My progress report.
-Baits set with the boy 28 Apr. (South and East of Fort McMurray)
-Keep it simple method. Running oats, oil and a splash of molasses.
-First bears on the baits 7, 11 of May - and steady activity since.
Running 3:
-Bait (1) I think I have 6 different customers, only patterning 2 bears
-Bait (2) 6 different customers, a couple of which are on a pattern
-Bait (3) 2 boars, a sow w/3 cubs
*Only new site is bait 3.
I think the extreme heat after the long weekend, no rain through May, coupled with a windy past week and a 1/2 has the bears not as active as they normally would be...
Last year I had 29 individual/different bears (i think) over 3 baits in the same general area...also used a different type of oil. Who knows.
I'll run em and sit a couple times through the weekend an that'll be her!
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