Hunting guide Bob Parker carries buckets of bear bait, mainly made up of donuts, into one of his bear bait sites near Weld.

Parker talks with hunter Bob Watson after dropping him off at a bear bait site.

Parker uses a trail cam to monitor activity at his bear bait sites.

Parker empties a bucket of bear bait, mainly made up of donuts, into a barrel at one of his sites.

Lenny Diecidue of Orange County, N.Y., sits in a blind while at one of hunting guide Bob Parker’s bear bait sites near Weld.

Buckets of bear bait, mainly made up of donuts, sit in the back of Parker’s truck as he replenishes bear bait sites near Weld. One of Parker’s dogs, used in a different method of bear hunting, is in the kennel.

This empty bait barrel is on the ground because bears knocked it down while eating the contents.