Check tbr dnr regs carefully if you decide to set up a bait. In AK there were specific regs about bait location and removing the bait after season was over.
Bait is easy. Go to the closest fast food joint and get their burnt up fryer grease. You might have to talk to the manager to figure out when they change it, I had to compete with the bio-diesel guy in town for it. Then just get the cheapest dog food you can find. When you put out the grease, be sure and pour some on the ground in front of the barrel, the bears will walk in this and leave scent trails all over the woods, which will bring in more bears.
Get a 50 gal drum and cut a hole in the top and the side. Top hole is your fill hole and should be basketball sized. Leave am edge attached to the flap so you can fold it down and reduce rain from getting in and sitting in the barrel. Side hole should be volleyball sized. Grind the edges of the side hole smooth so they aren’t razor sharp, otherwise the bears will cut their forearms. Not a big deal for any other reason than it makes skinning them a pain in the ***. You should be able to get a barrel from any oil company. I had a small “johns oil co” down the road from me. I could get the sealed barrels for free, but they wanted $20 for the ones with the removable lids. Pick your poison.
Get an 8’ length of chain and a closing loop chain link to attach the barrel to the tree. Give the bears some room to roll the barrel around a little, but not too much. I usually ran the chain from the top opening through the screw in hole and then around the tree.
I kept food leftovers in a heavy duty trash bag for “extra” smells and whatnot. Just scraps and leftovers that you were gonna throw away anyway
Do a honey burn. Get cheap honey from the store. Get a 32oz can of crushed tomatoes. Get a backpacking stove. Go to your bait and open up the tomatoes, then throw them in the barrel. Squirt about 1/4-1/2” of honey on the bottom of the can and boil it on the stove. Add some cheap vanilla or anise extract to it if you want. Boil this all the way down until you get a thick pea soup fog coming out of the can. Then keep boiling it till it catches on fire. Then you’re done. Lol. Let it cool off and leave it on a branch near the bait to use next time.
Set up 2 trail cams at the bait. Important note, set up the cams BEFORE you touch ANY bait!!! And use rubber gloves when you do set them up. I liked one for still pics, and one for video. Bears are hard to judge and having both pics/video helps evaluate them properly. Set the time stamps carefully, bears are creatures of habit and will be predictable on timing when they visit the bait.
You can use your imagination for all the other foods and scents that you want. “Bait em 907” has some awesome stuff if you want to take a look at their Facebook or website. I used some of their stuff every year, but it depended on what I could get ahold of.
Feel free to shoot me a pm with any other questions.
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Bait is easy. Go to the closest fast food joint and get their burnt up fryer grease. You might have to talk to the manager to figure out when they change it, I had to compete with the bio-diesel guy in town for it. Then just get the cheapest dog food you can find. When you put out the grease, be sure and pour some on the ground in front of the barrel, the bears will walk in this and leave scent trails all over the woods, which will bring in more bears.
Get a 50 gal drum and cut a hole in the top and the side. Top hole is your fill hole and should be basketball sized. Leave am edge attached to the flap so you can fold it down and reduce rain from getting in and sitting in the barrel. Side hole should be volleyball sized. Grind the edges of the side hole smooth so they aren’t razor sharp, otherwise the bears will cut their forearms. Not a big deal for any other reason than it makes skinning them a pain in the ***. You should be able to get a barrel from any oil company. I had a small “johns oil co” down the road from me. I could get the sealed barrels for free, but they wanted $20 for the ones with the removable lids. Pick your poison.
Get an 8’ length of chain and a closing loop chain link to attach the barrel to the tree. Give the bears some room to roll the barrel around a little, but not too much. I usually ran the chain from the top opening through the screw in hole and then around the tree.
I kept food leftovers in a heavy duty trash bag for “extra” smells and whatnot. Just scraps and leftovers that you were gonna throw away anyway
Do a honey burn. Get cheap honey from the store. Get a 32oz can of crushed tomatoes. Get a backpacking stove. Go to your bait and open up the tomatoes, then throw them in the barrel. Squirt about 1/4-1/2” of honey on the bottom of the can and boil it on the stove. Add some cheap vanilla or anise extract to it if you want. Boil this all the way down until you get a thick pea soup fog coming out of the can. Then keep boiling it till it catches on fire. Then you’re done. Lol. Let it cool off and leave it on a branch near the bait to use next time.
Set up 2 trail cams at the bait. Important note, set up the cams BEFORE you touch ANY bait!!! And use rubber gloves when you do set them up. I liked one for still pics, and one for video. Bears are hard to judge and having both pics/video helps evaluate them properly. Set the time stamps carefully, bears are creatures of habit and will be predictable on timing when they visit the bait.
You can use your imagination for all the other foods and scents that you want. “Bait em 907” has some awesome stuff if you want to take a look at their Facebook or website. I used some of their stuff every year, but it depended on what I could get ahold of.
Feel free to shoot me a pm with any other questions.
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