Spring Black Bear Hunting | Northern Ontario
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2017
- This was set up by Adam Craig Outdoors who set up the bait and hosted my on his property. I discuss baiting practices and ethics as well as the reality wild animals for food.
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We baited with donuts, beaver carcasses, honey, kitchen scrapes, apples and whatever else we could find.
We show how to do a honey burn.
The bait was set up for 3 weeks and had one decent size bore coming into the bait for a few nights prior.
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Hunting is the ONLY ethical way to get meat, if people think just because they go to the supermarket to get their meat that they are exempt, they're not, your just paying someone to do it for you! I've heard black bear is delicious, keep em comin brother👍🏼
My chickens live a good life before they go into the pot.
No. Eating meat is not ethical unless your a scavenger.
I don't get why people care about ethics. Maybe some people are so stupid they think they are better if they are ethical in some way.
Ethics mean absolutely nothing in objective reality. Ethics is just a way for people to wave around their dicks saying who is better than someone else.
BUSHCRAFTER 1973 I hate when people tell me hunting is so mean and cruel to the animals. when they get their meat from the grocery store where those animals where living in small quarters just waiting to get killed.
Explain how killing another conscious being for food is ethical? inb4 boars, bears, deer are not conscious
And 'I will die if I don't kill it' is not an ethical answer either. If you applied it to humans it would be ethical for criminals to murder police officers for shit stupid laws that get people fined/thrown in prison. Mostly because defending yourself against unethical laws is by definition ethical.
Jarilo are you 5 years old??
it's a real bummer that we were not able to connect on a bear. We all put a lot of effort into this, but i guess that is what hunting is all about. No guarantee's when out hunting, fishing, or trapping. I went out yesterday after work to have a look and the bait had not been hit. Thanks for coming up and sitting all those hours (20 plus hours) in the stand. We gave it a good go, and unfortunately, the out come was not what we had hoped for. But i had a good time all the same. It was fun to hang out with you and Jeremy around the fire.
Feel the same way. Real bummer because we all did a role and it should have come together. Ah well, we didn't come out with nothing, we still had the time together and learned a lot, especially a reminder that it's not a guarantee, not certainly just because you have a pile of bait. This video is really for all those people out there scared of bears and worried about being attacked and fish guts around camp and so forth. This is 3-4 weeks with just 2 or 4 days (depending on how you count it) where the bear came in. Couldn't imagine trying to do a spot and hunt, or do this primitively. If we were counting on a bear, we'd have to come up with a more ingenious plan.
Hey, just wanted to say as a fellow Ontarian, and avid outdoorsman, I love watching your videos and can really relate to the landscapes and terrain you film in. Always looking forward to more, and better luck next hunt! Cheers!
Thanks Skerge! Love our Ontario landscape, so diverse, but all home!
Thanks to you, Jeremy and especially Adam for this.
Was nice to get out. We'll have to try harder for a fall bear!
some people never grow out of what i think is a walt disney world and still see life as a half hour of cuddly wobbly playful animals who all eat make believe food and never harm or eat other animals, they don't see the hunger and suffering they go through in a sometime short and brutal lifespan. hunting over bait or not if it is done with clear respect of the animal with as little suffering as possible ,the gods of the hunt would approve
enjoy and respect your videos
Thanks for saying Keven. It's an odd world were we've all become so insulated from the truth behind what makes our lives possible. Having a clear touch to this reality keeps me grounded and I couldn't have it any other way.
Call me as sinner because I sure do love my big game!! Mad props to Adam for hooking you up on the hunt I thought for sure you would get one oh well that's why they call it hunting and not getting!! Man Chris you sure are do for a big old Gooden!!
My luck has been terrible this year LOL Hopefully this fall does me good. I can probably give you a call Monday morning, will you be around?
Awesome video, thumbs up, thanks for the trip and showing us your part of the world, best regards from New Zealand hunters.
It's interesting isn't it? I always thought that showing my woods is boring, but I remind myself that people will be watching from all over the world and they want to see what it's like around here!
Nice words. And that boiled honey trick was pretty neat
I think not getting a bear, made me more interested in trying to figure out how to get a bear! I'll try again this fall.
Just want you to know, us guys in Texas back everything you do and enjoy all your videos!! Keep them coming and good luck on your hunt!
Thanks Biff! Really appreciate hearing that!
Nice vid and commentary buddy. Well done.
Thanks boss! Love your videos and you commentaries are better than mine :)
Couldn't agree more! Great video! Love It!
Thank Palo!
Tag soup, eh? I got skunked on my moose this past season, haven't seen any bears yet. Saw a hare yesterday. Of course, I was gunless, just out harvesting spruce tips for jelly. There's always next time. Keep it coming. Love learning from you.
