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Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« on: January 04, 2009, 11:42:09 PM »
   Has anyone on here traded or exchanged bear bait with a board bro?   I have began to stock pile bait already for the 2009 Fall season here in MN and there is a good chance I might have bait in excess. I have a very good steady supply of honey and molasses as well as cereal and apples. Would anybody here in MN that has a good meat scrap or doughnut connection want to trade some bait?  Just an idea to throw out there.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 06:30:03 PM »
 I guess its a little early for this topic
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 04:10:54 PM »
mn bear,
I have been stocking up on bait for a few months also.  Hope to have 3-5 hundred pounds saved up by 09 season.  Right now everything I have is from freinds cleaning out freezers.  I normaly mix my bait about half and half with dog food.  If you have a bunch of extra closer to season, I may be interested in buying some.  I'll look you up closer to september.  Where are you located? I'm in the st. cloud area. 
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 12:49:25 AM »
   Hey, sounds good to me man. I live in Northfield, MN.(40 miles south of Mpls)
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 08:50:40 AM »
Quote from: MNBear on January 04, 2009, 11:42:09 PM
   Has anyone on here traded or exchanged bear bait with a board bro?   I have began to stock pile bait already for the 2009 Fall season here in MN and there is a good chance I might have bait in excess. I have a very good steady supply of honey and molasses as well as cereal and apples. Would anybody here in MN that has a good meat scrap or doughnut connection want to trade some bait?  Just an idea to throw out there.
They like peanut butter,cottage cheese,anything that stinks like steelhead & salmon carcasses, rotten meat, fruit:apples,etc;there's always www.bearscents.com  etc.We're not allowed to use any bait in ca.My Manual of  Game Investigational Techniques says  Anise (pimpinella) is attractive to bears.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2009, 09:16:12 AM »
I was wondering if anyone wanted to exchange bait.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2009, 03:59:11 AM »
 I just talked to a guy yesterday & he said he had great luck with some 'over-ripe' sweet corn at his pile. He said he was able to buy some 'seconds' or lower quality from some growers.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2009, 12:54:13 PM »
 I am going to try the fermented corn method this year, a board bro gave me the idea. I am going to take a 5 gal pail and fillit half corn and 10lb of sugar and the rest water and let it sit in the sun for a month. GOing to pour it all around the bait site.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2009, 06:04:31 PM »
Just talked to a local bar owner and she agreed to give me all her left over popcorn if I come and clean out the machine at the end of the night. Whats the best way to store popcorn? How long before it goes bad?
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2009, 02:45:51 AM »
 Hopefully you don't have to hit the bar after closing time to clean out the machine. That would be past my bedtime. I also get some bait by asking the relatives to clean out their freezers.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2009, 08:06:44 PM »
 Yes it is at closing time and I am coming to find out there isnt much leftover, this might be a bust. I work nights anyways so I am always awake at night.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2009, 12:41:16 PM »
  Just bought another atv today so I am gearing up for fall. I also found another great item to add to my bait sites. I work for a cereal company and I was recently working on the crunch berry line and came upon the "fines" that accumlate in the dryer. Its a lot like jello powder, only seems to be a lot sweeter. I think it will work well sprinkled over some pastries. I probably can get as much as I want to which is always good. Anybody else gearing up for fall bear season in MN?
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2009, 04:22:42 PM »
Where are all the MN bear hunters?
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2009, 01:17:28 AM »
 I'm gearing up some. I won't know til June how I do on the MI permit though. I'm about up for a hunt. A few family members in MI may be about due too. Last weekend I towed up 8 barrels of bait. Four were chocolate candy & 4 cherries of the type that go into chocolate covered cherries. I was not able to get all chocolate. The cherries seemed O.K. much better tasting than a wild choke cherry. I just hope they keep through the summer well. They should be full of preservative. My plan was to get some bait before the August rush. I plan to also clean out the freezer & maybe look for some sweet corn towards fall if we get permits. I would look forward to sighting in the 300WSM again.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2009, 06:40:58 PM »
  SOunds like you have a good start!!!  What part of MI are you hunting?  I work with a fellar from Gladstone in the UP.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2009, 01:02:27 PM »
 We do a little bear hunting in the NW U.P., it's a little South of Houghton in the 'Baraga Unit'. I have some time off towards the end of May, I may just look for some more bait to bring up. My partner seems to sell all the excess I bring up. I just saw on a MI outdoor site where they will reduce bear permits in the Western U.P. by 21% this year. It seems the bear numbers have been going down. I guess in the past they have offered more permits per sq miles of habitat compared to WI. Info went on to say WI offered less permits & had a higher success rate & heavier bears. Now I'm in the hunt for a large bear or no bear. If I don't get a permit this years that's fine.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2009, 06:53:25 PM »
  I am going to be hunting in area 51 in MN, hopefully its a good year.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2009, 12:16:19 AM »
 'AREA 51' You may have more to worry about than an enraged bear! I'd bring a tinfoil hat & watch for bright lights in the sky.
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Re: Bear Bait Exchange or Trade?
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2009, 01:44:28 PM »
LOL!!!!   Thats not the first time I have heard that!
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