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WATCHING THE BAIT 24 HOURS A DAY - When Are The Bears Coming?
With TrailTimer Game Cameras & Monitors
Fred already has several TrailTimer cameras and counters out at bait sites. We use two kinds, the EZ CAM and the Plus 500 event monitor. The EZ CAM (below) takes pictures and records time and date for up to 500 events. We set the cameras four feet from the ground and point them down. Fred states, "We already have lots of pictures, every camera is taking pictures and we are getting 3 rolls developed in town on Monday. We move the cameras every 2 to 3 days so we can see the bears that are coming to each bait site." 

The Plus 500 event monitor (below) records time and date for up to 500 events. This lets us know what time bears have visited the area. Fred reports, "It surprises me the number of times bears visit a bait during daylight hours. This usually indicates there are multiple bears on a bait. TrailTimer's multiple event monitor shows us this."

INFORMATION GATHERED SO FAR: An even dozen areas are being monitored. Seeing the dates and times the monitor was triggered is easy, you simply scroll through them. All monitors have recorded several dozen events, so there is above average bear activity and it's everywhere. The times of the visits was a surprise, too. Bears are notorious for their late visits, but this year the monitors are regularly recording events in the morning and afternoon as well. Basically, on several baits a hunter could see a bear at any time of the day. 

Fred gets the TrailTimers ready.

I brought along two each TrailTimer EZ Cam game cameras and 500 Event monitors and Fred set them up. He already has 8 other TrailTimers set out.

Our Mission: A Bear On The Ground
Figuring Out Where to Hunt

Fred & I began our hunts for bears on the ground by evaluating pictures from our TrailTimer game cameras to see where the bear are right now. Here are the first pics in.
More Bear Pictures -- from the Caution stand
We set a TrailTimer behind the bait logs so it faces our Double Bull blind 12 yards away. Fred identified 5 different bears from these photos. Two are big bears. To The Pics.
Every Picture Tells A Story, Don't It ...
We analyze the TrailTimer pics from 3 different bear stand sites - and move off one bait and hang in on two. Caution Pics: one glance and you see a  couple of sagging pot bellies and thick necks. Hose Bait Pics: we have a blondie, and more, but decide to move, here's why. K18 Pics: the Chef was going to move but now he's staying.

Fred Lutger's Hunt - It All Comes Together

On Fred's last hunt we set up two TrailTimer EZ-Cam's, one directly behind the bait and one off to the side. We were hoping for some pictures with a different perspective than me taking pics through the window of the Double Bull blind.
We got it, big time.
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but what the TrailTimer added to the story is unique, this has never been done before. To Fred's Hunt & Some Of The Best Hunt Pics We've Ever Had.

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