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Still hunting Black-Bear sounds interesting, but in my opinion I would
set up a baited stand.
Bears in N.H. and Maine though in huntable numbers are so wide spread
and travel so much it would be in my opinion pure-luck for a still
hunter(stalker) to creep up on one. Unlike deer, when a bear gets wind
or hears an unnatural noise, he seems to not care but rather goes in
another direction in a hurry, otherwords he is not to curious and wants
nothing to do with Man. Niether do deer, but they seem to tolerate us
more.
The bears downfall is food, and this is where bait comes in. If there
are bear in the area, in a matter of a few days to a week you should
know by baits. What we use here in N.H. and Maine is a number of
things, as long as it smells ripe, it will work, ofcourse you might
attract other animals but you'll have to use your judgement.
You can use 5gal buckets of bacon fat, a big ham, fish, scrapes of meat
really anything.
Once you locate where you want to set up, make sure you either build a
tree stand or use a portable, I recommend the "Loggy Bayou" put it up
about 15ft. Make sure your baits are wired to a tree so as they don't
drag it off everytime they come in. When the bear comes into the bait
he'll be real careful and cautious, he might even stand up to really
smell any human scent. He will probably stay about 30-50 yds outside
the bait for as long as an hour before he comes in, just to insure its
safe. They are really really cautious this is why I say still/stalk
hunting is pure luck for bear. Anyway once they come in they will only
come to the bait ONEWAY and EXIT oneway, the next time they come they
might come in the exit and exit the entrance but they will only use
these two points from that time on. To you in the stand you will see
the paths they made and are to watch them closly. In reality you should
start to bait heavy about a month before the season opens.
You could hunt early morning but I would hunt from 2pm til dark. Each
morning i would check and re-bait if you have to. When going into your
stand be real cautious as you never know what could be there.
Well I guess I rambled on enough, Good-Luck!!!
Rick
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| Hi Roger Chang here
I've hunted bear in Mass where you can't bait bear and in Canada
where you can. I was luckly enough to find (by chance) and run that
the bears use to get from point "A" to point "B" and have caught
they on the move three times.
In Canada I was on a week hunt in Chibougamau and the owner
of the camp showed us just how fast bears react to bacon grease.
I was already in my stand and he put down moose meat scraps and
jelly donuts (which they love) and then bacon grease. After he had
the bait down he took a coffee can and a pair of pliers and a blow
tourch and burnt a half cup of bacon grease till it smoked up good.
It wasn't but about 3 to 4 minutes and here they come, they got
about 20 yards and started barking I thought the guy was going to
die.He brought in three of them at once, see they have a bear problem
in Chibougamau the bear average more then one point something per mile.
So try burning some bacon grease but I suggest you do it in the
tree stand. I have a brouchure from Canada if your interested.
Happy hunting
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| Hi Roger here again
Just remembered something else about bear Hunting if while deer
hunting and if bear season so the same time in your state. If you
know of a deer killed in the area and you find a blood trail that
the deer has been draged out. Back track and find the gut pile and
sit on it are within shot of it. Bear pick up on the blood trail
and they follow it almost at a running pace. They must think it
is a wounded aminal and try to run it down for food. I watched a
(approx 500) pounder pick up on a blood trail in the snow and he
or she took off at a run down the blood trail, I fillowed and caught
up with it when it found the gut pile. It was sitting in the snow
like a buda munhing on the pile, but couldn't get my bow shot off
before it saw me and took off. Hope this is some help
shoot streight
Roge
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