Yup, another learning lesson while in the field! Read an interesting book that recommended always having your gun handy as you never know when you might get an opportunity!
anyone who told him to die is a fool
Love the timing between you saying people said you should die for killing the hare then moments later you say your using hare intestines for bait. Great views on reality as always :)
Very well said about hunting sir
Hey man that monologue for all the haters of your videos or the offended viewers just don’t bother. You get the viewers you get and it should be no sweat off your back for the 5 percent of people who that was to. You make great content and there is no need to address the non majority so often in your videos.
I hunted spring bears in Ontario from '83 to '90 NE of Killarney and near Mactier (got three, 2 with bow). Short story is that if a bait was hit daily or almost daily, and the bear disappeared when a hunter was on the stand, the most likely culprit was the wind. We didn't want the wind blowing into the bush, from which the bear would come. One guide who paid attention to the wind had consistent success, and quickly. Another who ignored the wind would blame the hunters for being noisy. Wind usually changed direction frequently where I was, which made the proposition a bit more of a challenge. The best we could hope for is the wind would be consistent while we were in the tree. Stands 20 feet up helped a little, but if wind was on our side 12 feet high was enough. It is indeed vital to be dead quiet. Twice I saw, or heard, a bedded down bear stand up within 15 yards of the bait. They had been lying there quietly for at least two hours after I got in the tree stand. If I had even cleared my throat, they woulda spooked. You are correct that hunting bears in that area without a bait is pretty futile. I spent 21 days over two years hunting them on the ground with no bait, like I would hunt deer. Never saw one. I also agree failure comes with the territory. With a bow I didn't always get a clear shot and let them walk away. I like your video - even if we get skunked it's worth going!
Thanks for sharing and you are completely right! A bears nose and hearing should not be underestimated. I just asked Adam, and the bait still hasn't been hit. So it was a one and done. I would guess that he got shot by someone else. Adam is going to ask around and see if there is any news. There is another bait about 15 miles down the road and I did hear at least 1 shot on the 3rd night but it was quite far away. Even if the bait was hit at night, it would have given us some clues as to what was going on...but again, that bear hasn't come back in over 2 weeks now and no one is back there behind the pond. Just bad luck I think. I'll for sure keep the wind in mind. I'd like to try again in the fall, now I have the itch!
well said Beardsman, nothing wrong with hunting. I agree with u
Thanks Gambit. Nice to know there are still people who get it out there.
All day every day brother...keep u with the good work and cool videos..thumbs up all the way Beardsman.
I love seeing bear in the wild. We are starting to see them mostly young ones here in Montcalm and Ionia counties in Michigan. It has been years since I ate one though.
Me too!
hope you get something soon good luck btw i subscribed i watched the hare hunt video i was like this guy is pretty cool so i subscribed.
No bear this spring, bur there's a fall hunt, so maybe I'll have some better luck!
hopefully!
I bet those buns were gluten free. Bears prefer gluten. 😅
LMAO they know, they can tell :)
I know the feeling Chris, I was skunked on Turkey this year... only got out 4 times and of course hens were in punching distance but the Toms were too smart. That’s hunting though and I still enjoyed being out in nature. Hunting is not easy, and not cheap, but it’s by far the most sustainable and rewarding way to acquire meat. When I ran out of goose meat this winter I felt bad going to the store and buying chicken... I think our society often has it backwards, we should be shaming those who participate in factory farming, not those who lawfully harvest an animal from nature. It’s a difficult subject though because not everyone has the ability to participate in hunting and fishing.
Well said Jacob, I totally agree. Self sufficiency should be celebrated. I was also skunked at deer and turkey. I get another chance at bear this fall though. I'll work just as hart too.
Good tips in this video! I'll use it in the fall here in BC.
Were you using anything to mask your scent?
Just trying to stay scent free and a bit of wood smoke. Can't scare off what's not around :) Bear still hasn't come in. Must have been taken by another hunter.
Please could someone explain WHAT AN “OUTFITTER” is?
You ever see the vid of the guy spearing a bear? That was pretty impressive. Shame no luck on your end but I guess that's the way it goes sometimes, no magic bait to bring 'em in every time.
Yup, pretty epic. Too bad he got raked over the coals on that one though. Wish he kept it up and doubled down LOL
this isn't something we can do nowadays, but what do you think about using fire to create fringe habitat for large game like deer and bear ? burning down an area near a river to make an opening
Humans do this naturally and animals love edges. Something to consider if you get some acreage way off in the bush.
If anyone says that bear baiting is unfair , ask them to explain why the success rate is norally 20 - 30% . I got a small bear in ont last year and the meat was delicious. the hunt was great, and I highly recomed it.
