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<blockquote data-quote="idelkslayer" data-source="post: 954874" data-attributes="member: 62258"><p>My state requires only a single metal container up to 55 gallons. I have found that almost anything works but the bears don't like to eat rotten meat. I will usually try to catch some large carp and set them in a bucket in the sun for a week or two before setting my bait site. I do not put the carp into my bait, I hang them in a tree nearby for the purpose of spreading scent. It helps to draw the bears in but they do not eat the carp. I have had really good success with meat in the fall as long as it doesn't rot. Another very successful bait item is apples. In the fall I will go to abondoned homesteads and to the apple trees growing in the right of way of highways and county roads and pick a couple hundred gallons of apples. Most of these are too small to really be useful since the trees have largely gone feral but the bears love them and after sitting in a barrel in the sun and heat they really put off a good smell that you can detect from a long ways away.</p><p> </p><p>I use a lot of popcorn mixed with molasses oats and maple syrup in the spring. Sometimes I mix in a jello packet for added scent. The bears seem to prefer the oats mixes that have a lot of corn and oats and not so much of the pelletized feed. They also get sick of popcorn if it is not mixed into something else. I usually mix my popcorn as stated above or I drench it with cooking oil.</p><p> </p><p>I have found that bears will not eat raw potatoes, oranges, banana peels or mangos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idelkslayer, post: 954874, member: 62258"] My state requires only a single metal container up to 55 gallons. I have found that almost anything works but the bears don't like to eat rotten meat. I will usually try to catch some large carp and set them in a bucket in the sun for a week or two before setting my bait site. I do not put the carp into my bait, I hang them in a tree nearby for the purpose of spreading scent. It helps to draw the bears in but they do not eat the carp. I have had really good success with meat in the fall as long as it doesn't rot. Another very successful bait item is apples. In the fall I will go to abondoned homesteads and to the apple trees growing in the right of way of highways and county roads and pick a couple hundred gallons of apples. Most of these are too small to really be useful since the trees have largely gone feral but the bears love them and after sitting in a barrel in the sun and heat they really put off a good smell that you can detect from a long ways away. I use a lot of popcorn mixed with molasses oats and maple syrup in the spring. Sometimes I mix in a jello packet for added scent. The bears seem to prefer the oats mixes that have a lot of corn and oats and not so much of the pelletized feed. They also get sick of popcorn if it is not mixed into something else. I usually mix my popcorn as stated above or I drench it with cooking oil. I have found that bears will not eat raw potatoes, oranges, banana peels or mangos. [/QUOTE]
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