Ive utilized a similar bait strategy in WI with a few differences and it works by far the best for me as the bait doesnt go bad if it gets wet. Bears want fresh food. Wet soggy, or moldy bait wont work very well.
I doubt that I need to make as inviting of a mixture as that where I will be hunting as there will not be much in terms of hunting pressure but I like the fact that this keeps them at the station longer so I will probably go with something similar. Thanks for the video
depends on the laws where you are hunting. If you can leave it in the pail just flip the bucket over and put a big rock or a log on it to keep racoons out of it.
@@SamkoTradBow I have some private land and there are no restrictions in OK. I border the 35,000 acre Wister wildlife management area with a lake within a couple of miles in LeFlore County OK (which is the kind of "hub" for black bears in OK). I will only be able to get out to the land a couple of times a month and don't want the coons to eat everything up. I'm also willing to hunt as many raccoons as needed to reduce the population if need be....if that's even possible.
Pulled a tag in WI and will be hunting for the first time this fall. Maybe a silly question, but how do you store your bait/bait materials at home? Any issues with ants or anything? Love the channel!
I never had any critters or pests get into my baits in the garage. But I can see how it could happen. I'd put the stuff in bags or buckets if I needed to. But again never had a problem and had hundreds of pounds stored in my garage for over a month at a time.
Loved your presentation and detailed explanation of your "custom" bear bait. I expect to pull a tag for first season this year and will be hunting private land on the Garden Peninsula in the UP; roughly a 4 1/4 hour hike for me from my house. Baiting represents the biggest single challenge as I can't really pop up there every day or every other day to bait. Similarly, even if I were fortunate enough to find a local to bait for me, it might be asking a lot to have them prep the mix each time. Therefore, I am keenly interested in your answers to a couple of related questions: 1) Assuming that you use a 55 gallon drum or barrel for your bait station, can you please advise me how you modified the barrel to accommodate this bait? 2) I bought a couple of steel drums, but unsure how and where to cut in the holes for the bears to reach in. If the barrel top is not removable or a hinged lid, how do you put the bait in and how much at a time? 3) How often do you have to bait? 4) Is there any reason NOT to put more in the barrel than the couple of gallons shown? 5? What do you use to hang up high in a tree around your bait station to send scent out with the wind? Really appreciate your assistance on this; thanks!
Great questions. I have to put bait right on the ground as I'm hunting public land in Michigan. No barrels allowed. So I cant help much there. I would cut a hole in the barrel for the bear to be able to reach his hand in and chain it to a tree so he cant tip it over. I also never hung anything in a tree to scent but would spray Carmel or vanilla all over the trees around the bait site. If you are only gonna get up there once a week or so I would fill the barrel so there is always bait there and just make the hole so they have to work hard to get it and cant whipe it all out to fast.
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks much for the quick response! I'm thinking of cutting my hole - - maybe two, one on either side - - about a third of the way down the drum and large enough to enable a large bear paw to get in there and root around some. Then I could fill it up to just under the bottom of the hole(s) in hopes that it will last up to a week. If I were to mix a significantly larger batch ahead of time, say enough to fill a 20 gallon trash can, do you suppose it would last OK for awhile, not harden up, so someone could go in for me and just replenish the barrel without having to mix a batch up? I'm thinking that the custom bear bait could be scooped right into the same holes that the bears would have to use to get at it. Once the hunt is "ON," I'll be on site and can bait every day if need be. Otherwise, it could be a week or two between visits up there. Related question: Do have a ready source for frying grease? I'm in Gladwin. Thanks again.
@@blackhillsdeercamp7923 sounds like a great plan. I think it would work great. Also talk to the movie theaters around you and get left over pop corn and top off the barrel with that as an extra bonus. It's cheap and light weight and bears love it. Get your grease by asking local restaurants to save it for you when they clean there fryers.
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks again. You got me chuckling about movie theaters around us: "Ain't" none! That said, we can certainly hit up the one in West Branch I should think. Good luck to you this season!
@@blackhillsdeercamp7923 also pretty cheap and easy to pop tubs full of popcorn over a bon fire or Turkey fryer. Good luck to you as well and let me know how it all goes for you.
This will be my first time hunting Bears on my property how far in advance should I start baiting and how often do you have to bait... Are they like a deer that will feed all through the night. Any advice will be appreciated.
I would start baiting a few weeks before the season and about every 2 or 3 days until they get regular. then bait daily if needed. Dont give them too much. You want to create competition for the bait. give them a half of 5 gallon bucket each time is my advise.
