Tree stand with open field to the back<\/p><\/div>\n

What bears lose in vision they make up in the olfactory department. For every one thing you are able to smell\u00a0 bear has the ability to smell something like 3,000 things. If you hunt the hills take advantage of the thermals –\u00a0 cold air goes down, warm air up use thermals to spread the smells of your bait. As I said earlier they will know you’ve been around they probably even watched you bait the station. Just use whats at hand to lessen your presents and give the bears a comfort zone.<\/p>\n

About the only other point I can make is the bait, if something isn’t working try something different, don’t be afraid to experiment. The old standard for Alaska is dog food and rancid grease if that isn’t working try popcorn and kool-aid. Work with the bears natural diet as it progresses through the year. When they first crawl out of their den in the spring they have just spent the winter living on body fat and urine that has been recycle into amino acids. For the first few days all they want is new grasses and sedges with a little water to get their metabolism in the summer mode. From there they move to high protein for bone and muscle development. Protein can come from many sources both plant & animal. Plants have their highest protein content just before they flower.\u00a0 Animal protein come from anything from winter kills to new born ungulates. The rest of the summer their diet makes a steady transition a\u00a0 higher carbohydrate intake to make the body fat they will need to survive the winter.Study what they eat at at given time of the year and work with it.<\/p>\n

If you’ve never hunted off bait try it. They are a good confidence builder for the novice to watch bear interact,\u00a0 learn their habits, and compare bears features to judge trophies. If for no other reason it’s a great way to spend an evening, take your camera or video gear and film away.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of links if you think you might like to hunt bears in Alaska. A non-resident doesn’t need a guide to hunt black bears in Alaska but you do have to have a licensed guide for brown\/grizzly. Notice in GMU 16 you are allowed 3 black bears and 2 brown bears. I can’t book hunts but I can get you in contact with some very good outfitters if you are interested. I’m still figuring out this html stuff so you’ll have to copy & paste them until I get on top of things.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wildlife.alaska.gov\/regulations\/pdfs\/bear.pdf<\/p>\n

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In my opinion hunting black bear over bait is way underrated it’s by far my favorite. I didn’t start out hunting them that way things just sort of evolved. In fact until I\u00a0moved to where we live now I didn’t even hunt for black bears, except as incidentals while hunting other species. My family and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[11,52,84,107],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunting","tag-alaska","tag-black-bear","tag-guides","tag-outfitters"],"yoast_head":"\n