I was putting out baits and saw....
Contributors to this thread:Bears
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
... hundreds of black spiders sitting on snow patches catching some rays. Yuck. First really warm day this year. Fast and nervous little buggers, hard to get pics before they skedaddled into the grass. Taking my slingshot and ball bearings with me today, some of them were booners.
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
Work, work, work. Share some pics of your bait runs boys and girls.
From: Bear Track
23-Apr-14
Really odd Rob. I was out yesterday too and had a fly trying to land on my nose.
From: CurveBow
23-Apr-14
Looks like a black widow!~ I recognize that shape from the back of my BW bow anywhere ! :)
From: Bigfoot
23-Apr-14
Rob, How did the deer fair in your area this past winter? We bowhunt south of your area about an hour every October (make the trek from Alberta). Last year was pretty obvious the previous winter had hurt the deer in the area we were in. I've heard bad reports about this winter too. What have you seen?
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
Have been seeing quite a few, only found bones a couple times so far but I'm sure it was not an easy winter for them. Should know more in a few weeks. Found some wicked big rubs from last year, hope they made it through okay.
From: Nomad
23-Apr-14
I think those are TBM's "tracking spiders" & they're just waiting for you to shoot something!!!
;)
From: Bear Track
23-Apr-14
I put the tracks on one of my Rubicons yesterday and fired up my Argo to get it ready for the weekend. Will come home with pictures. I had 6,200 lbs. on my poor 20 ft. trailer yesterday. You seem to have the same snow amounts as us. I have the same Argo with the roll cage on it. I drape a tarp over it when we get caught back in the woods with rain.
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
Have fun out there, you got the right rigs for this time of year. A friend saw a bruiser bear in a field 2 days ago so some are prowling. Crappy weather for spider hunting today, big-time windy.
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
It was a beauty evening yesterday, tossed out a new one in a cool spot.
From: Bowme2
23-Apr-14
What is that ATV? That's nice!
btw... that is not a Black Widow spider.
From: habu john
23-Apr-14
Rob looks like some great country you are baiting, wish I was going up there this spring. John
From: Rob Nye
23-Apr-14
8-wheel Argo with tracks. No speed demon but they are awesome machines.
From: Charlie Rehor
24-Apr-14
Go get EM boys!
From: Fuzzy
24-Apr-14
yes, that spot looks quite cool :-)
From: Rob Nye
25-Apr-14
Another soggy day in the bush, snow melting fast.
From: Rob Nye
25-Apr-14
Put up a couple "lefty" stands, here's the view from one.
From: Rob Nye
25-Apr-14
The bear's eye view of the stand.
From: rattling_junkie
25-Apr-14
Loving this thread! Keep posting.
From: Rob Nye
26-Apr-14
Will try to post a few sights along the trails.
From: Rob Nye
26-Apr-14
From: Rob Nye
26-Apr-14
These noisy rascals let the bears know that chow is on.
From: Ibow
26-Apr-14
Great picts! Thanks for sharing!
From: Charlie Rehor
26-Apr-14
Rob: Those deer look like they did real well this winter!
From: Box
27-Apr-14
That last deer pic is really cool!
Dumb question but are those argo machines pretty much stuck proof or break down proof? Have to be a b*&^ch to have to walk back through some of that stuff to find help.
From: Mike Ukrainetz
28-Apr-14
Went to fire up one of my bear baits and some bonehead had left one of my cameras out all year! (My brother, I think, couldn't have been me) I got home, put the card in my computer and I first looked at the last picture on the card, picture #2578, and this image jumped out at me! Nov 8 date on the picture. Surprised the heck out of me that the batteries lasted that long!! Anyone else had their alkaline batteries last that long!?
From: Mike Ukrainetz
28-Apr-14
The proof of how long the batteries lasted, maybe longer because the card was full. and that it was at a bear bait. Truly incredible, I think.
From: Rob Nye
28-Apr-14
Wicked!
From: Bear Track
28-Apr-14
Very nice you guys. Rob, that's the same amount of snow we have. I sunk my new Rubicon Saturday. No pictures because I was scrambling and running for my truck to pull it out of the ditch. Took it in today to have it flushed and oil changed. Still have not seen anything but a few wolf tracks and the odd deer track.
From: Rob Nye
29-Apr-14
Ron; That sucks, hope the Honda takes it in stride. I put out some more baits y'day in the snow and rain but did see some big fresh bear tracks heading down the trails. Guess I better start checking some baits, they seem to be prowling around now.
From: Rob Nye
29-Apr-14
Checked 4 baits this AM, 3 were hit, all of them had first arrivals on April 26, one week later than last year. Nothing huge yet but a couple pretty decent bears.
From: rattling_junkie
29-Apr-14
Sweet, awesome to hear. Checking a bait on Thursday I helped put in for a friend.
From: Bear Track
02-May-14
Believe it or not, this is only half my bait waiting to be used for this year's hunt. The grainery is full of 5 gallon pails of "secret" bait, along with the barrels of 8,000lbs of meat, 28 barrels of oats and 2 1/2 tons of peanuts outside and add to it, 55 gallons of liquid smoke. All washed down with 19 barrels of fryer grease.
From: SteveB
02-May-14
That's quite a load Ron! Soon they will begin gobbling it up! looks like weather has improved too.
From: Bear Track
02-May-14
I was up north today making another bait drop off. Beautiful day. Also had to pick up the atv that I deep sixed.
