This is my first try at using a trail cam and it is really fun! My youngest son really wanted to get a black bear this year so after soccer season we set up a bait station. We had to break ice for 1/2 mile on May 27 to set it out. The first two sits we saw 4 black bears but were unable to close the deal. Then it was off to basketball camp for a week. We were hit really hard by blacks that week so we re-baited Sunday with 150lbs. of C.O.B., dog food, popcorn, molasses, etc. Eighteen minutes after we left, the sow and cubs were on the bait. They ate it all in a day and a half. The cubs are 2 1/2 year olds and the size of a good black bear. The single bear is a large boar. He is rubbed pretty bad. The barrel is a 55 gal. for reference. Brown bears are off limits over bait on the Kenai, so it just makes for a little more exitement walking into your stand! Nearly everyone I know is having problems with browns this year. It looks like this will be the end of our season as I can't afford to feed this crew. We still had fun and had lots of good time together.
