The seasons have been Consistant with us year after year. The opening week is April 15th. we Always set crap out and Want to check it the next day. I'll admit I'm the worse. My thinking is Spend as much time out there... Gert the first one in

... the First 2 weeks not much really happen, then it starts getting hit alot . Usually by Week 3 I've been on the Sites 5-8 times with the chance being close to 10% of even seeing one. The wife is Burned out of me leaving and then when the Hunting is Good I'm fighting to get permission....
This year was NO difference except in the First week we only went on day 7, And not to sit, but jsut to check and Restalk and go home.. (Nothing) so we only dumped a Bit more. Day 14 we went back up and some stuff was missing, not much but hard to tell really. We also didn't sit. We looked for Prints in the Ground and claw marks and the Dirt coming in. We thought we saw a Few but couldn't tell really because the type of ground. One track we saw was 98% a bear
today I'm bringing up a Shovel and Rake and Making a "LANDING" spot with broken ground and Flour to catch tracks of the bears comnig in from a "SIZE" point.
We got the Film developed and Walla, couple of critters hitting it every day/night. So, We're about 18-20 days into it and now it begins. The bears have Blown the Hybernation Plug, They've gotten the Grass's and Stuff to get the Stomach going, and Now starting to really Eat the "WHATEVER's". And thats what We provide. And ALOT of it. We'll start hauling it in by the Backpack full's now. Dumping 200 #'s each time we go up. Once the Bears start hitting it often We'll be out there 3-4 times a week probably. Needing to Restock (A little) and Needing to be in place when they come in....
What we did different this year was the First day We Spent ALL day loading up. Made the Piles 2-3 times bigger then we usually do. If you seen our list we dumped thousands of pounds
Then we're just supplementing it throughout the season.
The hard thing about bear baiting is 2 things. Getting everything in the Site, and getting a bear. You'd think it's Cake walk but most bears (That aren't boo-boo's any more) will come in after dark. So we spend 2 months feeding them and hoping they slip up once.