What’s the best bear bait I could use in the spring time to attract bears to my trail cameras. I never baited bears in the spring. In the fall before hunting season the bears love meat the best. Field and Stream is having their three monthly “Spring Trail Camera Contests.” I want bears photos and photos of little bear cubs with the sow would be awesome.
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What’s the best bear bait I could use in the spring time to attract bears to my trail cameras. I never baited bears in the sprin
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Sarge another point of information is one of the bambi lovers was feeding bears in her back yard. She was charged by the NJ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officer for feeding bears. In county court her attorney’s argument was “why are bear hunters allowed to bait bears with a gun and my client can’t bait bears with a camera?” The Honorable Judge found her not guilty.
Her name was Susan Kehoe and you can Google the case on the internet.
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A mix of vanilla extract, caramel extract, and anise oil mixed in equal parts and diluted with water will get them into the area, and day old pastries make great bait. Bacon grease, peanut butter, and molasses spread on trees and rocks in the area will also get them in.
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bacon grease and molasses over pastries or bread work great. Anise extract or cake frosting work great if you are not getting much rain. carp or other fish heads work great as summer progresses. Stick to things that smell/are really sweet or really stinky.
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Last summer we were fortunate enough to buy a barrel of raspberry jam, which was doughnut filler, and had real raspberrys in it along with the seeds. It worked awesome and was drawing some bears 4-5 miles from others bait sights to get to our baits that had the jam present. Beaver carcasses are a very good meat bait, if you have any trapper friends that have frozen carcass you may want to try a few of them. Placing the bait up high on a smaller tree, maybe 6-8 inches in diameter and 6-8 feet off the ground may help in getting cubs on camera. The trick being to find a tree too small for the boats to climb, yet large enough that they don't pull it over. I had 3 cubs and a sow tending two separate baits all season last year. Cute little buggers!!
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