Remote

[john1984]

I here you guys saying ya gotta go in deep and remote and away from humans, but I hear some of you say hunters are all over the place, yet you still kill bears. I think Dan has killed bears close to other hunters baits. Like his bath tub bear for instance. If human pressure is low why the need to go in deep?

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[dan]

Its not so much "deep" its more that you need to be close to where the bear lives and closer than the next guy... If there is 6 baits in your area and the bear has to walk past two of them to get to yours my bet is most of your hits are going to be at night.
I want to be close to a spot the bear feels comfortable living at. Bears are easily bumped out of there bedding areas so they like secure spots where people don't go... You can get close though, and thats what I do...

With the bathtub bear, i was close to a road and close to a lot of hunters. TRUE. But, I followed the bear from the backyard feeder he was feeding at till his trail entered a dense cold swamp where I WAS SURE HE WAS BEDDING. I had my bait in the 1st location closest to his bed and was using good bait.