your pheromone molecules in your body produce a blood by-product that circulates into your adrenale glands. This by product has an odor that is found intolerable to by bears. This odorfous substance is released by the adrenale glands in to the air. This released odor then scres the bears away.
gooose is that you? 
--------------------
Freedom isn't free
I'm for equal rights not special rights
Plan for tomorrow but live for today
Team Jackson Baldwin
|
Gooose
Offline
Ancient Mod
Profile Status:
Reged: 09/14/01
Posts: 11008
Loc: Area 12
|
|
Hmmmmm I wonder why I've never run into a bear in the woods?
--------------------
Independent Advocate For The Fish
Not Represented By Any Organization
Simple Solutions to Simple Problems
Simple Solutions to Complex Problems
There's lies, damned lies and then there are statistics......Mark Twain
|
Lilfisher
Offline
Cat hole Kid
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 2070
Loc: Lewiston, ID
|
|
I talk to the guy I work with and grape seed oil is what he uses. They started baiting last weekend and as of yesterday they had not had any hits yet, still a little early he thinks. They are up on the Lochsa.
--------------------
Lil Cat man/TR-Kevin
Team HARDCORE
"Live every day as if it were your last"
Team Jackson Baldwin
|
Q2Hunter
Offline
2 salt
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/24/04
Posts: 25
Loc: Pt. Orchard
|
|
Quote:
skyriver said:
I haven't baited in 6 or 7 years but when it was still legal here in WA.
But there are loop holes that make it legal to bait bear..
--------------------
Team Striper Boats
|
aknightinak
Offline
king
Profile Status:
Reged: 07/19/04
Posts: 137
Loc: Alaska
|
|
What color bear are you after? We shy away from animal products (fish, grease) on our black bear stands partly so they don't get so torn up. Dog food, a burbling bucket of barley and yeast, vanilla soaking the site, honey burns bring the blackies in just fine and ...a few... browns, but the brown bears aren't near as destructive or protective   of the site as they are when we've put bacon grease and fish down.
|
chinook
Offline
Thick Tail
Profile Status:
Reged: 06/20/04
Posts: 2279
Loc: centralia
|
|
Quote:
steelheadstan said:
sex makes your pheromone molecules in your body produce a blood by-product that circulates into your adrenale glands. This by product has an odor that is found intolerable to by bears. This odorfous substance is released by the adrenale glands in to the air. This released odor then scres the bears away.
that's why we fish.
--------------------
Freedom isn't free
I'm for equal rights not special rights
Plan for tomorrow but live for today
Team Jackson Baldwin
|
gemstatejake
Offline
Chromer
Profile Status:
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 810
|
|
so, how goes it? any takers?. also, i cant belive i forgot my best tactic for bear baiting. MARSHMALLOWS! put em out on tree limbs and bush branches around your site. put em exactly where you want the bear to be for your best shot. put a few fairly high up so shy bears can see em a ways off. they are the clincher. bears love em and it's usually the first thing they'll hit once they figure out what they are. last bear i got was standing on his hind legs reaching for a well placed marshmallow. he went down like a ton of bricks.
|
stickflinger
Offline
Fish Hunter
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/13/03
Posts: 319
Loc: Hwy95goin85toRiggins
|
|
Well, I have 2 bait sites going and as of yesterday no takers as of yet. Talked with some other guys baiting the same area and nothing yet for them as well. Plan on checking the bait again this weekend (with Marshmallows)...The snow has really been coming off the hill slow in the area I'm hunting...The birds are sure hitting the baits well !!!
--------------------
Team Eastside
Team Willie DB
Team Dawn to Dusk
Team ISSU "Extinction is NOT an Option"
|
Marty
Offline
redneck yachter
Profile Status:
Reged: 07/17/00
Posts: 19041
Loc: Olympic Peninsula
|
|
Have ya tried Picnic baskets? 
--------------------
Marty
Got Your Steelheader.net stickers?
Pay it forward
Steelhead dues paid one cast at a time repeated a 1000 times a day...one more cast looking for a fix
|
stickflinger
Offline
Fish Hunter
Profile Status:
Reged: 01/13/03
Posts: 319
Loc: Hwy95goin85toRiggins
|
|
Well took the wife and kit bear hunting for Mothers day (gotta love that woman)...Friday night, looked like something had been hitting the bait, but could not find a good track...Pilled up some more wood that only a bear could move and headed into the stand for the first time with my bow on Saturday night 7:00PM..A VERY NICE Cinnamon bear was already at the site as I approached. Got within 20 yards and was just getting ready to nock an arrow when he caught wind of me...He slowly walked off giving me no shot..Man what a Bear...This is going to be a very long week before I can get back up there....
--------------------
Team Eastside
Team Willie DB
Team Dawn to Dusk
Team ISSU "Extinction is NOT an Option"
|
gemstatejake
Offline
Chromer
Profile Status:
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 810
|
|
nice! been itching hear a report from you. my buddy has a site going up above garden valley. no takers til last week but now looks like he's got multiples going. no sightings since i spoke with him last. anyway. good luck.
|
Lilfisher
Offline
Cat hole Kid
Profile Status:
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 2070
Loc: Lewiston, ID
|
|
My cousin got a nice black Bear a few weeks back. 440# and 6'6" to 7' nose to tail. Big Idaho bear. He rough score the skull and it will go between #10 and #20 in the state. Area 10a Clearwater breaks. Hope you get one on your bait. LIL
--------------------
Lil Cat man/TR-Kevin
Team HARDCORE
"Live every day as if it were your last"
Team Jackson Baldwin
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
