I will be setting up my first bait this year. NJ's first season in 33years. It will be a late hunt Dec8th. The division promised us tere would be bears out to harvest.(???)
I'm not going to go into why I have only one spot in bear country to hunt but, the situation is this;
12 acres about 250-300ft strait up the mountain from a river that has 5000 acres of public land loaded w/bears on the other side of the river. There is only a little bear sign up there (pulled bark) but I think the rest of the hunters will leave this spot alone (it doesn't look like anyone else has been up there recently. There is about a 3 acre bench 200 yds below the ridge that I am thinking of setting up. There are a lot of acorns up there, some water, and its thick. It is bordered on the other 3 sides by private land.
My question;
Is it worth trying to set up a bait there (will bears come so high up on the mountain and stay) or should I keep looking for a lower swampy thick area. That will be hard and I don't want to hunt public land but if nothing happens here I might be forced to. The public lands are crazy during deer season (the bear hunt is concurent with deer season.)
Is it worth the effort or should I spend my time trying to find something else. (I had a spot to hunt untill yesturday now I am looking again). I have a very good supply of doughnuts and will be starting with a hunny burn and keep doing the burn untill I get "hit". Any good advice will be apreciated.
Thanks
Steve
Sun, 2003-11-02 05:22
Bait advice please!!!
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