Bushels of Oats in bags placed in the barrels to keep the food supply for black bears coming from hibernation. Many pails of used french frie grease for scent and mixing with the oats collected and dumped.
Natural food
Beavers are trapped by local Manitoba trappers and chopped to pieces and placed in the barrels. Beavers are a natural food source in the spring for bears. Carcasses placed in barrels for the bears offer good food source, scent attractant for quality bear hunting.
Active baits
Guides check the sites regularly for activty at the sites, noting the amount eaten, foot prints and color of hair. Collecting the info from all the sites then to determine which hunter goes where . We leave it up to Tom as we feel he usually makes the correct decision on good bear hunting.