Got One!!

  • mossyoak
    UP Michigan
    Posts: 198
    June 27, 2011 at 1:58 pm #197469

    Stayed up last night until Midnight waiting for the drawing results for Michigan bear tags and…. I GOT ONE!! Iam pumped I have never shot a bear. Iam open for any tips and suggestions

    john_steinhauer
    p4
    Posts: 2998
    June 27, 2011 at 4:06 pm #106992

    Congrats on your tag draw I wish I could be some help to you for tips but I’m still waiting to give it a whirl myself. Hope you lay the down on a nice one!!!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    June 27, 2011 at 4:06 pm #106993

    Congrats!!

    How do you plan to hunt? Bow or Gun? Is baiting allowed? If so, when can you start. Do want to hunt over bait? If you put a trail camera/s on bait stations, be sure to get the bear boxes.

    I’m a rookie myself, but these are some of the questions that come to my mind. I’ll be interested in what the experts have to say.

    bob_bergeson
    cannon falls
    Posts: 2798
    June 27, 2011 at 4:54 pm #106994

    congrats I’ll have to look at the regs and see what is allowed before I make any suggestions

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    June 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm #106995

    Congrats Mossy!

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22420
    June 27, 2011 at 6:26 pm #106997

    One trick I learned last week… if your baiting… hang some white plastic bags with some bait (like from the grocery store) in a tree by your bait…it’s like waving a flag for the bear, they can see it a mile away !!!

    mossyoak
    UP Michigan
    Posts: 198
    June 27, 2011 at 8:14 pm #107002

    I will be hunting with a bow, and baiting is allowed I was thinking about making a bait barrel like you see on tv since I wont be able to bait everyday. Iam pumped this will be my first time I will have been able to hunt bear.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    June 27, 2011 at 11:01 pm #107006

    Congrats Craig! Let the fun of bear baiting begin!

    postmaster
    Posts: 32
    June 28, 2011 at 10:10 pm #107037

    If you can use barrels, take a 55 gallon plastic drum drill a hole in it through the top and out a couple inches below the lip to tie a strong rope, cable or chain to chain it to a tree. Next cut a hole in the top big enough to slide a 5 gallon pail into the drum to rim of the pail, this will keep all the criters out yet allow the bear to pull the pail. Next drill several holes around the side near the top to allow the scent to disperse yet not to big to allow lots of water in. Fill barrel with a variety of bait and tie in the tree so the top stays up, this will make the bear have to work for the bait yet allow him to reach in and still pull bait out. I also like to mix ground beef fat and add anise, put a softball size glob in a nilon stocking and through in a small tree that the bear cant climb to keep the scent going for weeks. (this is the best draw I have ever used in over 15 years of hunting bears. Dump cooking oil on the ground around the barrel, if they get hungry enough they will eat the saturated dirt, worse case they will make a great scent trail when they come and go.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    June 29, 2011 at 12:00 pm #107055

    Great info Postmaster!!!

    Come of to the Big Game forum and post some pics of that elk and share the story!

    thinkeyes
    Fairfax, IOWA
    Posts: 408
    July 1, 2011 at 4:29 am #107107

    Shoot straight. LOL……never been bear hunting before so I don’t have any real helpful info but just wanted to wish you good luck.

    postmaster
    Posts: 32
    July 16, 2011 at 12:04 am #107385

    A nother thing that has worked is…when baiting rub your sweaty body all over the trees in the area and wear an old shirt working around the house and tie that shirt and anyone elses shirt that might hunt that bait, the bear will get used to your scent being at the bait. It is still very important to be as clean and scent free as possible when hunting but we all know it is tough when it is 80 degrees not to sweat. This will give you the edge when the bear gets a wiff of your scent because he has ascotiated your scent with the bait site.

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