I need bear baiting help

[Dr. Ed Ashby]

Scott, theres some useful information in the Honey Burn thread in the Dangerous Game Forum. I brought that thread TTT for you there.

The secret stuff Cher is referring to is potent bear attractant.                   I'm not sure I can safely divulge the formula, because I don't have enough liability insurance to cover the damage, should folks use it without due caution and incur incidental injuries.      

Ed
TGMM Family of the Bow

[Curtiss Cardinal]

Bread will not mold if it is thouroughly doused with bacon or fried chicken grease. It will go rancid but bears don't mind that. Here is a bear bait recipe I came up with when I lived in Michigan. Donuts from the dumpster behind any donut shop, used grease from KFC, 40 lbs bag or Ol' Roy dog food from Walmart, Half gallon of mollasses from Walmart, 10 tallow blocks for bird feeding cages. I chopped the tallow blocks up and mixed everything together in the barrel with a wooden paddlethen I poured the KFC grease over everything then use the paddle to make a hole in the middle of the pile and pour in about 2/3s of the molasses then close the hole over with the mixture and pour the remainder over the top for just a taste of sweet to bet them to dig into the barrel for more. Oh and make sure most of your donuts and poastries are at the bottome of the barrel so they are more occupied with digging in then what is happening around them. Just about any grocery store dumpster or restaurant dumpster will have a lot of baiting ingredients if you don't mind digging for it. I offer this because if your bait is hit aggressively you can go broke keeping it stocked. oh and lay the barrel on its side and stake it down so it can't be rolled and chain it so it can't be dragged off. Lay logs over the end and across it as well to make the bear work a little to get to it. One more thing I think I should mention. I don't know if they are still available but there used to be a company that made great big incense like sticks the scents of which when burned were Blueberry and 2 miles or rotting fish and they attract bears to be sure.

[PAPA BEAR]

howdy bear slayer...i have hunted blackies on oregon coast a lot (until they banned baiting) one of the best baits i ever used was donuts and donut grease..one of the things i do at every bait is mix up an area of grease and dirt together in front of bait,not for eating but when the bears come in to feed they walk through this mud hole and then when they leave they take a scent trail with them for another bear to find and follow.works great.      

[George D. Stout]

If you use Donuts, make sure there are no policemen around the barrel when you are ready to hunt      :D