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Author Topic: Gift from the DNR...  (Read 1173 times)

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Offline Muthagoose

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About time


""Use of drum on private land for baiting bears.
A private landowner or person authorized by the private landowner may use a drum to bait bear
on the person’s private land. The drum must be securely chained or cabled to a tree so that it
cannot be moved from the site by a bear and the drum may not include a mechanical device for
dispensing feed. The drum must be marked in the same manner as bait station signs.
 A “drum”means a 30 gallon or larger drum.""""
 
right off the DNR web site...

Offline beeker

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never baited with a drum. how big a hole do you cut in the drum? and how full do you fill it?
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Offline HD

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We used drums years ago.....

We used 55 gallon drums. You punch a hole in the bottom edge for your chain to go through, then to the tree (or log, or what ever) Leaving the chain long enough to stand the drum up-right. Place your bait in the drum with a lid and a rock on top. This keeps out the coons and other varmits. When a bear comes in, you can size the bear by the rings on the drum. (the bear is down on all fours, and his back is higher than the top ring to the top of the drum, it's a shooter)

You can put as much bait as you want in there, but we mostly only filled about 1/2 way. Depending on how often you can tend your bait station, can determine how much you fill it.

Just my 2 cents........
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