Chuyun and in Yushan National Park where black bears were most likely to appear. The place with the most bears would be the place where she would do the actual trapping. Unfortunately, virtually all of the bait went untouched; the only place where there were claw marks was on a tree on the way to Walami in the Yushan National Park.
黃美秀回台在拉拉山、出雲山、玉山國家公園等黑熊最有可能出沒的地點，放置了六十多處熊餌（看何處熊較多，以便決定捕捉樣區），可惜多數熊餌都「槓龜」，只有在前往玉山國家公園瓦拉米途中的樹上出現一筆熊爪痕。