I live in Canada, eh. Now I know where to send kids from here dressed in halloween black bear costumes this coming year( if ) Covid19 restrictions are down as should be .
Michigan law required us to dump on the ground. If you can leave the bucket drill it and wire it to a tree upside down with a boat under it to keep coons and squirrels out of it.
Could you please upload a list of ingredients used ya kind of mixed them a little quick for me to keep track! Thanks in advance I just bought 20acres near ludington that has known to have bear activity in the past so i plan to set up a new site and would love to use your recipe! Thanks in advance!
You can get all this stuff at feedmibear.com right in standish michigan. I use the stuff below in the video. But it's worth checking with them as they have so many other great bait products as well if you want to change it up. Granola Corn Peanut butter Maple syrup Cherry or other syrup flavoring Hard candy.
Have to dump it in michigan. But if yoy can leave it in the bucket just tip the bucket upside down and put logos in rocks on it to keep little critters out
Seungjae I dont hunt with a gun personally. I use a longbow for everything. But as guns calibers go any deer rifle will work great. 44 mag, 45-70, 30/30, 308, 30-06, 7mm, etc. All great deer, bear calibers.
Weapon choice is wide, as an arrow can kill a bear. By me black bear are very fatty so you want a good exit wound. You want a heavy expanding bullet. For this 30-06 is my choice. I have hunted other states were the bear are small and lean. Good blood trail is not an issue with them.
Nope no problem at all. Bears like deer and other animals can distinguish and separate scents together. Where we smell breakfast, they smell the bacon, eggs, toast, all seperate.
@@SamkoTradBow ok thanks I drew a tag here in Wisconsin for the first time and am gonna Mix up my own fairly similar to yours I was just curious about mixing flavors. Thanks!
What ever they sell in 5 gallon buckets at feedmibear.com. I dont think the bears are picky about the flavor. The syrup is just part of the catalyst that holds it all together.
Daily if a bear hits it. I like only having a enough to hold a bear for an hour or 2. This way it creates competition and makes bears come in earlier to make sure they are there in time to get some.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast I definitely will. I’m just getting into it so I guess it will be a while to get a decent Michigan tag. I watched your failure video and you talked about how the quantity of bears is a lot higher if you go north I’m like he’s got to be relatively close by. Lol
@@dalepearson8475 Yes they can, and do. But Michigan Law will not let us use any barrels, buckets, etc. all bait has to be put on the ground and can only be covered with dead natural logs.
Great video, I'm going to make some of that. I'm going to use molasses instead of maple syrup. How do you feed it out? In a barrel is how want to do it.
Dale MacKenzie we have to put it right on the ground here. But if you can use a barrel that even better. I just put it on the ground and cover it with logs as that's all we can do here
@@trippw88 containing the bait without a container is just stupid. Clearly anti's made that rule. Other states require things like registering stand sites, contact info of owner, and such. If a container in the woods is an issued do something like that.
@@anthonythorp7291 It's the law in Wisconsin!! Only natural materials, NOTHING man made, and you can not even nail a board to the bottom of the log, Before you call me stupid look it up??
@@trippw88 I'm sorry you misinterpreted what I said. The law is stupid not you. To require the bait be unexcessable to deer without the use of a container is stupid. A container is the easiest most effective way to comply and yet it can't be used. Probably to trip people up so DNR can fine people for revenue and steal...I mean confiscate animals they want.
The black bear population has exploded here in upper Columbia County NY. No one I know hunts them. I've had bear meat prepared in multiple ways. It had a noticeable taste unlike venison. What do you do with the bear?
I eat them! Best tasting wild meat there is in my opinion. tast just like beef but a little bolder. reason is they act more like cattle and less stressed muscle tissue. Unlike prey species that are stringy and tough, bear meat is very tender and easier to eat. Love a good bear steak!
Yeah that's weird wont go past a min for me either. It's been going for a year without any problems so must be something with TH-cam right now. But its granola, syrup, peanut butter, cotton candy flavored syrup, corn, and hard candies.
put it in 55 gallon drum and mix with ice auger, it works great.
Appreciate this video. Helped make things more clear for bear baiting that should work with wisconsin style bear baiting
Glad ypu enjoyed it
I managed to draw a tag for the coveted Red Oak district in North Eastern Lower Michigan this year. Thanks very much.
