Bear bait barrels

[220yotekiller]

I can put my bait barrel out in just a couple of weeks and I had a couple of questions about it. How big do you cut your holes so they can get the bait out? I am doing it on a pretty tight budget so I am planning on using a lot of popcorn and dog food, mebbie some sweet feed, that kind of thing. I have several gallons of fryer oil, should I put it into the barrel or on the ground in front of the barrel?

 

[Sask hunter]

Small stuff like that I would go with half inch hole maybe smaller? Test it a bit make sure it will still come out. On my bread and pasty barrel I run a 4”x4” hole

 

[Sask hunter]

I usually mix the fryer oil with the oats or popcorn and dog food but I also like to get a bunch on the ground especially off the start

 

[Rack Daniels]

I can’t believe y’all can do that… lol

 

[ccc23454]

I cut mine about 4" vertically but 6-8" horizontally, i put a big stick dead center of hole. I bend my metal over and grind off any extreme edges

 

[wytex]

Our barrel has a 4-5 in. hole and we have a pic of a smaller bear that got his head into it, funny pic when he got it out.
We're going to try popcorn this year as well, with some fruity bear bait powder I found left over from a few years ago.

 

[TheTone]

Our barrel has a 4-5 in. hole and we have a pic of a smaller bear that got his head into it, funny pic when he got it out.
We're going to try popcorn this year as well, with some fruity bear bait powder I found left over from a few years ago.

I cut a bigger hole in my barrel, not sure exact size but wish I was closer to this. Small bears love to get inside and they clean you out fast and when they get kinda stuck tend to wreck the lid getting back out

I know a lot of the theory on dumping grease on the ground around the barrel is that bears step in it and track it away from the bait leaving scent trails