WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.519 Welcome to the Bear Hunting magazine Hunt Cash with me 2 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.879 Kobe Morehead. We're gonna nerd out on bears hunting and 3 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:21.239 the outdoors. We'll tell stories, talk biology, tactics, gear, and 4 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:23.879 the fight to protect the pursuits that we hold dear, 5 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.960 So grab your bino's, lace up your boots, load up 6 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.440 your barrels, and gather the hounds as we venture on 7 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:42.320 this journey together. Welcome to the podcast. It is that 8 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.679 time again. It's time to go after some bears over 9 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:50.439 bait in Arkansas. The season here starts up next Wednesday, 10 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:55.479 and I am here for it. Today we're gonna stay 11 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:59.799 on the topic of baiting bears with some of the 12 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:03.880 So today we're joined by three outfitters out of Bear 13 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:08.319 Hunting Magazine that either I have hunted with or my 14 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:12.920 buddies David McDaniels and Brent Reeves is hunted with. And 15 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.519 we're gonna guard the gate here by showing that there's 16 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.200 no one correct way to bait bears. These outfitters are 17 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:26.239 only separated out by a few hours combined, and they 18 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:29.879 all have different ways that they bait bears, and they 19 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:36.000 get some biggins. That's right, Biggins with two g's. I 20 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:39.640 think you're gonna get a lot out of this episode 21 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:44.519 and to help guard the gate spread that type of 22 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:49.200 word that no one has the one correct way for 23 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:52.560 all bears. Bears do bear things, and that's one of 24 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:54.599 the things that I like to say regularly, just to 25 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:59.719 say that bears are very individual in nature and they 26 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:05.719 have preferences. For instance, in southern Arkansas, bears won't touch sweets. 27 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:07.719 They will only hammer the coin. 28 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:08.400 Yep. 29 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:13.400 Learn that from Omyran means from previous episodes. Anyways, let's 30 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:21.159 get into it. I think you're going to enjoy this one. 31 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:27.280 So Todd, tell me about Baldy Mountain, some of the 32 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.199 history and just what things have been like since you 33 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:30.719 took over. 34 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.240 Yeah, Baldy Mountain Outfitters. Well, I ended up purchasing it 35 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.360 off of Tom and Debbie Ainsworth, which was Grand View Outfitters. 36 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.400 He'd been running it for oh man, it was close 37 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.680 to thirty five years when I took over, and I 38 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:52.520 took over in twenty seventeen, so it's been whatever whatever 39 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:53.439 the math is on that, I. 40 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:54.840 Think eight nine years. 41 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.840 Yeah, but I mean yeah, like I've been I had 42 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.759 been guiding, you know, I've been eighteen I've been all 43 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:04.520 over in the industry, like from Manitoba, did a bit 44 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.000 of guy in Saskatchewan and out in BC. 45 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.319 Did you know different species and stuff, you know. 46 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.199 At a young age there too, I knew, man, this 47 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:14.639 is what I wanted to really get into. So I 48 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.240 just you know, kind of always would look around and 49 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.080 then all of a sudden and then I heard about 50 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.400 Tom wanting to sell This is something that I'm really 51 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.039 interested in because you know, it's it's just been a 52 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:28.439 primary there. The genetics are just phenomenal there. You get 53 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.280 the color phase, you know, big trophy bears. I wanted 54 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:34.039 to get into something that was like top notch, something unique, 55 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.520 not just an average outfit. And then too, you know, 56 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.199 just be able to offer really high quality times with 57 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:44.199 harvesting high quality bears. I talked to my wife and said, hey, 58 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:48.240 like this kind of checks all the checkboxes, yeah or yeah, 59 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.599 are we up for this? And she was like okay, 60 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.039 so yeah, we just jumped into it. And it's been 61 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.479 quite a right, I've been a ton of work. I've 62 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.639 just been blown away, like every year, just the bears 63 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:02.000 that we keep harvesting, the quality, the color phase, like 64 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.840 it's just crazy. I mean this year too, we took 65 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.080 our biggest bear on the skull. If I could have 66 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.039 measured the lower jaw, he would have been over twenty 67 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:13.000 two inches, which yeah for black bears, like that's that's 68 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:14.400 just crazy. Yeah. 69 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.199 Yeah, let's go ahead and talk about what you think 70 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.439 of or what you're looking for whenever you go to 71 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:21.160 start a bait. 72 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.000 Yeah. Well, I mean the nice thing is especially in 73 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.000 the ducks there, it's such a phenomenal area for bears. 