Getting Bears on Trail Cam

[Hunter9396]

I live in Pine Bush, ny & I recently have a couple new properties to hunt on. I want to set a trail cam out on them and see if there's any bears on the property. Any tips on what attractants I can use or what I can put out to attract them in..

Thanks, Rick.

[Pygmy]

Yogi's favorite.....A Pic-A-Nic basket.....

[GreeneHunter]

I had a pic of a Bear from under my treestand from a couple years ago , but do not know what attracted him/her !

 

[lu.cio.fin]

Think it's illegal to bait them

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[Trial153]

I have Gotten most of my bear pictures on field edges. I attribute that to their almost randomize movement through woods....

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[lu.cio.fin]

My shot was an inside corner by a stream on a game tail I thought was just for deer

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[Doc]

Check out any corn fields that are surrounded by a good stretch of woods. Pay particular attention to the corners away from any roads. Look for flattened down corn stalks and bear scat. If you find all that, set your camera there.

 

I ran into exactly that scenario while bow hunting in PA back in the 80's. There was no doubt in my mind that that area would have yielded an opportunity at a shot at a bear. There was even a well defined trail coming out of the woods and into the field that had been beaten down by daily visits from the bear. Sure enough my hunting partner saw a bear following that route into the field while he deer hunted. Unfortunately bear season was not open.

 

Anyway, the thought that I am having is to let the farmer do the baiting for you....lol. Bears seem to love that corn.

[greensider]

why is it not legal to use scent to attract deer but not a bear  like vanilla extract or some thing like that its not bait just scent

[BellR]

As far as I know, you can use up to 1.5 oz of liquid attractant for bears in NY.

[greensider]

you are right i just looked it up

[Nomad]

Sometimes it just happens, friends camp in Naples.

[bigpaul]

Corn fields, Apple orchards, Blackberry patches.

[First-light]

The bear by me love to scratch up one utility pole on my property. I hang a stand where he passes in the woods.

[TrailsEndTom]

You are allowed 1.5 oz. of lure or scent. You can use Anise oil, vanilla, honey, or any sweet smell. I have even used a packet of Kool aid sprinkled on the ground. I have also found they like the smell of Trails End 307 deer lure ( it has a sweet smell).  You want it somewhere in front of the camera so he will stop and stay in front of the camera so you can get some pics. They also like the camera's themselves. I think they can hear the very slight klick the camera makes when it takes a pic. I keep my camera's in a metal security box and still had one broken. I get multiple pics like this one every year. This bear actually broke part of the camera that was not protected by the metal box.

[TrailsEndTom]

Some more

 

If and when I use a scent it is at least 20 feet or more in front of camera's not anywhere near it. I sometime even spray the camera with scent killer.

Edited August 29, 2015 by TrailsEndTom

[Larry]

take a look at this from last year

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[TrailsEndTom]

Pulled trail cam card from cam in the driveway of my hunting camp. Oh Boy!

[TrailsEndTom]

2 small cubs

[TrailsEndTom]

A few more.

Edited September 1, 2015 by TrailsEndTom

[TrailsEndTom]

And the last of them. These 3 were in the same day.

[growalot]

That last one is a big bear...how high on the tree is that cam?... BTW kool-aid on the ground would be considered baiting...

Also again.... the law reads liquid lure...once it isn't in liquid form more can be used...IE  a honey burn...soak clean cotton racks  in honey   let them soak it up good and then  let it air dry...this can be burned releasing the same smell for a longer period and be legal ...also rags left to soak in what ever lure  and hung...it is no longer liquid and you can use as much as the material will soak up....This tip was from a region 9 capt.

[Curmudgeon]

Do baiting laws for deer and bear apply to cameras outside of hunting season or away from places where hunting is taking place?

Edited September 2, 2015 by Curmudgeon

[TrailsEndTom]

The kool aid is powder and about a teaspoon in size.

[BellR]

Just mix it with 1.5oz of water.  Presto, liquid attractant.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Vanilla extract in a scape scent dripper would probably work well to keep putting it out there and keeping it fresh.