mjk wrote:BassBoysLLP wrote:You guys have some picky bears. I always bait 10 gallons. This time of year, I often have kitchen scraps and moldy food in my filler. It always gets eaten in a couple days. They do get bit pickier later in the season and I need to switch to all premium bait. Perhaps this is a seasonal shift that applies to the entire Great Lakes region.
I have often seen that what bears eat in May, June , and early July, they won't touch after that. We used to use yogurt base. Bears would eat the lemon flavor early, and then would totally ignore the Lemon flavor in late summer while they still hammered the other flavors. Gummy bears were the same way. Bears did not like them after mid July.
In regards to being picky, we used to get the outdated chips from the local Frio Lay guy. The bears would sort out the flaming hot cheetos, and they would be laying next to the stump, while the rest of the chips would be eaten. Happened time after time.
One advantage I have is that Carol rehabs raccoons. I see a distinct correlation between what the coons like, and what the bears like. Any doubt I test it on the coons. The stuff the coons push to the side, bears do the same. I bought a lot of cereal last year. Sounded like a great bait but it was the last thing the bears ate. So I gave it to Carol and the coons wouldn't eat it either (just one example)