74 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.600 So really, I mean, you set up a bait, you know, 75 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:32.480 kind of anywhere, and you are going to get some 76 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.920 matching at some point. But key things, you know, what 77 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:38.319 I look for is kind of you know, just kind 78 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:42.360 of pinch points with the topography a bit, but also too, 79 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.360 I know earlier I've been like, oh, you know, I 80 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.040 got to keep my baits like X amount of miles 81 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.800 away or you know that way you're not like too close. 82 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:53.839 But as I've been doing this more or like, you know, 83 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.480 when I set up baits, I'm realizing you don't always 84 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:01.040 necessarily need to be miles away. You can even be 85 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.879 you know, a mile away or three quarter mile. But 86 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.959 then what I kind of call it is doing cluster baiting. 87 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.240 So say you run like three baits that are kind 88 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.720 of in a I don't know, say a two mile 89 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.040 three mile radius, Then what I do is I'll put 90 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.199 hunters on all three of those baits. You may not 91 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.639 get the volume you would like as if on one bait, 92 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:25.120 but the thing is, especially for going for bigger bears, 93 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.680 you're taking that pressure off and then that way you 94 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:29.800 can kind of bounce around to those baits, you know, 95 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.439 the big thing keeping your your hunting pressure to a minimal. 96 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:37.160 I find in my area going back to like starting 97 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.160 a bait, just being patient, you put work into it. 98 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.399 What I've found too is I mean I had a 99 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.920 bait last year finally it took off, and I've been 100 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:48.720 baiting for about three or four years. But baiting too, 101 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.240 you've got to think of it as an investment, just 102 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:53.720 because you don't get a whole lot of action right aways. 103 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:55.600 Sometimes you know you've got to give it a couple 104 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.759 of years, but you know, you just keep baiting it. 105 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.399 And like that one bait that I had this year, 106 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.800 like I'd been baity and Badia and you know, I'd 107 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.759 get a couple of bears in there and nothing special, 108 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.480 and then all of a sudden this year, like it 109 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.920 just took off and we actually harvested a booner off 110 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.839 there with a thirteen year old kid with a cross, 111 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.720 So it was pretty awesome. Just because a spot it 112 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:19.480 doesn't take off radaways. Sometimes you got to give it 113 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:21.360 a bit of time. Other times, you know, if it's 114 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.680 just not produce and then yeah, sometimes you just got 115 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:26.279 to pull the plug and try some go somewhere else. 116 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.920 Yeah awesome, I know the answer, But tell us what 117 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:31.600 you bait with. 118 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.040 Primarily I'd bait with corn and basically friar oil. This 119 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.480 year I got a home blackload of honey, so was 120 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:42.680 throwing some honey out there too. My go to up 121 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.879 in our area there is corn. Other things definitely work, 122 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:50.000 you know when you're outfitting. The corn is just super 123 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.639 efficient for me. And what I've been finding too is 124 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:58.560 like using corn, say like over oats. It's in my area, 125 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.319 it's definitely night and day effer like you put corn 126 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.600 where you put oats and corn, and they won't even 127 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.560 touch the oats, like they just nihilate the corn. And 128 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:08.639 the nice thing what I really like about the corn 129 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.079 too is the corn can get wet and they'll still 130 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.839 eat it, or it gets on the ground. Everything gets 131 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:20.360 like just vacuumed up like it's just gone. So it's yeah, 132 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.959 it just works. It's been working really good for us. 133 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.439 And and then I can always I like to advertise 134 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.079 and kind of joke about it. Then we say, oh, yeah, 135 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:29.600 we got corn fed bears. 