Good effort guys, I would think it wouldn't be too many more days before that bear was back. Do you gauge how much bait is available as to not fill up the bear? I'm sure like you were mentioning, range as well as other current foods available play a big part.
As of today, the bear is still not back, so could have been taken by another hunter, or even gone looking for a female to breed. I think it's 2 gallons of food per day or something like that. But it hadn't been back in 8 days from the last time to the end of my hunt and still not there, so something happened. If the bear was nocturnal, it's common practice to bring bait back with you...just this time, the bear disappeared. Just bad luck.
It's the way it goes, keep working and the harvest will come. Y'all are the same as us in the south ( Mississippi) it's being outdoors.
i love what you do . i love fishing an hunting . i eat fresh catfish . whan i was camping i hope to here form u guys chad i got a john boat
Noticed you said you from around the bay area.
We should meet up for a hunt sometime.
Hey Chris are you using a 20 gauge to hunt bear?
Yup, with hallow point big game slugs and a riffled barrel. It's good for deer here.
I have an old single shot buck buster 20 gauge that I take camping when I head up North.
Now it is a bear gun! yaa!
With the right ammo, a 20 gauge can do a lot of things! They don't let us use rifles here in the South for deer, so I got this one, with 2 barrels, for shot and slugs. Works well, and I can change it up in less than a minute.
My family doesn't buy meat from the grocery store other than the occasional pack of chicken we rely on hunting and fishing. We go through about 8or9 whitetail deer a year(being from Alabama our deer are smaller) and I've killed 1good buck and 3 does so I have a little more work to do til February 10th.
That's awesome friend! Good for you!
can you do more hunting/fishing vids? the voiceover commentary is very helpful for new hunter like myself.
Hunting is getting hard with how YT is handling things, but yeah, I will do my best!
I got some hate mail from my rabbit hide tanning bid also. About hunting, blood must be ahead to give life. Animal dies to provide for another just as Christ died for our eternity. Good discussion you had. God bless
People are getting pretty soft, it's sad. Keep doing what you do!
Cara que bela vida que vocês têm salve os EUA
nice videos
Thanks Honore Guite!
God told man to have dominion over the earth....go ahead enjoy the hunting ..
Very interesting & informative. I don't like indiscriminate killing but when the harvest is legal & for consumption , my concern is greatly diminished. Brian 77
I hear you. It's far too much work to let meat go to waste.
A lot less GMOs in bear and less antibiotics. Plus you are what you eat lol.
I don't mind taking the spirit bear into my soul LOL
If we were guaranteed a success. It would be called catching instead of hunting/fishing
You don’t have to explain why you carrying out a legal activity of hunting,
People who think meat comes from some styrofoam packet in the supermarket have a choice NOT to watch this.
Bear meat is some of the best tasting and it doesn’t get much more organic then that,
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
What sort of rifle would you use on bears and what sized ammunition would you require to take one of the big beasties down? You'd pretty much want to dispatch it with a single clean shot or you would have up to 500 - 800 pounds of bone, muscle, claw and tooth bounding after you wanting to tear a limb or two off of you.
Anyway, there's no such thing as original sin, it's a concept religious men came up with to make people feel ashamed for simply being human. Besides, if original sin existed the god character must be the most vile repulsive thing to ever exist, the Testaments could back me up on it.
Any slug will do, or a bow, compound. I've taken one down with a well placed shot. Black bears are timid and bolt, they don't usually stick around. I'm using a 20 ga with riffled barrel and slug...pretty easy to take down any big game with that. You could also use a riffle. Bears are usually around 150 lbs to 300, over 500 lbs would be nearing records.
Would the weight depend on species and age of the bear, especially if it's a male bear?
Nope, any slug will kill a bear. Anyone who uses shot though, is misguided, that's for birds and small game. Shot placement is the key.
Grow some weed out there dudes
I guess you got skunked. That's the kicker. About the Bear and whole hunting thing. People ascribe human qualities to wild animals. This, as you already know, is referred to as anthropomorphism. Wishing someone death or catastrophe is in itself not only hypocrisy, but immoral as well.
Exactly right Fred. Bears are far from friendly and I don't think it matters if that's the case or not, since we still eat cows and they aren't half as ornery :)
The Wooded Beardsman - Yes indeed. And I'll eat Elsie, or Bambi, or Porky Pig. I've eaten bear meat and it's not for me. But if others like it, more power to them.
If that's true, it's hilarious!!!
Don't let anti hunters get under your skin too much theyre kind of like democrats they can't think for themselves they have to pick a topic and stick to it and even tho their blind persistence reveals their ignorance they can't help themselves from being 100% predictable