I used to live there. When I made this video I lived there. Such a great area. Good luck with your hunt
@@SamkoTradBow thanks. Any other advice you can give me?
Ive utilized a similar bait strategy in WI with a few differences and it works by far the best for me as the bait doesnt go bad if it gets wet. Bears want fresh food. Wet soggy, or moldy bait wont work very well.
Yep and in michgan on public you can't use a bucket or artificial cover. Only dead logs
Thanks for the info , I'm 14 and the only one who wants to hunt bear in my family so this helps a lot
Bear hunting is an awesome adventure! Have a great hunt and enjoy the whole experience!
take a drill and a cement mixer end, add water if its too thick, water will evaporate as the mix ages. you can mix all this 1-2 week before baiting
Fantastic idea. Thanks
I doubt that I need to make as inviting of a mixture as that where I will be hunting as there will not be much in terms of hunting pressure but I like the fact that this keeps them at the station longer so I will probably go with something similar. Thanks for the video
Yep works amazing. Best bait I have ever used
Ok! I'm going bear steak hunting this season! Thank you!
Wish you luck. Will be some of the best steaks you ever ate
totally trying this . Thanks dude. :)
Best bait I ever used. You will be very happy
Looks good and similar to what I'm trying. Very helpful. Where do you find the peanut butter and icing in bulk?
The link to the place that sells it is in the video description. Can't remember thier website off hand. But they are amazing! Link below that video
@@SamkoTradBow thanks!!!
That’s my ice cream sundae recipe
This is great! Do you just dump it on the ground or leave the bucket of bait out there?
depends on the laws where you are hunting. If you can leave it in the pail just flip the bucket over and put a big rock or a log on it to keep racoons out of it.
@@SamkoTradBow I have some private land and there are no restrictions in OK. I border the 35,000 acre Wister wildlife management area with a lake within a couple of miles in LeFlore County OK (which is the kind of "hub" for black bears in OK).
I will only be able to get out to the land a couple of times a month and don't want the coons to eat everything up.
I'm also willing to hunt as many raccoons as needed to reduce the population if need be....if that's even possible.
Pulled a tag in WI and will be hunting for the first time this fall. Maybe a silly question, but how do you store your bait/bait materials at home? Any issues with ants or anything? Love the channel!
I never had any critters or pests get into my baits in the garage. But I can see how it could happen. I'd put the stuff in bags or buckets if I needed to. But again never had a problem and had hundreds of pounds stored in my garage for over a month at a time.
THANKS FOR THE INFO.
Very welcome
Loved your presentation and detailed explanation of your "custom" bear bait. I expect to pull a tag for first season this year and will be hunting private land on the Garden Peninsula in the UP; roughly a 4 1/4 hour hike for me from my house. Baiting represents the biggest single challenge as I can't really pop up there every day or every other day to bait. Similarly, even if I were fortunate enough to find a local to bait for me, it might be asking a lot to have them prep the mix each time. Therefore, I am keenly interested in your answers to a couple of related questions: 1) Assuming that you use a 55 gallon drum or barrel for your bait station, can you please advise me how you modified the barrel to accommodate this bait? 2) I bought a couple of steel drums, but unsure how and where to cut in the holes for the bears to reach in. If the barrel top is not removable or a hinged lid, how do you put the bait in and how much at a time? 3) How often do you have to bait? 4) Is there any reason NOT to put more in the barrel than the couple of gallons shown? 5? What do you use to hang up high in a tree around your bait station to send scent out with the wind? Really appreciate your assistance on this; thanks!
Great questions. I have to put bait right on the ground as I'm hunting public land in Michigan. No barrels allowed. So I cant help much there. I would cut a hole in the barrel for the bear to be able to reach his hand in and chain it to a tree so he cant tip it over. I also never hung anything in a tree to scent but would spray Carmel or vanilla all over the trees around the bait site. If you are only gonna get up there once a week or so I would fill the barrel so there is always bait there and just make the hole so they have to work hard to get it and cant whipe it all out to fast.
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks much for the quick response! I'm thinking of cutting my hole - - maybe two, one on either side - - about a third of the way down the drum and large enough to enable a large bear paw to get in there and root around some. Then I could fill it up to just under the bottom of the hole(s) in hopes that it will last up to a week. If I were to mix a significantly larger batch ahead of time, say enough to fill a 20 gallon trash can, do you suppose it would last OK for awhile, not harden up, so someone could go in for me and just replenish the barrel without having to mix a batch up? I'm thinking that the custom bear bait could be scooped right into the same holes that the bears would have to use to get at it. Once the hunt is "ON," I'll be on site and can bait every day if need be. Otherwise, it could be a week or two between visits up there. Related question: Do have a ready source for frying grease? I'm in Gladwin. Thanks again.