136 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:34.920 Come up, so I like it. Now, what happens if 137 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:36.360 corn goes sour. 138 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.920 Well, if the corn goes sour, it works really good. 139 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:42.839 But you have a window of time before it gets 140 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:46.199 too rotten. They usually have like stashes of barrels at 141 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.680 the bait site and then I've had you know, bears 142 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:50.839 also rip them off and then they end up in 143 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.720 a swamp and then I don't get to until, you know, 144 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.560 a couple of weeks later it's been sitting in the 145 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:58.519 sun and then they're starting to ferment. But as long 146 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:00.839 as I catch it in time, I opened that barrel 147 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.920 up and I just dump it on the ground and 148 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.560 just the aroma off it of the fermenting. I've had 149 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:09.839 that at some baits and they just clean it up. 150 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.199 Yeah, awesome. I want to try that sometimes just to see. 151 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.519 Growing up, we did that with hogs when we were 152 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:21.519 baiting traps and stuff, and man, it just pulled him in. Yeah, 153 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:26.879 so maybe we'll get a hog of a bruin on it. Well, 154 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:31.240 do you have a favorite go to bear story? Oh man, 155 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.080 I got lots, I know, what's your what's your favorite? 156 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.879 Well this spring, like with that that really big one. 157 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.960 That was pretty special this spring because I've been chasing 158 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.480 that guy, oh man, i'd say for at least four 159 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.519 or five years and just had him on camera a lot, 160 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:54.320 and you know, he was very distinct. He had he 161 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:57.600 was just nice for black muzzle and then he had 162 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.080 like just this nice chevron on his chest there too, 163 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.159 white patch. And yeah, it was crazy because I've you know, 164 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.440 I've been having pictures of him in that one area 165 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:10.279 there and that that was you know, kind of a 166 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.679 bit of an example of a cluster bating. What happened 167 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.919 that night was we were hunting three baits that were 168 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.480 probably like, yeah, kind of two miles apart from each other, 169 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:23.559 and put a guy back in there. And he hunted 170 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:26.960 with me last year and never he did not ended 171 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.200 up not shooting anything last year because you know, he 172 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.240 was looking for something really special and then all of 173 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.240 a sudden, this guy came out. 174 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:36.440 I think it was like day two or day three. 175 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:38.440 And yeah, he just came out and it was a 176 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:42.200 no brainer, and the guy just yeah, he gave him 177 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.159 the news with a forty five seventy and you know, 178 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:47.200 just shot him perfect. And then when I came in 179 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:50.679 and to or to get or whatever just coming into 180 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:53.200 the bear, oh man, Like I was just I think 181 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.080 I was more excited than what he was like, you know, 182 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.279 at first or when I actually saw the bear, because 183 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.840 I came in there and he's like, you know, it's like, okay, 184 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.799 tell me a story. What happened? And he's like, oh, yeah, 185 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.919 you know, it's a good one. And I'm like okay, yeah, yeah, 186 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.159 well let's go check it out. Because sometimes guys say 187 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:10.000 that and kind of you knows it's a one hand 188 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:13.600 or that, you know. But yeah, Also I walked up 189 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.919 on this guy and I was just like, oh my goodness, 190 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.440 I'm like that's that's a good one, and then rolled 191 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:20.440 him over and then started looking at him more and 192 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.200 I was just like Mark, I was like this, I 193 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:26.879 was like you I got history with this guy, and yeah, 194 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.399 it was just awesome, awesome team. So so sorry that's 195 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.039 not too much of a natural exciting. 