Locations for Bear Baiting in Val Des Bois

[GarliccDip]

Hello my fellow hunters.
Where do you tend to place your bear barrels on the Val des Bois map?
My current best guess would be the peninsula upstream of the Chalet du Mont-Bleu Lodge (the northern one), but are there any better locations?
Ideally, the spot should not be too remote, as I do not own any tents and therefore have to start each hunt from one of the lodges.

Thank you!

[GarliccDip]

Another place I considered was the island located between the Chalet du Mont-Bleu Lodge and the ruined castle. I have shot some decent brown bear there in the past, however, I am a bit worried about the location within the river not producing that many bears.

[ozz]

buy tent the best hunting place s in game need tents or long walks

[DanthemanBoone]

Originally posted by GarliccDip:

Another place I considered was the island located between the Chalet du Mont-Bleu Lodge and the ruined castle. I have shot some decent brown bear there in the past, however, I am a bit worried about the location within the river not producing that many bears.

It is a good spot because its only a few minutes walk Downstream from the lodge to get above the island on the western side, allowing long range shots from on top of the big rocks on the high open hill side. There is nearly always a bear or two around the island even without a bait barrel there , and also deer foxes and rabbits regularly frequent the island and riverside there.

[RoadAquila]

Keep the bait for black bears. In VdB, brown bears are fairly easy to find, without baiting sites.

[RoadAquila]

Originally posted by Dutch:

RoadAquila is SPOT ON = save the bait for the Black Bears (and the Browns in Hemmeldal).

When it comes to Grizzlies (in Timbergold Trails), YOU are the bait!

He he he, good one. Polar bears are also always happy to see you.

[Aethuviel]

I always tend to put it on the big island to the northeast, or on the west side of the river (north of the northern lodge).

[Exploatores]

I got my Barrel east-North east of the northen lodge. on the west bank were the river turns almost 180 degrees. looking at the island in the river. a good tip is to put up a treestand. as bears can sneak up on you from behind.

[GarliccDip]

It took me some time until I actually tried the spot now, but I am now happy to share the results.
I took my baiting barrel to the spot on the isand just under the ruined castle, which I mentioned earlier. I think the spot was okay but now great. I usually managed to harvest two or three bears there in the first 30 minutes from arriving (By shooting anything bear I met without being selective). Among those where some quite sizeable males, but also no awesome ones. After this first time of 30 minutes bears only came in very scarecely. I guess this is due to the location of the spot in the valley, where the mountain ridges to the left and right limit the space from which bears can be drawn in.
To sum it up, I am quite happy with the turnout, but I guess I will not come back to bait bears in this particular spot too soon, maybe I will try some Hemmendal spots next.

I also bought some tents in the meanwhile, so accessibility will no longer be a problem for future baiting operations.