@@blackhillsdeercamp7923 sounds like a great plan. I think it would work great. Also talk to the movie theaters around you and get left over pop corn and top off the barrel with that as an extra bonus. It's cheap and light weight and bears love it. Get your grease by asking local restaurants to save it for you when they clean there fryers.
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks again. You got me chuckling about movie theaters around us: "Ain't" none! That said, we can certainly hit up the one in West Branch I should think. Good luck to you this season!
@@blackhillsdeercamp7923 also pretty cheap and easy to pop tubs full of popcorn over a bon fire or Turkey fryer. Good luck to you as well and let me know how it all goes for you.
Great Video, I hope to try some of these ideas.
Thanks. It's a great affordable bait that really brings in the bears.
This will be my first time hunting Bears on my property how far in advance should I start baiting and how often do you have to bait...
Are they like a deer that will feed all through the night. Any advice will be appreciated.
I would start baiting a few weeks before the season and about every 2 or 3 days until they get regular. then bait daily if needed. Dont give them too much. You want to create competition for the bait. give them a half of 5 gallon bucket each time is my advise.
Thanks
5:10 The evil shovel.
Trapping spade for digging coyote sets
I live in Canada, eh.
Now I know where to send kids from here dressed in halloween black bear costumes this coming year( if ) Covid19 restrictions are down as should be .
Hahaaha
I may give it a try,👍
We got a 55 gallon trash bag from dunkin one time no bears touched it. Corn and apples they love it. I dont get it lol
Yep crazy how they works!
Do you just leave it in the bucket or dump it on the ground?
Michigan law required us to dump on the ground. If you can leave the bucket drill it and wire it to a tree upside down with a boat under it to keep coons and squirrels out of it.
Wondering how often u put this out.
Every 3 days until the week before the season then every other day. And during season daily. Thats what we did anyway
Can you write the ingredients so I can copy and paste it?
Sorry I can't remember what was in there off the top of my head. So you would have to watch the video and write it down as I say what's in there
Could you please upload a list of ingredients used ya kind of mixed them a little quick for me to keep track! Thanks in advance I just bought 20acres near ludington that has known to have bear activity in the past so i plan to set up a new site and would love to use your recipe! Thanks in advance!
You can get all this stuff at feedmibear.com right in standish michigan.
I use the stuff below in the video. But it's worth checking with them as they have so many other great bait products as well if you want to change it up.
Granola
Corn
Peanut butter
Maple syrup
Cherry or other syrup flavoring
Hard candy.
Do you leave it in the bucket or dump the bait On the ground?
Have to dump it in michigan. But if yoy can leave it in the bucket just tip the bucket upside down and put logos in rocks on it to keep little critters out
Logs or rocks
As a fat guy who loves doughnuts, I'm VERY glad I don't have a shiny pelt!
🤣🤣
Is that cotton candy liquid the same thing as sno cone liquid ?
Not sure but bet the snow cone stuff would work perfectly too.
@@SamkoTradBow it’s the same stuff. Going on my first bear hunt late September/October.
@@MrProfchaos71 yoy are gonna love bear hunting! I wish you luck! Any questions just ask.
Can we use corn in bear bait in Michigan? I drew a tag for Bergland
You have to check the upper Penn. Regs
You can in the upper but not the lower.
What is the minimun caliber you recommend for bear? And what do you personally run? Great video and thanks
Seungjae I dont hunt with a gun personally. I use a longbow for everything. But as guns calibers go any deer rifle will work great. 44 mag, 45-70, 30/30, 308, 30-06, 7mm, etc. All great deer, bear calibers.
@@SamkoTradBow i should have known, with your podcast name and all lol thanks again
Use napalm or a tank
@@paulcasas1240 Napalm ? Well you better have some friends with you bc that's a lot of meat cooked all at once. 😁
Weapon choice is wide, as an arrow can kill a bear. By me black bear are very fatty so you want a good exit wound. You want a heavy expanding bullet. For this 30-06 is my choice.
I have hunted other states were the bear are small and lean. Good blood trail is not an issue with them.
You don't have any issue mixing flavors? It doesn't throw the bears off?
