Questions about honey burns

[waelkhntr]

Will a honey burn work in late season or is this a better early/general season tactic?
How long should a honey burn last? meaning do you burn alot of honey over a long period of time or a small amount for a short period of time?
How long after the end of the burn should you stay on stand. Is this an all day procedure or early morning late evening thing?

Thanks in advanced

Terry

[AKCAT]

Well not sure that I can give you a lot of help but I have used honey burns in some situations.
Here in AK I have never had a hard time with bringing in even the large blackies but sometimes I do run into one that needs a little coaxing and that is when I have used honey burns and they have worked excellent, kind of like that ace in a hole.
I burned until they came in, which never took long as those bears are never very far from the bait.
Not sure if the way I do it is the right way but it works for me. Hope I was some help.
Good luck

[bearfat]

I tried honey but couldn't regulate the heat well to prevent it from burnng. I switched to bacon which cooks very well with a candle. Above photo shows one of my actual bacon cookers with a candle inside the coffee can. I was very pleased with the results. I had the cookers on a pulley system (well oiled, no squeaking) to be able to inspect them, replenish the bacon, and have a snack myself as needed. The stainless steel pot that fits inside the coffee can sits about an inch above the small "teal" candle. This system worked extremely well. It was wind proof and neither of the cookers failed me with all 11 hours of cooking. The "teal" candles last about 4-5 hrs.

I generally use a bacon burn to coax in the night feeders early (sundown). But I only had 2 days to hunt this season and started the burn stat. My bear came in at 7  p.m. which was his normal feeding time anyway so I don't think it really helped with him, although the scent in air may have made him less cautious.

I do have a web site with bear baiting info (I'm not selling anything). It's just a good old boys web site of deer, bear, and varmint hunting in Northern Minnesota. This link is to the bear baiting page:       http://buckmountainchateau.com/Bear.html
Due to the video unless you have highspeed connection the page will take forever to download. I'm still tweaking with the site, learning as I go. It's been up since June 06.

I'd say whatever you burn can't hurt to do it all day. Sundown seems to be a peak period for most bear hunters I've talked with. I agree with AKCAT in them not being far from the bait. I'm sure most of them hear us come in and leave. The ole two hunters into replenish the bait and only one hunter leaves (loudly) has worked for us many times.