I have never actually hunted bear but watched a program in which they were hunting bear in Northern New Brunswick, I think the show was called Bull Run or something like that, it was on wildlife network anyway.He stated that if you use whats called a honey burn it will work mostly every time.All's he did was take an old pot, put about 2 inch's of honey in it, placed it away from his stand and put a small gel burner under it and let it boil and burn while he was in the stand, and let it burn out, and then he waited.Now of course he got one, that's T.V. but he says he hunts bears in N.B. quite often and this is his method, so I will be trying it this year as it will be my first bear hunt.I dont have a lot of time either but figured this sounds like something to try, and hopefully this spring I will be posting some pics.