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as for baits i can go to my local tim hortons get stuff from there free any restaurant for there slop and set it out and hope for the best
My closest Tim Horton is 280 miles round trip and I don't know what's different between Toronto and here, but they will not give you 'day old' or anything from Tim Hortons up here. I know...I've tried. I don't get slop from restaurants, which there are none of around here either. I get my bait from bakeries and butcher shops. And they charge an arm and a leg for it because everyone is wanting it. For one guy like you to go out and go bear hunting...shouldn't cost you more than $200.00 for everything to do it yourself. And you're right...we could debate this forever.
Kakko...
I'm about 200 miles northwest of you, in the Gogama general area.