196 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.639 Bear story, but well it's exciting when you have so 197 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.440 much history with one. Yeah, you know, to finally lay 198 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:39.480 hands on it. 199 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.399 It's it's kind of a bit of a bittersweet too, 200 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.120 like when when you end up harvesting a guy like 201 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:46.159 that too. But I mean the really cool thing about 202 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.720 it too is you know, looking at his teeth and everything, 203 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:51.960 like he was old, Like I don't know how much more. 204 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.320 I mean, he might have had one more winter in him, 205 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.879 but yeah, he was up in the four eighty four, 206 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.480 ninety he was just he was under fives, but just yeah. 207 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.720 Yeah. And the crazy thing is is I mean you 208 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:12.000 you only do spring hunts, so I mean that's a 209 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.960 you know, four ninety class bear in the spring. Yeah, 210 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:20.399 and uh it's pretty well yeah cool. 211 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.679 Well thanks Todd, Yeah, well thanks a lot too, Coolby 212 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.159 it's always uh always good chatting with you too. 213 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:39.639 Yeah. 214 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:40.559 All right. 215 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:45.399 That was Todd Waldemo with Baldy Mountain Outfitting, and next 216 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:50.279 we're moving to rich Garrez from Eastern Sky Guiding. Now, 217 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.240 both of these outfitters I've hunted with, and there's some 218 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:57.480 similarities and there's some things that they do differently, but 219 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:01.799 both of them got the bear. I mean, I've seen 220 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:05.600 big bears and colored bears with both of these guys 221 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:12.600 and had just some phenomenal sits. You would remember Rich 222 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:16.679 from episode eighteen where we were recapping my recent hunt 223 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:21.919 with those guys up in Saskatchewan. Well, we recorded a 224 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:26.159 section just pretty much strictly about baiting. So let's hear 225 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:31.200 what Rich had to say. And I will say that 226 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.720 Todd talking about cluster bating, that's something that's going to 227 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.120 be rolling around in my mind for a while. I 228 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.399 could see that working really well, especially with larger pieces 229 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:43.799 of property or parcels that you have access to that 230 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:49.159 are closer together, or in a larger hunting club. Let's 231 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:50.360 see what Rich has to say. 232 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:58.879 Here's Rich. 233 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.919 I really liked hearing your progression of how you baited, 234 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.279 so I'd like to talk about your bait theory and 235 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.159 your the evolution of your bait baiting strategies. 236 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.440 Yeah, like when we when I first started bating, I 237 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.159 used what I what I could get my hands on. 238 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:28.799 We started with meat scraps and oats. We always had 239 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:32.799 oats around, cooking oil we could pick up, you know, 240 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:37.000 So that was that was the thing I could do 241 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.840 affordably and have access to it, you know, readily. But 242 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.840 and it worked. It worked really good, especially in the 243 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.159 beginning of the season. What we did find is, as 244 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:52.360 you know, as the season went on and you got 245 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:58.720 into your lush grass, dandelions started popping out, you could 246 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.840 tell they were backing off on it. They were pulling 247 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:04.559 the oats out, picking at the meat scraps, you know, 248 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.799 that's what they wanted. But the oats wasn't a big 249 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:10.080 thing at that point. And I think it's just because 250 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.440 they had they had more choices, right, they had they 251 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:17.000 had all this lush grass, they had alfalfa, they had dandelions. 252 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:21.840 So and we still will use some of the oats 253 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.240 and meat scraps in the beginning if we have a source. 254 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.080 As it gets later on and the competition gets higher, 255 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.080 we've found it's made a huge difference. They want it 256 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.759 more than they desire the green grass. If you can 257 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.720 keep switching it up and keep bettering it, it just 258 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.600 it helps. It comes down to affordability and access. Yeah, 259 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.879 So if if you can, if you have access to 260 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:53.279 it affordably, then I mean, everybody everybody's different. 261 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.120 You know, And you use the grease barrel kind of 262 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.960 like I do corn, where the bears always have something 263 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:01.840 there even when the other runs out. 264 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:02.600 Yeah. 265 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:06.480 One thing I've seen hunting and stands mainly up here 266 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.960 in Canada. I haven't seen anyone do this down south, 267 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:13.840 but those grease barrows sometimes they're highly preferred over the 268 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:18.360 the other bears. Like they'll go and eat whatever the 269 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:21.399 bait is, but they will stay glued sometimes to those 270 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.000 grease burrows. 