My friend Greg Brush is a whitetail fanatic from Soldotna, Alaska. Obviously, the Kenai Peninsula is a touch out of whitetail range so Greg—a noted and full-time fishing guide—has to use other forms of hunting to hold him over until fall, when he makes an annual bowhunting trip to the Midwest. One of these distractions is spring black bear hunting, which soon opens.

There are some big and beautiful black bears in Greg’s neighborhood. Then there are the other neighbors: Even bigger, and definitely more intimidating, brown bears. Baiting is the preferred (and only legitimate) tactic here, and brown bears are as drawn to Greg’s baits as the blacks he can legally pursue. Of course the brownies present a whole different set of problems not normally encountered by bear hunters. Browns are more likely to be aggressive toward people, forcing Greg to always go doubly-armed (a bow for the blacks, serious firepower for the others) and always with a partner.

There are other considerations, like trail cameras. Black bears are notorious for messing with trail cameras, but browns will (in Greg’s words) “eat them like bubble gum.” This forced my friend to construct his “punk rock trail cam box” in an attempt to thwart curious bears from including his camera on the menu. This thing is a welded, lag-bolted steel box festooned with nasty spikes designed to intimidate a curious brownie. Will this heavy metal device keep bears at bay? Stay tuned for updates!

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from makikal000 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

nice i hope it works

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from idahooutdoors wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

A great Idea, the blacks love to chew up trail camera's around here, and also pack them off.

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from 60256 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

It is definately a great idea. See a problem, fix a problem.

Nate

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from buck hunter 17 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

it looks like it works. if you can it would be neat to see some of the bears that it takes pics. of and how big they are. did he build it by hemself? how much was it to make.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 43 weeks 2 days ago

Looks like it would work. I mean if I was a bear, or any animal for that matter, I would not want to go near that thing. Well I hope it works and it sure does look like it will...

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from Jim in Mo wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Maybe for blacks, browns will probably swat it off the tree, lag bolts and all. Just kidding I don't know, but bears are smart.

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from towery wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

OUCH!!! Id hate to lean ln that tree to rest! I've never been bear hunting but am looking forward to going. These new camras would be just the thing to have....

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from huskerguy wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Looks like that would be tuff for anything to mess with.

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from ishawooa wrote 43 weeks 1 day ago

Appears to be a good idea, as others have said I would like to know the outcome of a year's trial.

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from muskiemaster wrote 43 weeks 19 hours ago

yeah when it seems that your trail camera is indestructable from bears, just wait for a trespasser to come on your land and notice he just got a picture taken of himself. long story short we went back to our land two weeks later and saw that our camera was wrecked, although we have no proof we believe we no who it was because we've already caught his dog on our trail cam.

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from HangMHigh wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

Well!! who ever steals that one has to leaver a blood

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from steve182 wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

Be Careful retrieving photos. Bears will still get it open if they are interested.

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from jbird wrote 42 weeks 6 days ago

Looks like something out of "Mad Max". Had no idea bears were so fond of trail cams. Look forward to seeing some pics!

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from renegades wrote 42 weeks 4 days ago

where can you buy this at

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from Jeepdude1987 wrote 42 weeks 4 days ago

I'd pay money to see a bear mess with that camera. That is a seriously mean looking one.

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from warrejt wrote 42 weeks 4 days ago

Not too many bears down here in South TX, but we do have some monstrous hogs. Just bought this new deer feeder
to combat them.

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from slipperyrock wrote 40 weeks 4 days ago

That is a Moultrie Camera Security Box.....http://www.moultriefeeders.com/productdetail.aspx?id=mfh-csb

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from renegades wrote 35 weeks 6 days ago

where can you buy this at

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from slipperyrock wrote 33 weeks 6 days ago

That is a Moultrie Camera Security Box.....http://www.moultriefeeders.com/productdetail.aspx?id=mfh-csb

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from makikal000 wrote 36 weeks 4 days ago

nice i hope it works

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from 60256 wrote 36 weeks 4 days ago

It is definately a great idea. See a problem, fix a problem.

Nate

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from buck hunter 17 wrote 36 weeks 4 days ago

it looks like it works. if you can it would be neat to see some of the bears that it takes pics. of and how big they are. did he build it by hemself? how much was it to make.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 36 weeks 4 days ago

Looks like it would work. I mean if I was a bear, or any animal for that matter, I would not want to go near that thing. Well I hope it works and it sure does look like it will...

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from Jim in Mo wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

Maybe for blacks, browns will probably swat it off the tree, lag bolts and all. Just kidding I don't know, but bears are smart.

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from towery wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

OUCH!!! Id hate to lean ln that tree to rest! I've never been bear hunting but am looking forward to going. These new camras would be just the thing to have....

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from huskerguy wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

Looks like that would be tuff for anything to mess with.

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from ishawooa wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

Appears to be a good idea, as others have said I would like to know the outcome of a year's trial.

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from muskiemaster wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

yeah when it seems that your trail camera is indestructable from bears, just wait for a trespasser to come on your land and notice he just got a picture taken of himself. long story short we went back to our land two weeks later and saw that our camera was wrecked, although we have no proof we believe we no who it was because we've already caught his dog on our trail cam.

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from HangMHigh wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

Well!! who ever steals that one has to leaver a blood

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from steve182 wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

Be Careful retrieving photos. Bears will still get it open if they are interested.

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from jbird wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

Looks like something out of "Mad Max". Had no idea bears were so fond of trail cams. Look forward to seeing some pics!

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from Jeepdude1987 wrote 35 weeks 6 days ago

I'd pay money to see a bear mess with that camera. That is a seriously mean looking one.

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from idahooutdoors wrote 36 weeks 4 days ago

A great Idea, the blacks love to chew up trail camera's around here, and also pack them off.

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from warrejt wrote 35 weeks 6 days ago

Not too many bears down here in South TX, but we do have some monstrous hogs. Just bought this new deer feeder
to combat them.

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