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Black Bear Bait
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Used Deepfryer oil,Old Dougnuts and[url] pasteries.In[/url] the deepest Black spruce swamp I can cut a shooting lane in is my Favorite place.
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1eyemountainmen
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For spring I start off using bacon grease that I get from my work. Put it in a small 5 gallon bucket with the lid off. Let all the birds, squirrels, ect. get to it. They make what I call happy trails -also know as sent trails. Find you a good trail near water, a fork being the best. Then after a week of happy trail I well bait with meat in the spring and donuts in the fall. I always start off with something that all the smaller aniamls find.
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Donuts!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bearclaws work the best.... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Bearclaws work the best.... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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I second the motion for doughnuts. The sweeter, the better and more of them. Big piles of old doughnuts to give you the mental picture. Slather onto them big gobs of cheap grape jelly and you have created bear bait heaven that they can't resist. And you can take a truck load of doughnuts and grape jelly acroos the borders and it's not illegal like other bear baits might be.
Ohio Rusty
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Since you mentioned that...
One night back in college, a buddy of mine and I were driving around south of Daytona Florida. We passed a small independent mom and pop Donut shop. Well, they must be the best in the state as there were at least 7 police cars from 5 jurisdictions there!! :rotf:
One night back in college, a buddy of mine and I were driving around south of Daytona Florida. We passed a small independent mom and pop Donut shop. Well, they must be the best in the state as there were at least 7 police cars from 5 jurisdictions there!! :rotf:
Here's what I do,and it's paid off in the past.
I use discarded grease from a friend's small cafe/sandwich shop. Heat the grease up and mix in a small bottle of anise oil from the spice rack of the grocery store. Bear down here in the Southern Appalachians really relish the anise smell,and it travels FAR! Then soak a rag about the size of a kitchen towel in the hot grease/anise,tie it to a small piece of rope,tie this around your waist and drag it behind you for 2-3 miles through the woods starting and ending where you want to set up.Hang the rag on a bush and put out a couple pounds of dry cat food and pour a little of the oil on it.I like to set up on the edge of a small creek that runs away from where I dragged the grease soaked rag around and over the top of a mountain or two. Then along the creek edge where the water lapps,pour a quart or so of the grease where a little can get into the water along and along. The creek will take the smell down stream 2-3 miles,and any bear that smells it will probably come investigate. The thicker the setup area is with laurel or other bushes the better as long as you have a clear shot where you can put a ball through both lungs or in the brain which ain't a very big target to hit. You can also put a small can of the grease/anise on a sterno burner and let it boil while you're on the stand.I think this helps cover your scent,and the vapors/smell travels a long,long way. Be careful about setting the woods on fire with the boiling over grease,though!
You can use vanilla extract instead of anise,too.Everything that you can trap in the woods loves the smell of vanilla. In fact,the game and fish dept.trappers that I know use vanilla on about everything. Vanilla waffers will catch every coon in the woods :winking:.
I use discarded grease from a friend's small cafe/sandwich shop. Heat the grease up and mix in a small bottle of anise oil from the spice rack of the grocery store. Bear down here in the Southern Appalachians really relish the anise smell,and it travels FAR! Then soak a rag about the size of a kitchen towel in the hot grease/anise,tie it to a small piece of rope,tie this around your waist and drag it behind you for 2-3 miles through the woods starting and ending where you want to set up.Hang the rag on a bush and put out a couple pounds of dry cat food and pour a little of the oil on it.I like to set up on the edge of a small creek that runs away from where I dragged the grease soaked rag around and over the top of a mountain or two. Then along the creek edge where the water lapps,pour a quart or so of the grease where a little can get into the water along and along. The creek will take the smell down stream 2-3 miles,and any bear that smells it will probably come investigate. The thicker the setup area is with laurel or other bushes the better as long as you have a clear shot where you can put a ball through both lungs or in the brain which ain't a very big target to hit. You can also put a small can of the grease/anise on a sterno burner and let it boil while you're on the stand.I think this helps cover your scent,and the vapors/smell travels a long,long way. Be careful about setting the woods on fire with the boiling over grease,though!
You can use vanilla extract instead of anise,too.Everything that you can trap in the woods loves the smell of vanilla. In fact,the game and fish dept.trappers that I know use vanilla on about everything. Vanilla waffers will catch every coon in the woods :winking:.
Well if I remember right, we're not too far apart durin September. Dave uses beef trimmins, fryer grease, pastries and dog food. An interesting thing he noticed this year was that during that really warm weather a coupla weeks back, they were ignorin the donuts and cleanin up the meat-seems they must've needed the protein.
g'luck out there
~Riley
g'luck out there
~Riley
Do they prefer Duncan Donuts, Krispy Kreme or store brand?
I have a cooler that belonged to my father in law. It has some holes in it where a bear bit into it during a camping trip. Apparently they were grilling, and the scent brought the bear. When the bear was approaching, the family piled up into the RV and the bear had dinner. I guess he was going to check the cooler for a beer!
I have a cooler that belonged to my father in law. It has some holes in it where a bear bit into it during a camping trip. Apparently they were grilling, and the scent brought the bear. When the bear was approaching, the family piled up into the RV and the bear had dinner. I guess he was going to check the cooler for a beer!
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Apples you can gather off the ground in orchards, I've got 'em for free, haul 'em to your bait pile and scrub a few on nearby tree bark.Add some meat scraps/sardines/dog/cat food and replenish weekly.
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