The big ones aren't dumb Paul, and you're right, they don't forget.....
I hunted yesterday, talk about hot. It was 84 when I left the truck, bait and all. I brought a change of clothes with me, by the time I got to the site I was completely drenched. The bait had been hit again, and the camera showed it had been at 7:28 that morning......here are a couple of pics of that bear......
After I rebaited I got changed and got into the stand. At about 5 pm I caught movement to my left near the end of the bog, bear! It looked to be the same bear that had been there in the morning. He came around the edge of the bog, then made a loop around the back of the bait at about 40 yards out. He came into a clearing at 35 yards and just stood there when there was a sound to my right that he locked onto. He then slowly walked dead away when I caught movement to where the sound came from. It was a bobcat that had his attention focused on the bear, both ended up walking away in the same direction. It was pretty neat as that was the first bobcat I have ever seen in the wild, wish I could have gotten a picture of that Nothing else came in the rest of the night, when I got back to the truck it was still 82!
My buddy was at our second site, and while he didn't see anything, there was a really good bear there at noontime. I'll put up a couple of pics when I get them. I will be heading up to hunt with him in about an hour, stay tuned!
David