271 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.039 Yeah, and it and it really helps attract more bears 272 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:27.000 as well, because they get it on them and they're 273 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.960 wherever they go there, Yeah. 274 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.879 Track those ponds out. Yeah, And I wonder if it 275 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:36.120 helps their coat at all. Like I notice, I don't 276 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.720 know if it was just like the fall, but a 277 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.720 lot of the bears. Most of the bears had slick 278 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.679 coats that I saw. 279 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.240 Yeah. 280 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.840 I wonder if if it has anything to do with 281 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.519 that grease. Like with dogs at your house, like you 282 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:53.320 always heard that if you feed them some eggs regularly 283 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.639 let their it'll slick their coats up. Yeah, And so 284 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.320 I wonder if that has anything to do with it. 285 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:02.039 It's possible. I don't for sure. I definitely know they 286 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.919 do not get constipated when they eat it. 287 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.000 One bear proved that to me in front of the 288 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:19.480 stand last night. Oh, that's good. That's good, all right. 289 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.120 That was some good stuff from Rich. And at some 290 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:26.960 point we're gonna have to get his wife, Marla on here. 291 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:32.360 Marla's awesome and she is a bear hunter. She's gotten 292 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:34.919 one of the biggest color phase bears I've ever seen. 293 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:38.000 If you ever go up there, you'll have to check 294 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:42.240 out the main house. They have some really incredible bears 295 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:46.120 that they've taken over the years. So now we're gonna 296 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.480 move over to We're gonna talk to Craig and Melanie 297 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:55.519 McCarthy from North Mountain Adventures there in Southwest Manitoba. Now 298 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.639 I haven't hunted with Craig and mel but my good 299 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.399 buddy David McDaniels and Print Reeves have both hunted there. 300 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.880 David has been there the last two years and had 301 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:10.000 two excellent experiences. But it seems like between the two 302 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.920 of them, they're stuck on chocolate bears. Anyways, let's get 303 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.880 over to them and see what they have to share 304 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:24.759 with the So let's just start with talking about North 305 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.759 Mountain Adventure. 306 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.920 All right. 307 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.200 So North Mounta Adventures, it's kind of a complex thing 308 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:34.640 at this point. We started out as I don't fitting 309 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.640 business back in twenty fourteen, and it was really just 310 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:42.519 a small family operation for American bear hunters, and it 311 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:46.440 took a big turn in twenty twenty, ironically, in middle 312 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:49.519 of the global pause, we took a backseat and kind 313 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:54.960 of evaluated things a little bit and decided to change 314 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.920 our cabins that we used for hunters into a rental situation. 315 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.839 So that was a big shift for us. So we 316 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:05.039 now have four season cabins that that we rent out 317 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.880 to guests, and we also, I should say I also 318 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:14.480 supported Craig's dream. It was really Craig's dream to pursue 319 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:20.960 videoing his hunting adventures, and that has evolved significantly since 320 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.319 its inception, and probably best if I let him speak 321 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:28.160 to that. Yeah, when we found out that nobody could 322 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.039 cross the border, that wasn't going to stop me from 323 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.200 going out in the woods. 324 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:36.920 So I had a buddy over and we decided that 325 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:41.279 we wanted to start filming some stuff. So we made 326 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.319 two YouTube videos. I believe one was an el hunt 327 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:50.279 and one of the local Canadian broadcasters got a hold 328 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:54.160 of it somehow really liked it, called us up and 329 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.440 asked us if they could use it in their on 330 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:02.599 their channel, and then that turned into more talks and 331 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:07.000 we ended up signing with them and we're working on 332 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.960 season four now. 333 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.680 Yeah, so it's been it's been kind of a cool adventure, 334 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:14.160 like Craig said, working on season four content now, Season 335 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.359 three is still airing on on Wild TV and is 336 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.599 now uploading on a weekly basis to carbon Tv, which 337 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:24.720 is super cool for our American following. So now it's 338 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:28.079 it's even more accessible. You can you can see it 339 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:31.559 on the Wild tv Plus app globally, so that's still 340 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:35.480 an option. But Carbon TV really opens the doors for 341 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:39.799 our American followers to to be a viewer as well. 342 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:45.039 A lot of people would see a familiar face, our buddy, Oh, 343 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.519 Brent Reeves came up there this year, right, that's right. 