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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 18, 2017 7:55:59 GMT -6
I'm putting out a mineral station in OTC, do bear eat mineral? I'm wondering if I have to factor that in. Might have salt block too.
Just curious.
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Post by terrifictom on Mar 18, 2017 8:06:24 GMT -6
Yes and yes. Many years ago put a 40 pound mineral block out in spring time. There was a light coating of snow on ground. Went back next morning and found fresh bear tracks and no mineral block. Followed bear tracks for 1/4 mile and never found mineral block. Also had a trailcam on mineral station on my land walked in to check cam and had a 500 pound bear sleeping at the mineral site. Scared the shit out of me as I got within 5 feet of him. Once he woke up and saw me he went in one direction and I went the other.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 18, 2017 8:24:10 GMT -6
Every spring I get at least a few pics of bears on my mineral/salt sites. I stopped using the blocks because I had the same thing happen as Tom ^^^
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Post by smallchunk on Mar 18, 2017 9:44:26 GMT -6
That has happened to my uncle two summers in a row. He now uses granular mineral! Haha
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 18, 2017 16:37:39 GMT -6
Thanks guys... another bear question
A deep depression in the woods, possible an old den? I mean it was strange looking... 4 foot deep or so
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Post by smsmith on Mar 18, 2017 16:45:06 GMT -6
Classic chupacabra den
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Post by terrifictom on Mar 19, 2017 7:30:55 GMT -6
Thanks guys... another bear question A deep depression in the woods, possible an old den? I mean it was strange looking... 4 foot deep or so Possibly a bear den or it could have been a mineral site for deer a long time ago that the deer created by eating dirt that had minerals in it.
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Post by Satchmo on Mar 19, 2017 9:02:24 GMT -6
I too get a lot of bear visits to my mineral sites. I have my trail cams on depth finder RAM mounts so the bears can push them around without breaking them. They get bumped around a lot.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 19, 2017 20:06:59 GMT -6
Neighbor says they like his bird feeder!
Hoping to get one on camera
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 31, 2017 16:05:12 GMT -6
Would a bear actually rip down a trail camera? I found ripped straps on the ground, but no camera? In front of my mineral site.
This is in a remote location, saw no sign of human activity, but camera is gone, straps on the ground...either an animal or a trespasser (who is really dumb) and doesn't realize you can un-clip the straps?
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Post by kabic on Mar 31, 2017 16:10:01 GMT -6
Would a bear actually rip down a trail camera? I found ripped straps on the ground, but no camera? In front of my mineral site. This is in a remote location, saw no sign of human activity, but camera is gone, straps on the ground...either an animal or a trespasser (who is really dumb) and doesn't realize you can un-clip the straps? Yes, bears have been know to rip down cameras
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 31, 2017 16:30:40 GMT -6
Drag it off to ?
Stumped, isn't this early for bear?
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Post by kl9 on Mar 31, 2017 16:41:32 GMT -6
My buddy in SW WI had a bear drag a post with a trail cam on it a few hundred yards, all while it was video recording. Pretty cool footage. Trail cam case had teeth marks and what not all over it
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Post by kl9 on Mar 31, 2017 17:00:47 GMT -6
Would a bear actually rip down a trail camera? I found ripped straps on the ground, but no camera? In front of my mineral site. This is in a remote location, saw no sign of human activity, but camera is gone, straps on the ground...either an animal or a trespasser (who is really dumb) and doesn't realize you can un-clip the straps? Were straps clean cut or torn apart?
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Post by sd51555 on Mar 31, 2017 17:04:03 GMT -6
Did you have any kind of food scent on your hands when you put up your cam? I learned not to be eating food right before I head to check cams. That food scent left on your hands will be on your cam and the bear will come check it out.
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