2015 Bear Tag

ChrisD · Sep 8, 2015

Hi All, I live about as far East in the state as you are to the West. I drew a bear tag this year, now the search for a place to hunt begins. If you have any pointers, or any info to up my chance of success, I'm all ears!
Never really hunted bear before, I am an avid deer hunter though.
I guess I will start looking at public land for starters.

wilcam47 · Sep 8, 2015

Once you find a place you can hunt use bread, house hold scraps anything food related other than onions. Bears eat most anything. You can also get a rack of expired bread pretty cheap at Franz bakery or such places. Lots of times the bread is still good just close to or past the sell by date...Just dont tell those places its for bear bait or the tree huggers that work there wont sell it to you. Tell them its for livestock.

ChrisD · Sep 8, 2015

wilcam47 said:
Once you find a place you can hunt use bread, house hold scraps anything food related other than onions. Bears eat most anything. You can also get a rack of expired bread pretty cheap at Franz bakery or such places. Lots of times the bread is still good just close to or past the sell by date...Just dont tell those places its for bear bait or the tree huggers that work there wont sell it to you. Tell them its for livestock.

Baiting bear is illegal in MD.
Copied from the DNR website:

Baiting/Attracting Bears

The use of any bait, scent attractants or electronic calls is prohibited for black bear hunting. Bear hunters are reminded that the use of any bait or scent attractants is prohibited and any potential bait must be removed at least ten days prior to bear hunting.

iH8DemLibz · Sep 8, 2015

ChrisD said:
Baiting bear is illegal in MD.
Copied from the DNR website:

Baiting/Attracting Bears

The use of any bait, scent attractants or electronic calls is prohibited for black bear hunting. Bear hunters are reminded that the use of any bait or scent attractants is prohibited and any potential bait must be removed at least ten days prior to bear hunting.

Sloppily eating bacon for breakfast while accidently dripping succulent and odoriferous bacon fat on your hunting clothes is not baiting.

And I'm pretty sure Neanderthal style eating habits aren't illegal.

Attractant problem solved.

ChrisD · Sep 8, 2015

Ranchero50 · Sep 9, 2015

I liked your C/L ad. Probably going to have to take out a classified ad in a local paper but I doubt the locals who didn't get a permit will reply.

engineerbrian · Sep 9, 2015

iH8DemLibz said:
Sloppily eating bacon for breakfast while accidently dripping succulent and odoriferous bacon fat on your hunting clothes is not baiting.

And I'm pretty sure Neanderthal style eating habits aren't illegal.

Attractant problem solved.

thats what I was thinking. nothing saying you cant bring a Coleman stove into the woods and cook up some bacon for breakfast :innocent0

wilcam47 · Sep 9, 2015

ChrisD said:
Baiting bear is illegal in MD.
Copied from the DNR website:

Baiting/Attracting Bears

The use of any bait, scent attractants or electronic calls is prohibited for black bear hunting. Bear hunters are reminded that the use of any bait or scent attractants is prohibited and any potential bait must be removed at least ten days prior to bear hunting.

sorry for that...

lax · Sep 9, 2015

Savage, go to the top of the mountain and hope for good weather

ChrisD · Sep 9, 2015

Ranchero50 said:
I liked your C/L ad. Probably going to have to take out a classified ad in a local paper but I doubt the locals who didn't get a permit will reply.

Thanks, at least someone saw it. Nothing to lose by giving it a shot. I have no friends or relatives in Western MD. They're across the border in WV, some in Tucker, Randolph, and Dodderidge. Going to check with them and see if they have any contacts in Garrett.

schnmbang · Sep 9, 2015

Savage River State Park has a lot of bears and places to camp

SummitCnty · Sep 9, 2015

I believe I read somewhere that DNR will also help pair you up with landowners that are looking to have bears removed.

lax · Sep 9, 2015

SummitCnty said:
I believe I read somewhere that DNR will also help pair you up with landowners that are looking to have bears removed.

the preseason hunt was where that usually took place. Last year they didnt have one and I'm not sure if they brought it back for this season

pro1742 · Sep 13, 2015

ChrisD said:
Thanks, at least someone saw it. Nothing to lose by giving it a shot. I have no friends or relatives in Western MD. They're across the border in WV, some in Tucker, Randolph, and Dodderidge. Going to check with them and see if they have any contacts in Garrett.

I have 228 acres in Friendsville loaded with bear....I didnt pull a permit. PM me if you are interested as I have someone looking at it but he has not followed up with me yet.

ChrisD · Sep 13, 2015

Thanks for the info, PM sent.

outrider58 · Sep 13, 2015

Nice! Good luck ChrisD!

noahhh · Sep 17, 2015

Get a big one! Good luck!

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