344 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:54.279 Brent will definitely be part of our spring guiding show, 345 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:59.559 that's for certain. He was an absolute blast abbot Camp. Obviously, 346 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.680 if you've hung up with Brent for any part of time, 347 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:06.079 he keeps a smile on your face most of the time. 348 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.000 Yeah, and he always makes his case. 349 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.000 That's correct. That's it. 350 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.119 It's a joke about knives. 351 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:18.359 Guys, I say the same thing or not, but I thought, yeah, 352 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.680 there's a. 353 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:19.440 Good plug for his name. 354 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:27.839 Yeah, you guys, as far as outfitting, you pretty much 355 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.279 are strictly bear. 356 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:37.000 Yeah. We we have nineteen foreign resident bear tags, but 357 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.640 we also have twelve foreign resident deer tags. Six are 358 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.039 for one area and six we just got in a 359 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:48.960 new area, and so we're actually gonna hunt that new 360 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.680 area this year. 361 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.319 We awesome. Okay, Well let's shift gears and let's talk 362 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:56.680 talk about bait placement. How you started up and then 363 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.599 what you bait with. 364 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:04.559 My bait place. When I first started up, I pretty 365 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:09.559 much went on, we have a in Canada. Before Onyx 366 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:13.519 got here, we have an eye hunter app. So obviously 367 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.160 I scanned all areas and look for quarters, just like 368 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:20.839 when you're looking for deer, high ridges in between swamps, 369 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:24.160 any kind of places where you think animals would normally run. 370 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:28.400 That's where I would try and make a site, and 371 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.720 I wouldn't make it ready to go to, ready to hunt. 372 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:34.640 I would just put barrels and start baiting and just 373 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:37.759 see what kind of activity you could get. And believe 374 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:43.279 it or not, sometimes moving a barrel five hundred yards 375 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:48.160 actually makes a big difference. But on that that's kind 376 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:50.960 of how I picked my spots. And if I moved 377 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:53.519 a few, and now we got we're probably close to 378 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:58.000 twenty five bait sites situated and they're all they've been 379 00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:07.000 pretty active for the last years. So on that we 380 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:15.240 mostly used for bait is oats and used grease. In 381 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:19.000 the past four years, I've been putting Northwoods bear products 382 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:24.519 gold rush in my grease, which helps a lot for sure. 383 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:27.960 It definitely gets the scent out better. I find in 384 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:33.319 the spring using the oats and the grease for sustenance, 385 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:37.480 and then I chop up beavers and in the spring 386 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.880 that's the first thing they go for is beavers and 387 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.119 damn beaver. They sell a wax milt honey. It's like 388 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.759 a burnt honey in jugs. So putting that all over 389 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.799 top of the barrel and throwing it around on the 390 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.200 trees it sticks to it is really good scent also, 391 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.160 and I find in the fall they're a little bit 392 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:02.400 finnick here, so treats a little bit sweeter. Still put 393 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.359 the oats in the grease, but they'll go after the 394 00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:08.160 treats a little more in the fall, I find more 395 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.319 than they go after the beaver. 396 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:13.839 Okay, And what kind of treats do you typically ken on? 397 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:21.799 Doughnuts, honey, yeah, and anything that's expired from the stores 398 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.039 that you can get that's got any kind of sweetness 399 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.400 to them. That seems to work pretty good. 400 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:30.559 Okay. How long do you give a bait before you 401 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.759