Nope no problem at all. Bears like deer and other animals can distinguish and separate scents together. Where we smell breakfast, they smell the bacon, eggs, toast, all seperate.
@@SamkoTradBow ok thanks I drew a tag here in Wisconsin for the first time and am gonna Mix up my own fairly similar to yours I was just curious about mixing flavors. Thanks!
@@Backwoodsbigboy you will be all good with mixing. The Canadian bear guide I learned this recipe from said the more scents in the mix the better.
Looks great but expensive no ?
Super cheap!!!! Check out feedmibear.com prices will blow your mind!
What’s the name of the manufacture who sells the stuff
feedmibear.com
How can I find bear mi feed stuff?
Feedmibear.com
@@SamkoTradBow ok thank you. U.p. of michigan btw
Hello - I am curious where you get the cherry and cotton candy flavoring? Id like to try some of those.
Feedmibear.com
Do you use real maple syrup or the corn starch (ms butterworths) type?
What ever they sell in 5 gallon buckets at feedmibear.com. I dont think the bears are picky about the flavor. The syrup is just part of the catalyst that holds it all together.
5:10, the camera man seems to be fading.
🤣🤣 was another shovel stuck in a bucket
@@SamkoTradBow I've heard it called worse things. I'll add it to my chat-up lines. Ta.
@@bikerfirefarter7280 🤣🤣
Could you please explain how you use the bait and site setup. Thank you
How often do you have to replenish the bait with this amount of mixture generally?
Daily if a bear hits it. I like only having a enough to hold a bear for an hour or 2. This way it creates competition and makes bears come in earlier to make sure they are there in time to get some.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast Thanks for replying. Enjoy learning from your videos.
@@gabrielgarza5879 glad they are helping! Happy hunting!
I live in midland not too far from Standish
Definitely hit them up for your bait. Awesome people and fantastic prices.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast I definitely will. I’m just getting into it so I guess it will be a while to get a decent Michigan tag. I watched your failure video and you talked about how the quantity of bears is a lot higher if you go north I’m like he’s got to be relatively close by. Lol
@@SamkoTradBow if u pour it on the ground cant they just sit there and eat it up fast.
@@dalepearson8475 Yes they can, and do. But Michigan Law will not let us use any barrels, buckets, etc. all bait has to be put on the ground and can only be covered with dead natural logs.
Great video, I'm going to make some of that. I'm going to use molasses instead of maple syrup. How do you feed it out? In a barrel is how want to do it.
Dale MacKenzie we have to put it right on the ground here. But if you can use a barrel that even better. I just put it on the ground and cover it with logs as that's all we can do here
In Wisconsin we use about a 2 foot long hollow log and cover it with a good size rock to keep the Raccoon out and then throw some logs over it too
@@trippw88 containing the bait without a container is just stupid. Clearly anti's made that rule.
Other states require things like registering stand sites, contact info of owner, and such. If a container in the woods is an issued do something like that.
@@anthonythorp7291 It's the law in Wisconsin!! Only natural materials, NOTHING man made, and you can not even nail a board to the bottom of the log, Before you call me stupid look it up??
@@trippw88 I'm sorry you misinterpreted what I said. The law is stupid not you.
To require the bait be unexcessable to deer without the use of a container is stupid. A container is the easiest most effective way to comply and yet it can't be used. Probably to trip people up so DNR can fine people for revenue and steal...I mean confiscate animals they want.
That can't be real maple syurp is it 5 gallons would be 100s of dollars is it like the fake stuff
Regardless the bears love it
This dude is a nut lol
The black bear population has exploded here in upper Columbia County NY. No one I know hunts them. I've had bear meat prepared in multiple ways. It had a noticeable taste unlike venison. What do you do with the bear?
I eat them! Best tasting wild meat there is in my opinion. tast just like beef but a little bolder. reason is they act more like cattle and less stressed muscle tissue. Unlike prey species that are stringy and tough, bear meat is very tender and easier to eat. Love a good bear steak!
Thems some spoiled bears!
Whats in it besides popcorn, video wont play after 1:00
Yeah that's weird wont go past a min for me either. It's been going for a year without any problems so must be something with TH-cam right now. But its granola, syrup, peanut butter, cotton candy flavored syrup, corn, and hard candies.
@@SamkoTradBow awesome, thank you much
I don't see what's cheap ? maple syrup cost a fortune
If you buy it from this place I talk about in the video its all super cheap and huge quantities.
Are those buckets food safe???
Nice video. Where can I see videos of bears getting their big asses smoked?