Inexperienced bear guy here… got this guy on my DEER trail-cam. Wasn’t expecting this! He has HUGE areas of grass matted down nearby… and apparently he enjoys apples.
How big do you guys think he is?
enjoy the pics! 
Very cool!! I know nothing about bears, but he appears to be a dandy to me.
I also forgot to mention that it took 20 pics over about 9 hours. It was around from 7:30 pm to 3 am. I guess he was going to stick around until he got every apple into his gut… 
Very cool! 
Hopefully they dont cause the same problems they do for me. I have land where their are not “typically” bear in Wi. The last two years we have been seeing them. No matter how careful I am about scent control…they seem to mess with the cameras..I think their are 4 different ones that run around our hunting ground and they deffently are not very shy..I also hear they do a number on the fawns so hopefuuly your guy is just passing thru…Jay
Well hunted in the stand for the first time tonight. He came in about 5:30 spooking away a doe and hung around for about 30 minutes. He then followed my scent trail back towards my truck… so I had a nerve-racking walk back! Wish he’d go away… 
Nice, I bet that walk sucked for you! They are such a curious creature, and I bet it was a neat experience to be able to watch him move around.
I have at least one bear that roams around my hunting land from time to time, and I learned the hard way that no matter how careful you are about scent control, they like to rip cams out of trees One of mine was only about a week old….but did have camera set to video which is pretty neat vid. I now have bear boxes protecting cameras!
I heard someone say its from the petrolium in the plastics, anyone else here this? The nmost nerve rcking walk I have ever done is a walk out from a bear bait in the dark
qdm4life: that was probably mine, too!
Speaking of trail-cameras, it ripped mine down the first time it was out. Brand new Moultrie i40 and it cracked the LCD screen and ripped off the strap clips in back. Then I bought a Camlock box and it left it alone… Still trying to get a hold of Moultrie to get that screen replaced.
Still trying to get a hold of Moultrie to get that screen replaced.
You maybe waiting a while And my geuss is they will be chargeing you some as I beleve your damage will fall under their misuse and abuse policy 
Good luck and shoot straight!!
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That’s a bunch of crap on Moultrie’s part. Bear could be anywhere deer are… so maybe they should include a bear-box with every camera! or make them out of metal… 
Yep I ahve had 4 cams ripped down by bear. I learned the hard way also and got a bear box for my Moultries and Bushnell!
Went and swapped cards quick tonight and showed a buddy where I hunt just-in-case… The first pic is me leaving last night.
Check out the times on these pics. Can someone say freaky?! Oh… and thank you CamLock because the camera was unmoved.
Wow!…they are pretty keen creatures….with deer, human scent scares them off. With bear, it seems that is attracts them (after they think you are gone) Since I invested in bear boxes, I haven’t had another pic? but I know that the minute I take the boxes down, they would rip it apart again.
sipple31:
IMHO, he is 300-400…
Mark
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sipple31:
IMHO, he is 300-400…
Mark
I was going to say more like 150…
Regarding time stamps….. Check out these two pics. 
That’s a nice bear too… Aren’t ya glad that wasn’t mama…
Mark
Whoa! Did you see or hear him on your way in or just discover it on the trail-cam? 
sipple:
I bet he only saw it on the cam!!!
What part of Menomonie are you hunting, I spent several Stout years there in both the Jakes/Tainter area as well as the TJ’s/Creamery Downsville area…
Mark
I’m out east of town near where J intersects C.
Never knew he was there until I looked at the camera’s photos. 
bigest one I have on camera, only came to bait one time in 07. Would love to have gotten an arrow in him.
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