Bear Bait options

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Has anyone used chicken eggs for bear bait? The past couple of years I have feed half of the bears in Idaho waiting for the perfect one. Average of 10 bears per bait pile. Most of the bears come in at night. I use a trail camera in a bear safe box and get 2-5 bears a night coming in ( 1am-4am). The bears clean the pile out every night. Have been very successful with beef scrap, sweet goat feed and anise oil. I have several hundred eggs frozen waiting for the season. [image]
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I got a friend that uses dog food and cooking grease from a restaurant. It seems to work pretty good and is inexpensive.
 
The bear guides in Saskatchewan put their bait in a steel barrel. They chain the barrel to a tree, and cut holes 3 or 4 inches diameter in the side, several inches above the bottom of the barrel. They seem to use mainly whole grain, lots of barley and oats. Some add some grease though I couldn't tell what kind. The bait lasts a lot longer and keeps the bears around. They can taste and get some, but not eat it very fast nor all of it. If you do that, I'd smooth the metal edges where you cut the holes, so they don't cut their tongue, etc.
 
Havn't run into eggs yet, but it's workin for you. Nice bears. We go up into Ontario for bears, easiest for us. Lot of em use pastries and bread etc, outdated from bakeries. Lots also use the 50 gal drums with holes cut in em chained to tree. One place used popcorn with sugar, cinnamon, maybe flavored jello mix, "secret recipe" you know, mixed in, and had 5 gal. buckets chained to a tree. I'm sure the barrel and bucket methods are alot easier for guides that have alot of baits to cover. The dead fall or "natural" bait station looks nicer especially if you video, but if the bears don't mind, hey whatever. I know my brother, who lives in Idaho, has used dog food with cracklin mixed in it, works, and pretty easy to haul around. Once you get the bears comin in I don't think they're too picky as long as there's somthin there for them to eat. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I have used dog food with Moleassis (from the local feed store), bakery goods and one of the best baits we use is fresh salted nut rolls-- there is a candy factory close and if you go there at the end of the shifts they will sell you the "clean out" from the machines for $5 per 50lb box- if you have never tasted FRESH nut rolls you will know why the bears love them!!
 
also try a "honey burn"
3lb coffee can half filled with honey - just start it burning and let it sit by your bait pile/can. the smell will travel for a long way.
we also use vanilla, have friends that go to mexico every year buy me a case costs about $10 for it and just pour into coffee cans to scent the air.
 
I baited bear in MN and used licorice from a local plant,it worked good because it was hard to pack off. I also had a lady kill a nice bear that was baited with shell corn and cattle molasses.Dug a hole dumped in 200 # corn 10 gal molasses stirred with shovel.That bear was a 3 hr drive from my house so I only baited every three days. She killed the bear 2nd day of hunt. it was 327 feild dressed.As for eggs, I never tried them.Hope this helps.
 
varmithntr, I wanna go huntin with you! Actually I probably wouldn't do too good, I would be up, down, outa my tree stand, eatin the bait. No bears, gain a few pounds. Where's this factory?.....No don't tell me /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Yep! Bears will eat almost anything,including poopy baby pampers.Funiest thing i ever saw was one walking around with part of a pamper hanging out of its behind.Who would want to eat a walking outhouse? LOL
 
See my ontario bait pile only baited once since it 230 miles from home lots of free apples ..cheap dog food in barrel and two pails of kentucky fried chicken grease.I had to shoot this little bear on the thursday It chased me to my tree stand....I use crossbow and normally video most kills
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here is a trick you can try, get some scat from another area, put it around your bait and they will be more protective and often come in earlier, also if you use barrels, put the lid on with a chain and force them to eat when you let them. one other thing that will bring them in earlier, have another hunter walk you in to the site and do a burn while you get set up, the bears are always near by and they get used to the activity, always check bait at the same time, shortly after you leave they will come. i'm sure you know most of these tricks i hope this helps.
 
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